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Meet Sanna Mård Castman

SANNA MÅRD Castman is a Swedish knitwear designer who created the elegant ‘Clarisse’ sweater in this supplement. As well as publishing her own designs, Sanna has produced patterns for Vogue Knitting and The Knitter, and yarn brands including Hobbii and Svarta Fåret.

Can you remember the first original piece of knitwear you ever created?

“Yes, absolutely! It was a mohair sweater in pink, green, blue and white in irregular squares. It was actually this piece which started my career as a designer. I sold my design to the knitting company where I was working at the time. The head of design saw my sweater and asked if they could buy

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