Knit Jon Purl Jon is a weekly Substack about craft, making, and the history behind both. Essays written from inside the practice, by someone who finds the questions raised by making at least as interesting as the making itself.

Jonathan Lasham is a British hand and machine knitter living in Finland, who also spins and does nålbinding, with a long-running interest in knitwear, knitting techniques, and what craft reveals about labour, value, and the way things come to feel legitimate.

What’s here

All subscribers get two essays a month about knitting history and technique, with a particular interest in the lives of everyday knitters, and spinning, machine knitting, crochet and nålbinding where they are relevant.

Paid subscribers receive two bonus posts a month, Notes from the Needles, about my current projects, the historical patterns I am testing, and research that has not yet become an essay.

If you are new, the Start Here page groups the essays published so far by subject.