Paul Haesemeyer

Designer · Riga, Latvia

Paul Haesemeyer is a multigenerational, up-and-coming knitwear designer who has been featured in Radåm Magazine and Vogue Knitting. Ever since learning to knit as a second-grader, Paul has been stitching. He has worked professionally in costume construction at the Santa Fe Opera and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

He lived in Riga, Latvia, in 2024 as a Fulbright Scholar working on his first knitting book.

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Contributions From Paul Haesemeyer

Put a Gromit on It

A new release calls for casting on—and some cheese.

Knitted Puppets in Prague

Our favorite hobby creeps in even when you don't expect it.

A Knitter’s Weekend: Porto

A quick trip to Portugal as the (Northern Hemisphere) summer winds down.

The Latvian Spirit of Making

Mittens and Latvia go hand in hand, but there are more discoveries waiting.

A Knitter’s Weekend: Riga

We're off to Latvia with a fun-loving Fulbright scholar, in search of the most amazing mittens in the world.