278. Pirita Pernu-Lehtinen - Pirita Design

Address

Kasarmintie 1
99600 SODANKYLÄ

Phone

+358405435268

Genre

Crafts, Textile

Accessible for persons with reduced mobility

Information about the artist / the group

I am Pirita Pernu-Lehtinen, founder and owner of Pirita Design Oy from Sodankylä. I am an artisan by training and I founded my company in 1998. I design and make knitwear from linen and baby alpaca yarn. I ended up with linen a bit by accident during my studies, but its properties when knitting started to interest me more than other materials. Linen is challenging to knit, and it requires long-term development work to make the product desirable. But the end result is rewarding – the shape comes out well in the linen.
The store and production facility are located in Sodankylä. We do everything from design to sewing and finishing the garment here ourselves. The clothes are knitted with an automatic knitting machine, sewn by hand and, if necessary, the size and color are adjusted.

Program during Konstrundan

During Konstrundan, you can get to know the manufacture of knitwear, the extensive linen and alpaca knit collections, and a photo exhibition from Pirita Design's more than 25 years.