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West goes East...
Knitters who follow Stephen West know that
he gets around, so it was no surprise to see
him turn up on the Ifugao Rice Terraces in
the mountains of the Philippines. Stephen was
there to work with the knitters of Ricefield
Collective, a unique knitwear cooperative
founded by Meredith Ramirez Talusan and
Jean Mundiguing, with the assistance of design
director Anna Maltz and guest designers like
Stephen West. Knitters are taught to knit a
pattern and the finished knits are sold online,
with the proceeds going to support the rice
harvesters of Ifugao.
Materials are sourced globally, from American
made Quince and Co. yarns to our very own
skacel addi Turbo
®
circular needles. "It is a
fact that most of the knits you wear will be