FISHERMEN AND FASHION SINCE 19/31

The brand S.N.S. Herning was founded by Soren Nielsen Skyt (1899 - 1972). As a young man he made a living by selling knitted garments on the moor of central Jutland, Denmark. In the 1920's he learned about a way of hand knitting sweaters with 'bubbles' that could serve as insulation. Impressed by these techniques he set out to have the newly appearing knitting machines make the same. He knew that the fishermen of the Danish West Coast were in need of wollen sweaters to help them bear the rough weather at sea. In 1931 he succeeded in making a sweater that would serve this purpose, today renowned as the Fisherman's Sweater. To this day, S.N.S. Herning knits are crafted in the same old manner by using the original machines.
Production is very limited, and as a nod to this face, every item is signed in hand by the artisan who makes it.