Woven journey
Our family’s journey in the world of textiles began all the way back in 1917 with Juho Annala, who founded a felt boot factory in Lapua and subsequently laid the groundwork for the founding of Lapuan Kankurit in 1973. So many years filled with exultant joys, heart-breaking hardships, remarkable friendships, bold breakthroughs, beautiful designs – so many years filled with more memories than a mind could possibly hold. The past is the cornerstone on which we ground our work and our mission.
Our woven journey continues.
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Hello, Lover of Good Life
We’ve long been known as the weavers of good life. To us, this means creating textiles that are both lasting and beautiful, made to be part of your daily life and rituals, while…
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Finishing Facility Expansion Investment 2026
We have taken another step forward in expanding our production in Lapua. Five years ago, we invested in a new finishing facility, which was an important milestone in our growth. Now we are…
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Capturing the moment – Mikko Puttonen & Lucas Ruska Martin
Mikko Puttonen, a Finnish fashion photographer and influencer, travelled to Japan with his partner in work and life, Lucas Ruska Martin, for a Lapuan Kankurit shoot. We talked with the creative couple about…
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Summer is the Season of Linen
The gentle warmth of the sun on your skin, a fresh sea breeze on your face, and a light linen towel draped over your shoulders set the scene for summer’s most memorable adventures.
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Gift Cards Now Available On GoGift
Lapuan Kankurit gift cards are now part of the GoGift gift portal. GoGift is the leading provider of gifts and gift cards in the Nordic countries.
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Discover our upcoming autumn collection
Explore our upcoming AW2026 collection on the pages of our Way of Living catalogue. Find inspiration in the coming season’s arrivals and timely gift ideas for autumn and winter.
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3daysofdesign
We are taking part in the Scandinavian Design on the Move exhibition during the 3daysofdesign festival. Held at the Embassy of Finland, the exhibition presents contemporary Nordic design in a unique and inspiring…
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The Fifth Generation of Lapuan Kankurit
Eero, Elias, and Vilma Hjelt have together decided to follow in the footsteps of the previous generations.
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Why does some wool feel itchy while other wool feels soft?
Fiber diameter decides whether wool soothes or scratches — here’s the science behind choosing softer wool.
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How do you store wool textiles to prevent moth damage?
Moth larvae destroy wool silently. Learn the cleaning, storage, and deterrent steps that actually protect your textiles.
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Is wool a good choice for people with eczema or sensitive skin?
Not all wool irritates sensitive skin — fibre diameter is the deciding factor, and the science may surprise you.
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What is wool and why is it used in textiles today?
Wool’s unique protein structure delivers temperature regulation, flame resistance, and biodegradability no synthetic can match — here’s why it still matters.
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Finnish Sauna – An Everyday Sanctuary
There’s much more to the Finnish sauna ritual than simply getting clean. Ville Hara and Anu Puustinen of Avanto Architects – designers of the acclaimed Kyly sauna, pictured here – take us through…
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Wedding Inspiration with Viola Virtamo
Photographer and graphic designer Viola Virtamo is getting married, and we asked her to share her thoughts on wedding preparations.
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Our weaving mill will once again be filled with the joy of reunion and shopping at the beginning of August, as we will be hosting the awaited Sales Days in our weaving mill…
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How to Care for Sauna Textiles Properly
Top design that stands the test of time and wear, favourite products woven from the finest natural materials — that’s what our sauna textiles are all about.
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The Threads Count
Meet masters of the textile craft: some of Lapuan Kankurit’s very own weaving family, who make every thread count. “I’ve always enjoyed working with myhands: there’s something very rewardingabout it. It’s great to…
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Originality, the like of oceans
Our new collection celebrates the unbreakable link between stripe patterns, the beach and the sea. Elina Helenius, the Head Designer of Lapuan Kankurit, shares how everything has its roots in originality. ”For a…
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Doer and Teacher – Maija Fagerlund
Maija Fagerlund is a textile designer and a lecturer in textile design at Aalto University, who has mentored countless budding designers during her career. Many of Maija’s former students have also gone to…
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The Grand Story Behind a Small Weaving Mill
The world is more global than ever. Items mass-produced by massive, foreign megacorporations are only a click of a mouse or a tap of a finger away from our front doors. For a…
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Looking for new job opportunities?
Are you interested in working with us? Feel free to send your open job application to rekry@lapuankankurit.fi. In your application, please tell us a bit about yourself, your skills, and the type of…
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See you at September Fairs!
The goal of our up-coming autumn collection is to honour originality. While our aim is to always innovate and improve, at its heart each product is the same Lapuan Kankurit quality you know…
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Soaring Free – Armi Teva
Armi Teva is a Finnish ceramist, visual artist, designer and illustrator who has captured the hearts of the public with her cheerful and compelling ceramic face reliefs. Now her light-hearted and free-spirited imagery…
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Painting with Yarn – Maëlis Ray
It’s a long way from Lyon, France to Lapua, Finland. For Maëlis Ray, French textile artist and Lapuan Kankurit’s newest designer, both towns hold a lot of importance. Lyon, known for its history…
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Born Original
The first of our weavers were innovative. They took their vast knowledge of jacquard weaving and built a thriving company around it. A company built not just with bricks and mortar, but with…
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Hanaholmen is lovingly called the meeting place between Sweden and Finland.
Situated on its very own idyllic peninsula just outside Helsinki, the cooperation and cultural centre features a beautiful hotel and a highlyrated restaurant, and hosts some 300 pieces of Nordic art. This year…
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Talking about Sauna with Carita Harju
Carita Harju is an ambassador of the Finnish sauna, an author, and the founder of the Sauna from Finland organisation. She discovered her calling in the world of sauna by chance. “I studied…
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International Women’s day
Lapuan Kankurit has donated 20% of consumer sales to the Women’s Bank on International Women’s Day since 2018
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Majamaja – Ecoliving by the sea
Ecoliving by the sea Majamaja is actually two conce under the same name: firstly, it is, both architecturally and design-wise, a state-of-theart and minimalist rental design villa situated in the gorgeous Helsinki archipelago.…
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Harvest Season
The season’s bountiful offerings deserve the best textiles to preserve and present them. Earthy tones and natural materials provide a gorgeous canvas for your harvest feast.
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Sauna and linen – Perfect pair
Linen is absorbent, lightweight and dries fast. It’s easy to see why we consider it the superior company to sauna. Let the sun shine and the steam rise in style and comfort with…
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Symbolism of a Table Setting
Whether an abundant event with white linens and the best silverware, or a more mundane meal made special with a few attentive touches, a set table symbolises many things to the people that…
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Waters of Life by Iina Kuustonen
“Water is the oldest of ointments, rapid-foam of remedies” goes part of a verse in the Finnish national epic Kalevala.For many Finns it’s merely a worn out proverb with little substance. For Iina…
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Cosy Cocooning
We all need our safe spaces, our havens. Our cocoons to wrap up in to take a little breather. Some of us find it in nature and some in other people. We hope…
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In Love with Linen
Linen is one of our favourite materials. It is ecological, comfortable on the skin and easy to use. Flax is one of the oldest and cleanest fibres in the world. The linen yarn…
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Multipurpose Textiles for Multifaced Living
Life cannot be divvied up into neat little categories, and we believe you shouldn’t have to do that with the textiles in your life, either. Our aim is to create textiles that are…
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Instead of Black Friday, Lapuan Kankurit raises funds during Good Spirit Friday
Lapuan Kankurit celebrates with good deeds. Instead of Black Friday sales, the company’s stores, outlet, Store & Studio, and online store celebrates Good Spirit Friday. On Friday, Lapuan Kankurit donates also this year…
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Snow Day Cleaning
When temperatures drop to minus degrees and snow covers everything in sight, Finns gather their rugs, blankets, and clothes and take them outside. The coldest winter days are perfect for cleaning. The crisp…
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Taking the Plunge
In a country where half of the year is spent in cold and darkness, how do the people keep their spirits up? While some begrudgingly accept wintertime as merely a necessary evil, others…
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Lapuan Kankurit Outlet is a Shop of The Year 2024 Nominee
Lapuan Kankurit’s outlet in Lapua, Finland has been nominated in the SHOP OF THE YEAR category in Visualistit ry’s (Finnish Trade Union for Visual Marketing) Visu Awards 2024. We opened our gorgeous outlet…
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Season for Senses
Finnish Christmas is steeped in traditions, many of which can be traced back hundreds or even thousands of years. For Finns, Christmas is the time of the quiet calm that only comes when…
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All Wool and no Shoddy
It wasn’t too long ago that up to half of all Finnish sheep wool ended up in the landfill. However, thanks to spirited advocates and growing public awareness, wool is experiencing a new…
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Inspiration lives on by Saara Obele
Saara Obele joined forces with Lapuan Kankurit during her studies in the Aalto University through the PatternLab program in 2022. Her organic, unique style was an instant match for the brand. – It…
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Buying Finnish Sheep’s wool from our contract producers
We are buying good quality, pure and clean wool from Finnsheep and Kainuu Greys from our contract producers. We collect the Finnish sheep wool from local farms ourselves, in approximately 300-kilometre radius around…
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Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale 2024
Design by Akira Minagawa for Lapuan Kankurit and Harri Koskinen for Parolan Rottinki. Lapuan Kankurit is participating in the third Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale! We are proud to share our veranda…
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Lapuan Kankurit opens a shop-in-shop in Tampere’s Verkaranta
The roots of the picturesque Crafts Centre Verkaranta reach deep into the depths of the Finnish textile industry: the space once hosted the dye house of Tampere’s baize factory, which opened in 1858.…
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The Butterfly Effect by Akira Minagawa
It all started with a Finnish jacket. Akira Minagawa, known for his brand minä perhonen, had his life’s course changed forever after one innocuous purchase in Rovaniemi nearly four decades ago. The jacket…
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Playfullness
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Our theme for spring of 2024 is playfulness. This spring we want to explore curiously, we want to…
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The Alchemy of Sauna – Kulttuurisauna
The ancient alchemists believed that by marrying together mythology, technology and philosophy, they would be able to perfect the human body and soul. Listening to Nene Tsuboi and Tuomas Toivonen, the co-owners of…
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Lapuan Kankurit x minä perhonen
We are proud to launch our collection with the Japanese designer Akira Minagawa, founder of design brand minä perhonen, at the Maison&Objet Fair on the 18th of January, 2024. The collection features two…
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Dear World of 2073
We hope you are doing well. As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lapuan Kankurit, it feels proper to not only gaze back to the past half a century, but to also…
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Lapuan Kankurit wins “Audience’s Favourite” in the Entrepreneur of the Year Competition
The EY Entrepreneur of The Year competition, organized annually by EY, is an acknowledgement of entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievements. In 2023, Jaana and Esko Hjelt from Lapuan…
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Dyeing with Coffee and Woad
Lapuan Kankurit sources the Finnsheep wool fibre, utilized in their wool yarns, locally. The yarn made from this fibre is spun to be either natural brown or beige, and some are dyed further.…
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Change Creates changes by Samu-Jussi Koski
The last few years have brought tremendous changes into the life of Samu-Jussi Koski. He parted ways with his brand, Samuji, to focus on designing smaller collections for Finnish companies, and to discover…
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Sustainable Travel Finland Label to Lapuan Kankurit
Lapuan Kankurit Oy meets all the criteria set for the Sustainable Travel Finland label, and we have been granted the right to use the Sustainable Travel Finland label as proof of valuable and…
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Lapuan Kankurit helping the Baltic Sea
The linen and wool weaving mill Lapuan Kankurit has begun a cooperation with the John Nurminen Foundation at 2017. The Foundation’s Clean Baltic Sea projects advance the protection of the joint, unique marine…
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Wool is wonderful outdoors by Anton Kalland
The cold, wind, and damp are the biggest challenges outdoors. If we don’t shield ourselves from these elements, we feel uncomfortable and will cut our visit to the wild short. This has not…
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What the Mires Would Tell Us
What would the mires tell us if they had a voice? Perhaps they would whisper about the secret gatherings of the golden cloudberries, hiding where only the worthy may find them. Maybe they…
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Lapuan Kankurit receives the Responsible Company Award
Lapuan Kankurit, Kyrö Distillery, and Lennol Oy have been recognized as pioneers in sustainability in South Ostrobothnia. The awards for exemplary sustainability efforts by these companies were announced on Thursday, June 8, 2023,…
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The Essentiality of Freedom by Matti Pikkujämsä
When speaking with Matti Pikkujämsä, it does not take long for the value of freedom to come up in the conversation. From the liberty of a freelancer to choose the projects that inspire…
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Respecting the past, weaving the future
A lot has changed for Lapuan Kankurit in their fifty years of business. And yet, to the owner Esko Hjelt, much more remains the same way it always has been. – Our family’s…
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Immersed in Nature
I wake up when the rest of the house is still sound asleep. The soft breathing of dreaming children can be heard in the otherwise quiet house. Dressed only in my emerald green…
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Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The South Ostrobothnia Entrepreneurs Association awarded the 2022 Regional Entrepreneur of the Year award to Jaana and Esko Hjelt. Lapuan Kankurit, a family-run company led by the Hjelt family, has carried on Finnish…
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The lessons in laziness taught by the garden by Stella Harasek
The atmosphere reminded me of a secret garden in a nostalgic resort village. An atmosphere that, to me, seemed to suggest a more resort-like and relaxing living.It seemed to me that, living in…
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Through the eyes of tradition by Katja Lösönen
Katja Lösönen has worked with Lapuan Kankurit for nearly 13 years as a masterful storyteller through her words and pictures. Originally hailing from the countryside of eastern Finland, she left the bustling life…
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Natural dyes put finishing touch to sustainable production
Dyeing with natural, plant-based dyes is a long-time Finnish textile tradition. However, apart from traditional knowhow, industrial-scale natural dyeing also requires production development such as new recipes and creating a whole new dyeing…
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Ecocompass Certificate
Lapuan Kankurit has received the Ecocompass Certificate 8.7.2022. For us, environmental responsibility means concrete actions in our own operations. We are committed to saving natural resources and increasing the positive impact on the…
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Lapuan Kankurit x Lapua Pride
Love is woven into the very core of Lapuan Kankurit. We are defined by the love for our craft and tradition, for the environment that sustains us, for the people we surround ourselves…
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Tunnustustuoli Award
Tunnustustuoli, awarded by the Association of Interior Journalists, is awarded as a recognition for excellency in the field of interior decorating. The association’s executive committee chooses the winner from three to four nominees…
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Textile and Fashion Award
At the Textile & Fashion Forum Helsinki event on April 7, 2022, the Textile and Fashion Award was presented to Lapuan Kankurit. The Award Winner Grows and Evolves While Honoring Tradition The Textile…
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Brand of the Year Award
We were honoured to win the brand of the year award by the Finnish chamber of commerce. For the third year, the Chamber of Commerce awarded the brand of the year. This year…
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All the Mistakes I’ve made: Garden by Kirsikka Simberg
Our society doesn’t really love mistakes. It’s ok to have minor mishaps, but you should always try to quickly redeem yourself, learn from your errors, try again — and succeed. But just to…
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Aallokko for saving The Baltic Sea
Lapuan Kankurit has been part of the John Nurminen Foundation’s Baltic Sea rescue team since 2017. Together with our customers, we have already donated 60 000 euros to support the Foundation’s valuable work…
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Master class of spinning
In the very heart of Lapuan Kankurit, there is the desire to maintain and develop traditional weaving skills and culture and bring them to modern times. In 2022, our own wool spinning mill…
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Investing in high-quality Finnsheep wool
The atmosphere in the sheep barn of Reino and Raija Louko is peaceful. Only a stray bleat blends in with the even buzzing of the shears. The brown, black, and white Finnsheep curiously…
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The versatile wool blanket by Anton Kalland
At its most simple and yet versatile, the wool blanket brings out the best properties of wool outdoors. Ever since humans domesticated sheep 8000 years ago, the wool blanket has retained its shape…
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Designing the good life by Elina Helenius
Elina Helenius, nominated as Finnish Textile Artist of the Year 2012, has won several design competition awards, and her textiles are on display at Helsinki Design Museum, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, and the…
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Innovations for the Future
Lapuan Kankurit weaving mill is going through times of constant change. Over the past ten years, the weaving facilities have expanded thrice and the equipment has been modernised. Currently, a new wool production…
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Lapuan kankurit invests in its own wool spinning mill
Lapuan Kankurit continues to invest in Finnish sheep’s wool. With the upcoming wool spinning mill, we can control the entire production chain of wool and make unique product development with Finnish wool. At…
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Local Finnsheep wool
Lapuan Kankurit continues to invest in Finnish sheep’s wool. With the wool finishing and spinning mill, we can control the entire production chain of wool and make unique product development with Finnish wool.…
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The Wool of Finnish Sheep will be utilised for Industrial Purposes and bring New Investments to Lapua
A large portion of the wool of Finnish sheep is wasted, but now this wool will finally be utilised for industrial purposes Lapuan Kankurit is investing in a new finishing mill. This mill…
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Dreaming in Iceland by Jopsu Ramu
So we are a family of six, me Timo, my wife Jopsu, and our kids are Mimi 9, Muusa 7, Vili 5 and Iggy, who just turned 2. Our gang has always had…
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Love for Linen
Absorbent, fast-drying, durable and ecological. There are many good reasons to choose linen towels from Lapuan Kankurit.Creating the best linen towels in the world has been our goal since the very beginning of…
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Wild about Greens
In summer, Finnish nature is filled with hundreds of edible plants, flowers, and herbs. Wild greens are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and have been used for centuries as food, and to…
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Horizon Views by Aoi Yoshizawa
Harakka island is a place of culture and nature just offshore Kaivopuisto in southern Helsinki. A former chemical laboratory, the main building of the island has been colonised since 1988 by artists and…
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Woven together
Lapuan Kankurit is a small, tight-knit family business woven together by skill and community. The clang of weaving machines fills the air. The weaving mill in Lapua is the focal point of the…
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The Most Recommended Brand of 2020
Lapuan Kankurit – the most recommended brand 2020The survey of economic research – Taloustutkimus, included 536 brands, and Lapuan Kankurit was the most recommended brand with NPS result +52. The NPS number shows…
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Weavers of Good Life
The weaving mill of Lapuan Kankurit in Lapua, Finland is filled with the enchanting rhythm of weaving machines as thousands of yarns interlace, twisting, entwining, and turning into beautiful fabrics. Their family has…
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Pattern Lab 20 x Lapuan Kankurit
Pattern Lab is a year-long study project at Aalto University of Art, Design and Architecture. The project gives students a possibility to experience what it is like to work as a professional freelance…
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When being is Enough – Forest Bathing
As Finland is the most heavily forested country in Europe, it’s no wonder that our myths and stories are saturated with forest spirits, elves and sacred animals. Our dense forests have given us…