Hello, I'm Mia

I’m Mia Dehmer, the dyer, designer and hands behind Vickevira, based in Helsingborg, Skåne in the very south of Sweden.

Making things with my hands has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My grandmother taught me to knit and crochet when I was a child, and yarn has been my creative language ever since.

Today I hand dye yarn, design knitting patterns and spend probably far too much time thinking about colours and how they can be combined.

I have a deep love for Swedish knitting traditions, old textiles and the knowledge held in things made by hand. I find inspiration in folk costumes and museum archives, in Nordic nature and Norse mythology, and in the beautiful little details left behind by generations of makers before us.

I love looking backwards and learning how things were once made, then taking that knowledge with me into something new.

Not to recreate the past, but to keep it alive.

That might mean traditional Swedish twined knitting in unexpected colours, an old motif finding its way onto a modern pair of socks, or Swedish wool transformed through my dye pots into colours inspired by forests, mythology and places I have visited.

Colour is always at the heart of Vickevira. Sometimes quiet and earthy, sometimes gloriously whimsical. I don't believe there are many rules when it comes to colour, except perhaps to choose the ones that make you happy.

And somewhere between the wool, the colours and the slow rhythm of the needles is something else I value more and more: the simple pleasure of making.

Making something with your own hands. Taking your time. Keeping old skills alive while creating something that becomes completely your own.

Colour, creativity, Swedish heritage and the joy of making.

That is Vickevira to me.