S.N.S. Herning

Why it is renowned

Monocle has written about the Herning knitter as a family business that keeps on knitting through good times and bad.¹ The magazine reported a collection of knits made with Comme des Garçons, and knitwear produced for Opening Ceremony in New York and Los Angeles, Colette in Paris and Loveless in Tokyo.¹ In December 2025 the house released the second season of its collaboration with JJJJound.²

The story

The S.N.S. Herning trademark was founded in 1919 by the manufacturer Søren Nielsen Skyt.³ As a young man he sold woollen and linen goods he made himself, carrying them by bicycle to the towns nearby.³ He worked beside his father on the hand-operated knitting machines then spreading through the trade, and an inventory dated 20 October 1923 lists woollen vests, men's under-trousers, socks, men's sweaters, women's jumpers and ladies' undershirts.³

The factory is called Skyt Strikvarer and stands in the industrial area of Herning; the founder's son Holger Skyt has run it together with his son, Søren N. Skyt.¹ Its knitting machines work from punch cards, and the knitters sign every sweater they make.¹ Its range runs from the FISHERMAN sweater to the STARK cardigan.⁴

What to know it by

• FISHERMAN sweater⁵1923Søren Nielsen SkytBobble-knit wool sweater, the house's signature design