Twenty-five years after the siege of Sarajevo, I went off to meet knitters. Hundreds of them in Bosnia work for international fashion designers.

Victims of war, they have a special message. They talk of their war, the war, what it’s like for women. Further still, they tell of how they rebuilt their lives and future after the war.

During the time it took to produce a collection, I followed these knitters who deal with life’s challenges, stitch after stitch.