devout hand

About devout hand

Elliyah Dyson is a graphic designer and owner of devout hand, an independent knitwear label founded in 2020 in Amsterdam from a love for slow fashion, handicraft, and nostalgia. Her designs are whimsical and expressive, blending playful motifs with modern aesthetics. Since becoming a fulltime pattern developer, she’s devoted her time to everything textile-related – be it crocheting, knitting, hand spinning, dyeing, weaving, or lacemaking. Her goal is to make crafting and slow fashion more accessible by creating unique, affordable and easy-to-follow crochet and knitting patterns. Simple explanations on how to make cute stuff – that's it.

By providing beginner-friendly tutorials and support, her patterns have helped devout hand’s 66K followers further develop their interest in handicraft and crochet in particular. Her online presence is silly and approachable, which is why so many tune in to read (11K interested crafters receive a devout newsletter twice monthly), watch (@devout_hand regularly reaches 100K-1M views on Instagram and TikTok), purchase (more than 10K pattern sales yearly in 2023 and 2024), and rate (650 gleaming 5 star Etsy reviews).

Keywords

• Creative
• Crochet
• Fashion
• Graphic Design
• Handmade
• Knitting
• Slow Fashion
• Small Business
• Sustainable
• Sustainable Fashion
• Textiel
• Textile
• Wool
• Yarn

Address

• Headquarters

  AmsterdamNoord-Holland, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 1 public job profiles as of 3 September 2026.

• Founder / Owner1