Stephen West is an American knitter, fashion designer, educator, and author known for his knitting patterns and strong use of color.

After beginning to publish his own patterns in 2009 on sites like Knitty[1][better source needed] and Ravelry,[2][better source needed] West has also published a number of knitting books under his design brand Westknits.

[citation needed] He owns a yarn store in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and in 2019 he launched a yarn brand called West Wool with his business partner Malia Mae Joseph.

[3][better source needed] Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, West moved to Chicago as a teenager.

[5] West regularly publishes patterns, leads knit-alongs, and shares photos on his Westknits Instagram, which had over 174 thousand followers as of April 2020.