We are very pleasured to add to our retailers list Unfilodi, one of Italy’s most prestigious yarn shops. Unfilodi has an exceptional array of italian and international yarns, the product of painstaking researches done by the owner Maria Luisa. Unfilodi is located in Carate Brianza, just a short car ride from Milano, in a lovely […]
Campanellino in Italian means “little bell”, but it’s also Tinkerbell’s Italian name. Come think of it, there may be no nicer name for this tiny newborn pixie hat knitted in extrasoft SoCashmere yarn, our chunky pure cashmere. SoCashmere with its superthick plushy consistency will nicely surround and cushon your baby’s head. The hat is topped […]
Christmas tree decoration in Italy traditionally starts on December 8, so why not decorate the tree with some knitted balls? Norwegian designers Arne and Carlos created a series of lovely knitted Christmas tree decorations that can be knitted with two yarn colors with the stranded technique. This knitting technique can be worked with a wide […]
Thanks to the Prato Chamber of Commerce we have been amongst the guests at the Tokyo Filati Workshop which took place at Bunka Incubation (Bunka Fashion College) in October. It was a precious occasion to update the Japanese professionals on the developements of the Italian yarn industry. During the two-day workshop 24 yarn producers (including […]
Quick and easy, fully knitted in the round, this Boy’s hat is granted to make your young man happy. Knitted in supersoft Lamora, the hat sports a thin ribbed band in a contrasting color to hold it in place and a domed top. Two balls of our precious lambswool and angora mixture, as long as […]
We often talked about patterns for our yarns, but this is the first time we talk about our fantastic fabric Lana Cotta, a lightweight felted wool fabric that’s pliant and suave. Our friends at Purl Soho used this fabric to create an incredible sewn scarf made of triangles cut in bias and assembled together. This […]
Putting scarves to toddlers’ necks is always quite of a feat. The scarf easily comes undone and falls off. No more with our stripey keyhole scarf. The scarf is knitted end-to-end in an easy striped stockinette pattern, edged with seed stitch, with a trick: a few rows before you finish the scarf a few stitches […]
Precious yarns deserve precious knitting needles, although those produced by glassmakers Michael and Sheila Ernst really do look a bit fragile. These two fantastic artisans have long since created their line of totally handmade, delicious glass tools and ornaments: from dip-pens to buttons and hairsticks, but their specialty are the gorgeous knitting needles and crochet […]
