On July 2-4, 2014 (and for the 75th time) Pitti filati, the main event for the yarn industry returns, concentrating on the winter yarn collections for the year 2015-2016. For three consecutive days Fortezza Da Basso in Florece will host the stands of all of the main Italian yarn producers, with a strong accent on […]
Our yarns always come winded in nice plump balls, but sometimes you buy yarn that’s winded in hanks. Even with Lanecardate Handknitting, their quality ensure that any item knitted with them will last a long time, but then you may want to unravel something that’s gone out of fashion, wind the yarn in a skein […]
You already know, at Lanecardate we are experts in colors, we can offer a really huge variety of colors to our clients. But what about you? We can’t ask your favorite color, but we cal at least ask you whta type of colors you like best: do you like them bright and flashy or do […]
A ball of Camel (by Valentina Cosciani). Our indipendent Italian designer friends are falling further in love with Lanecardate Handknitting yarns, especially with our unique Camel. Valentina Cosciani has dedicated a whole blog post to this fantastic yarn: lofty, light and fantastically warm, and which really can help any knitter’s skills shine. Read her article […]
If you are following LaneCardate Handknitting’s blog you are probably in love with top-quality yarns with a soul, therefore you will probably not want to miss this year’s top event for knitting, crochet and quality yarns, Unwind Brighton (on July 12 and 13). The two (and a half) fair days that collect classes from the […]
At Lanecardate HandKnitting we love colors. Our industrial branch has a huge number of colors amongst which choosing the shades for our handknitting yarns. Our shade card is always evolving: each year we pick fashion’s trending colors and add the to the year’s choiches, along with some classics that never go out of style. The […]
Not even a yard of our precious cashmere yarn Luxor has to be wasted. This is likely what pushed DeDitte to use up two leftover Luxor balls in a bright red to add interest to her Faroese shawl (a shawl created in the peculiar shape used in the Fær Øer islands). The red stripes in this […]
If you are looking for something quick and sweet to knit this week-end we suggest you get a couple of balls of our lovely Lamora and give a try to Valentina Cosciani‘s new hat for men and women The five towers, enterely done in the round and with a simple knit and purl motif. This […]
Why is traceability so important to yarns? A traceable product is a product for which the producer knows exactly where and by whom each raw material has been produced or sourced and by whom they have been modified. This means that the brand has a full control of each and every industrial passage, even when […]
You can find our yarns at a number of LYS and e-shops in Italy. All of the e-shops will gladly mail your purchase to whatever country you live in. Canetta • Rome: via IV Novembre 157/B, +39 06 6793846 via Cola di Rienzo 144, +3906 6892494 • Milan: via Solferino 2 (ang. Via Pontaccio), +39 […]
