At Lanecardate, we test our yarns on designers. They’re our enthusiastic Guinea pigs. Thanks to their professional feedback, suggestions and ideas, we improve the quality of our yarns for knitting and crochet. This year, Natascia Sartini and Annalisa Dione, co-founders of Collettivo maglia 198, volunteered to test yarns from our new collection. That’s what they […]
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 […]
We did a round table with Italian independent designers who tested some of Lanecardate yarns and asked their opinions about us, our brands, our yarns, our vision. Here’s what they said. Valentina Cosciani designed some lovely mittens with our Luxor, told us: “Lanecardate yarns are sophisticated and refined, there is something special in those fibers, […]
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 […]
Maybe you bought one of our yarns and you are thinking what project you shall use it for. In this case, the knitting and crochet database-cum-social-network Ravelry can help you. Here’s a tutorial on using Ravelry to find Lanecardate yarns and see what other knitters and crocheters did with them. It’s a long and detailed […]
Maria Modeo recently published Expo 1889, her knitting pattern inspired to the Eiffel Tower and Paris Great Exhibiton. At the moment the pattern is available in Italian only. The yarn used for the pattern is our Donegal, a pure, slightly felted, wool. It meets the favour of both women and men because of its tweed, […]
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 […]
We will be at Handarbeit+Hobby until March, 23. It’s one of the main trade fairs for creative handicrafts, therefore it’s one of the most important trade fairs for Lanecardate. We are happily ready! Come meet us at our stall E024 on hall 05.1.
Our 100% superfine wool yarn, “Nanna”, has recently been reviewed on the independent Italian Maglia-uncinetto web magazine. We are happy to know that our yarn is “great for crocheting”, “light, soft”, and that Nanna is considered an “excellent” yarn. We work hard to get these results and we are happy to see our efforts are […]
