For our Camel yarn, we thought of a pon pon enriched ribbed cowl pattern (but you can get rid of the pon pons, if you don’t like dainty balls of yarn!). To knit the cowl, you shall need to know how to knit, purl, increase and decrease. Camel coats are coming back from the 1980s […]
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 […]
Our 3 Colours Cowl is so simple, it’s perfect fot the absolute beginner. To knit a cowl, you only need to know how to cast on, bind off and knit. There is not a single purl stitch in there! When your project is completed, you will have a nice warm ring to drape around your […]
Here’s the latest interview to our Lanecardate Handknitting Italian (and, very soon, European) retailers. This time, we had a lovely chat with Lorenza, owner of Il Filarino, the brand new shop (and e-shop) in Bologna. When did you start your business? In September 2013, we started as a blog, then we became an e-shop and now […]
Winter has come. We want cosy, warm accessories, and we want them now! Enters Feltro , that is not a Shakespearean Italian character but our bulky 75% wool, 25% (cruelty free) angora yarn; these fibers, combined, make Feltro soft, slightly hairy and pleasantly materic. Feltro is sold in 100 grams/90 meters balls and it is […]
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 […]
So cashmere is great for knitting cowls, being so warm and bulky, you can complete a cowl in one evening with 8 mm needles. To knit a So cashmere cowl, you need to know how to cast on, bind off, knit and purl, but nothing more. You will need one ball and a half of […]
