#handknittingyarn

Soothing palette in #cool summery hues.. our newly launched #coolknitbyvardhman is now available to shop online at our official website. 🛍️

🧶 Cool knit is an amazing summer knitting yarn perfect for #summerprojects ☀️ This yarn has amazing twist and knit definition. Ideal for year-round clothing and home décor items. Cotton mixed yarn for #clothing#homedecor#toys#amigurumi and other projects. It is suitable for both knitting and crocheting. 🙂

🧶 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• Count (Nm) = 25/2/6 • Ply = 6 • Blend = 65% Polyester/35% Viscose • Weight = 100gm ball • Meters = 208 • Needle Number = 9,10 (3.75mm-3.25mm) • Crochet Hook Size = 8,9 (4.00mm-3.50mm)

MY FAVOURITE MILAN YARN SHOPS

⠀ Last time I made a list of my favorite on-line yarn shops. This time I made the list of off-line shops I like. I live in Milan and I hope that this will be interesting to Lombardy knitters, leaving close to me.

⠀ ✔️ Canetta (Milan, via Dante, 4). It’s the most famous shop in Milan. They sell yarns, knitted and sewed baby stuff, produce the «Mani di fata» journal and not only. Here you can find mostly Italian and Spanish yarn producers, like Sesia Manufatture, Silke by Arvier, KATIA and others. All items are of high quality and, at the same time, high price.

⠀ ✔️Hydra’n’gea (Milan, via Lodovico Muratori, 54). It’s the closest shop to my house. The owner is a very friendly and ready to help. They have many different yarns among which are Louisa Harding yarns and Lana Grossa. There you can find any price range yarns. I strongly recommend it. ⠀ ✔️Merceria Carcano Foderami (Milan, via San Gottardo, 9). A little shop with big amount of Italian yarns, like Sesia Manufatture, Mondial, Lana gatto and others. Prices are not high and very attractive. By telephone the seller can check if they have the yarn shadow you need, so it’s not necessary to come. Moreover, here you can make a yarn order without prepayment! ⠀ ✔️ Punto dopo punto (Milan, via Ambrogio Binda, 33). A very cute shop with huge amount of different yarn kinds. They sell Italian marks mainly. They have so many yarn types of any price range, that, I’m sure, there you’ll find the yarn you need. They have handcraft courses as well. ⠀ ✔️Fiordilana (Villasanta (MB), via F. Confalonieri, 83). This shop is located close to Monza, but I visit it frequently. They are the official Garnstudio Drops yarn distributor in Lombardy. There you can find other yarn producers as well, like Malabrigo and Katia. The owner Heidi is very friendly and ready to help.

RIGHT WAY TO CARE COTTON STUFF ⠀ Spring has arrived and it’s good time to knit new spring/summer stuffs with cotton yarns. Obviously, that after long knitting work which takes huge amount of free time, we want to use it as long as possible. To prolong the life period of any stuff you need to care about it in the right way. So, you need to know its features and characteristics. ⠀ 🔘 3 facts about cotton fibers:⠀ ⠀ • Cotton is a kind of cellulosic textile.⠀ • The cotton flower blooms only for one day and quickly becomes senescent thereafter.⠀ • Cotton buyers “class” the cotton according to standards such as cleanliness, the degree of whiteness, length of the fiber, and fiber strength.⠀ ⠀ If you want to know everything about how to care cotton stuffs in the right way and to receive the Cotton Yarn Tips check-list, leave your e-mail in the form: https://forms.gle/i3amiWoqyQJwHbk36.

ONE MORE TIME ABOUT DROPS YARNS

Last year I made a post about Drops yarns. I was upset about its quality and decided to stop to use it in future projects.

You wouldn't believe, but I have bought Drops cotton yarn one more time 🙍. I have some ideas about future designs and soon I'm going to start to realize them. I really hope that this time I'll not be disappointed  because of its quality. Look at those colors! They're amazing, isn't it?!