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We’re so proud to launch a new base in our range, perfect for lightweight projects, and as always minimally processed, Aestiva is composed of wool and unbleached linen. We actually wanted to keep the natural silvery shade of the flax fibre visible in the yarn, on one side, and to avoid any chemical treatment on the fibres we use as much as possible.

Aestiva is a Latin plural noun used for the summer pastures and fields ready to be harvested, and we thought it was just perfect for the idea we had in mind, to evoke this light and delicate base.

The thickness of this base is a bit lighter than our other fingering yarns, and we’re quite happy with this choice after selecting different samples we had spun; the wool content in fact naturally blooms after washing and balances nicely the typical inflexibility of the linen.

Eri Shimizu designed a stunning shawl for this launch, HARUNO, that is available on Ravelry, with a striking textured stitching that evokes the spring fields’ flowers moved gently by the wind. You may find all details on our page HERE.

We’ll offer a 10% discount on any product available in our shop, only to Indie Untangled readers, from April 29-May 5 using the code AESTIVAINDIE at checkout.

A few details:

Each skein is 50g and 300m
Composition is 70% Abruzzese Wool – 30% French Linen
The base comes in 13 hand-dyed shades plus an un-dyed one.

Here we are, after a long wait we’ve finally restocked some TWISTY CHIC again!

Days are getting warmer and spring is knocking… so the time has come to start thinking of some lighter projects to wear in warmer days. We dyed almost all shades, and some OOAK to play with, inspired by a couple of patterns that show off this base gorgeously:

– KAGA Cardingan by Ririko @HandKnitLife, that is just the perfect weight to wear even in some windy summer evenings; the sample is knitted in one of our most favourite colors, CASSANDRA, warm yellow with very subtle speckles in orange and navy.
– LUCKY PIECES from PomPomMag ISSUE 36, that features Stormy Blend Perla in fingering weight as main color and eight Twisty Chic shades (Ondina, Ramarro, Selene, Eco, Trilly, Medea, Ninfee and Hermione) in an effective Entrelac fabric, challenging but awesome.

To celebrate the latest release by Midori Hirose, the WHITE MOUNTAINS sweater, we restocked all new shades of A Chic Blend and refilled the A Stormy Blend shelves for you to build some awesome combinations inspired by the original one in Chic Burrasca + Stormy Luce.

A few useful notes:
Each skein of all our fingering bases is 50g – 225 m
We recommend to knit it with a needle ranging from 3,25mm to 4mm; these threads are quite drapey, and will bloom nicely after washing and blocking.

All our yarns contain Italian fibres, and are minimally processed in a small chain production, nylon free and non-Superwash.

We’ve teamed up with the lovely Justyna of Letesknits to create an easy and effective shawl. It was in the heart of winter when Justyna chose the warm and earthy combination of shades that became Nappe Shawl, and now the pattern is available on Ravelry and we’ve prepared some vibrant kits with different color options.

We’re knitting ours as fast as we can, because it’s just that perfect dimension to wrap in even in springtime.

*** Please note that kits are sold on our website as a PREORDER that will close on the 12th of April — Kits will be shipped out by the first week of May.***
***Pattern is not included in the yarn kit but can be purchased separately on Ravelry.***

Here are a few details of the possible color options, from the original sample shown to our own favorites, and as we organized the launch of the shawl together with the gorgeous Lisa, owner of This is Knit, a fab LYS in Dublin, Ireland, she added her favorite combo, too! (If you’re local to This Is Knit, you’ll be able to find the same kits on their website as well as on ours.)

Justyna’s combo:
A Chic Blend Cipria as CC 1 – 1 skein
A Heavenly Blend Braci as CC2 – 2 skeins
A Chic Blend Carbone as CC3 – 2 skeins

Stefania’s combo:
A Chic Blend – Ramarro CC1 – 1 skein
A Heavenly Blend – Coralli CC2 – 2 skeins
A Chic Blend – Carbone CC3 – 2 skeins

Giulia’s combo:
A Chic Blend – Libellula CC1 – 1 skein
A Heavenly Blend – Luna CC2 – 2 skeins
A Chic Blend – Nautilus CC3 – 2 skeins

Lisa’s combo:
A Chic Blend – Senape CC1 – 1 skeins
A Heavenly Blend – Nebulosa CC2 – 2 skeins
A Chic Blend – Seia CC3 – 2 skeins

Some details you may find useful:

A Chic Blend is made of:
60% Brogna wool
20% Italian alpaca
20% Italian mohair
Fingering (uk 4 ply) weight; skeins are 50g – 225m – Gauge: 10cm in 26 – 28 sts and 3,5mm needles

A Heavenly Blend is made of:
25% cashmere
25% alpaca
50% abruzzese wool
Fingering (uk 4 ply) weight; skeins are 50g – 225m – Gauge: 10cm in 26 – 28 sts and 3,5mm needles

All our yarns are non-Superwash, nylon free, they’re made of local fibres processed and blended for us in Italy, and hand dyed in small batches.

We’re thrilled to release this new yarn that was born unexpectedly last summer and has already conquered us.

Aura, the Italian translation of the word halo, is our 100% Italian Alpaca sport-weight yarn, and it’s soft, smooth and shiny. In fact, we named it after the shiny hair that comes out after washing and dyeing the skeins, and it takes the dye so deeply that it gives the yarn a sort of colorful halo, making the whole shade beautifully changing.

This yarn is produced with a very fine fibre from a farm based in Southern Tuscany that was recommended by our spinning mill keepers, and we happily decided to give it a try; the fleece is actually great, and we’ll probably use it also in our other recurring blends, but we fancied to try a pure alpaca thread, and here it is!

For this first batch we luckily were able to have the natural white base, which we hand dyed in springy vibrant shades, along with a pitch black and a fawn in the natural fleece colors of the animals, that we kept undyed. You’ll be able to make some quite striking combinations, matching pastels with both dark shades and vibrant ones.

The whole palette is quite out of our comfort zone in terms of developing colors, but we felt it was time to welcome the upcoming season with braveness and positivity, and that’s what inspired this mood; by the way, the name game we always do when releasing a new collection, a bit unconsciously this time turn out focused on winds, weathers and environments of our precious globe. We hope you’ll enjoy them and the inspiration we saw in each shade!

Each skein is 100g – 350 m
We recommend to knit it with a needle range from 3.5mm to 4mm, because these threads are quite drapey, and hold their volume in the knitted fabric without blooming after washing and blocking. We suggest this base for shawls and neckwear, since it’s so soft and squishy. We’re already swatching for a few patterns, so you may have a look at our Instagram feed to get an idea!

AURA palette will be available in our Shop starting from:
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 @ 19.00 CET

A few useful notes:
• All yarns are ready to ship unless it goes sold out.
• Shipping runs regularly to the U.S. and Canada, though it may take longer due to the pandemic situation, but we’ll keep track of each parcel with you in case you need help.
• All our yarns contain Italian fibres and are minimally processed in a small-chain production, are nylon free and non-Superwash.

We made a last-minute decision to put some yarns on sale for our next shop update!

We decided to start this new, promising, year with a sale, with all the good vibes it conveys, hoping to cheer up these freezing winter days, and jump into upcoming months with bags filled with yarn!

We put on sale selected bases and colorways, such as A Chic Blend and The Twisty Chic, and we built some kits featuring a few color combinations that we fell for, in order to give you some knitting ideas.

We suggest these kits to knit the beautiful and cozy Stay Soft Shawl by Veera Valimaki, as we did with our sample, but you can easily use these bundles of six 50g fingering-weight skeins to knit other designs.

A kit contains two skeins of each of the following yarn: A Chic Blend – The Twisty Chic – A Heavenly Blend

And, also A Stormy Blend in DK weight is on sale!

Quantities are limited, because this batch has almost gone sold out last autumn, but still we dyed some shades, and still have a few natural undyed skeins; this is quite exciting, as we‘ll be ready to produce the new batches soon.

WINTER SALE UPDATE will go live on Friday January 29 @ 7.00pm CEST

Some details you may find useful:

A Chic Blend and The Twisty Chic are made of:
60% Brogna wool
20% Italian alpaca
20% Italian mohair
Fingering (uk 4 ply) weight; skeins are 50g – 225m – Gauge: 10cm in 26 – 28 sts and 3,5mm needles

A Stormy Blend is made of:
70% Brogna Wool
30% italian alpaca

DK (double knit) weight; skeins are 100g – 225m – Gauge: 10cm in 21 – 24 sts and 4mm needles

Each hand dyed batch is fairly unique because we apply several layers of colors, to get the perfect deep hues of our range.

Please note that:
-Discount rates vary from one base to another, but prices are already set, and you won’t need any coupon code.
-Some shades have really limited quantities, so we composed a few bundles matching colors and yarns, to help you in good stash boosting.
-Stay Soft kits are also comprised of two skeins of A Heavenly Blend, and that is not on sale, so the kit price is set with discounted rates for Chic and Twisty and the full rate for Heavenly.