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In the last month we saw quite a bunch of collaborations giving birth to awesome patterns featuring our yarn, so we thought this could be the perfect occasion to share some sources of inspiration to boost your knitting… in case you lacked a bit of it!

Also, we finally have our beloved 100% wool sport weight in the shop again, after an almost two-year wait from the breeders. They selected a wonderfully fine fibre, that’s why it took so long, and now we have dyed a brand new palette that matches in gourgeous contrast with the previous pastel tones we had developed. Almost all of the shades are available in the shop.

It was really a joy to see our hand-dyed shades taking shape and so we decided to dedicate a special Shop Update for these wonderful designs. We chose to share three patterns that actually use all different yarn bases, and knitting techniques, so they almost match every need or taste:

BROGNA SWEATER by Rievive is knitted in A Stormy Blend fingering in all its natural shades, with all the effective details that Rie inserts in all her patterns. Release date: NOV. 19

TRIFARI SWEATER by Paula Pereira is knitted in A Heavenly Blend as main color and A Chic Blend as contrast, with subtle colorwork enhanced by a delicate texture, a cuddle to wear. Just released on Ravelry!

CALOROSO SHAWL by Aleks Byrd is knitted in A Pure and Simple Wool, a steek cabled huge wrap to dive in, with interesting shape and fun to knit throughout. Release date: NOV. 19

A few useful notes:
All yarn is ready to ship unless it sells out.
Shipping runs regularly to the U.S. and Canada, though it may take a longer due to the pandemic situation, but we’ll keep track of each parcel with you in case you need help.

Yarns featured in the patterns are:

A Pure and Simple Wool: 100g – 300m per skein, 100% Aquilana wool, single ply, hand dyed.
A Stormy Blend: 50g – 225m per skein, 70% wool – 30% alpaca, in three undyed natural shades.
A Heavenly Blend: 50g – 225m per skein, 50% Aquilana Wool – 25% alpaca – 25% Cashmere, hand dyed.
A Chic Blend: 50g – 225m per skein, 60% wool – 20% alpaca – 20% mohair, hand dyed.

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

An unexpected new yarn will be released on next shop update!

What?!?!
Yes, after months of doubts about this batch that was spun with the wrong parameters by the mill we had just started to work with, and laid in our storage room waiting for us to decide what to do, we made up our minds and decided to give it a chance!

The fibre content was far too precious to go to waste, and our hard work in making it as well; so, please welcome our TWISTY CHIC!

It has the same composition and yardage as A Chic Blend, but it was accidentally spun with more twist, so the fibres got denser and the whole body is more compact; as a result, it is also less hairy and seems thinner… but on the other hand it has a gorgeous stitch definition and color saturation.

We dyed eight new colorways, themed around nymphs, sorceresses and mythological figures that enchant people of all ages, as we also were really surprised and bewitched by the lightness and gloam yielded by this base.

Our TWISTY CHIC UPDATE will go live on Friday, July 24 @8.00pm CEST

Some details you may find useful:

Twisty Chic 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
Please remember that each hand-dyed batch is fairly unique because we apply several layers of colors, to get the perfect deep hues of our range.

Plus, in next shop update you’ll find nearly all of our common bases on SALE!

What better occasion for the summer to make some space and clean our shelves, to make space for new batches that will arrive in autumn? It’s a chance to taste for instance A Pure and Simple Wool, a gorgeous sport weight that has been a bit discontinued in our shop so far, but will be back in September in huge quantities.

Please note that:
discount rates vary from one base to another, but prices are already set, you won’t need any coupon code.

Some shades have really limited quantities, so we composed a few bundles of matching colors and yarns, to help you in good stash-boosting.

The SUMMER SALE will also go live on Friday July 24 @8.00pm CEST

This month’s update is going to celebrate our love for knitting and yarn, which are keeping us sane in these weird times while we’re staying home.

We decided to dedicate this little event to a couple of patterns that have bloomed out of our needles, and that we wanted to share as a source of inspiration for you to enjoy, too… together with a very special yarn edition.

We thought that our confinement had to turn out as creative as possible, and went for some “blind dyeing”… which means we created three brand new colorways in our respective home studios. Without saying a word about them to each other, we proceeded to just focus on what we saw from our windows and how we felt in the past weeks…

We came out with six subtly variegated shades that are unexpectedly awesome together, and charmingly mirror our feelings, thoughts and surroundings.

This shop update is set for Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m. CEST.

We put in the shop a good bunch of the new A Chic Blend From Home shades, which are a Limited Edition release at the moment. Plus, we added a stock of all our bases for you to mix, match and create, whether it be a pattern of your choice or one of our latest finished ones.

First is the lovely Udo sweater by Orlane Sucche that was to be released featuring our yarns for Knit Eat festival in Lyon, but of course the show was cancelled… So, let’s turn this sad situation in a gorgeous release for this gentle colorwork pullover, perfect for spring (please note that the pattern goes live on Ravelry at the same time of our update!).

The other pattern we knitted with so much joy is the Satellite shawl by Andrea Mowry that we loved at first sight, a simple yet effective colorful construction that becomes a warm and lightweight hug around your shoulders, knitted in our luscious bases.

And by coincidence, both patterns use all our fingering yarn bases, so the limit is just your fantasy in combining them!

A Heavenly Blend is made of:
50% Aquilana wool
25% Italian alpaca
25% Italian Cashmere

A Chic Blend is made of:
60% Brogna wool
20% Italian alpaca
20% Italian mohair

A Stormy Blend is made of:
70% Brogna wool
30% Italian alpaca, in black, grey or fawn natural hue

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

A Heavenly Update is going to be our first Shop Update of 2020, and as the name says, it is dedicated to our luscious Cashmere yarn.

A Heavenly Blend is the heart of our yarn range, not only because it contains Giulia’s own homegrown cashmere fibre, but also because setting up her goat farm was the reason why we met a few years ago during a handspinning workshops, and that was the turning point to set up our small business in exclusive, traceable Italian yarn.

Shop update is set for SATURDAY February 1, at 6.00pm CEST

We put in the shop our full range of A Heavenly Blend hand-dyed palette, with two new colorways: ZAFFERANO — a deep dark caramel — and SCIROCCO — a cold slate blue. The undyed base is a light beige-grey that yields very peculiar shades once dyed. Each batch is fairly unique because we apply several layers of colors, to get the perfect deep hues of our range.

Icing on the cake, we dedicate this update to some new speckled and variegated variations overdyed on some of our shades:

The cold lilac base of VIOLETTE turned into LUNA, with sparkles of ochre and deep fuchsia.

The elegant peachy AMARETTI became TITANIA which is dotted of dark teal greens and burnt orange.

The watery ACQUAMARINA was enlightened with rusty yellows and vibrant pinks and purples, developing into CORALLI

A Heavenly Blend is made of:
50% Aquilana wool
25% Italian alpaca
25% Italian Cashmere
Fingering (UK 4-ply) weight with 50g – 225m
Gauge: 10cm in 24-26 sts and 3,5mm needles