Putting the Spotlight on: Nepal
If you don't immediately think of the terms delicate and soft when you combine linen and cotton, you can learn something better with our Nepal yarn.
Knitting Essentials: Casting on and Binding off
If you want to knit, you can't do without it: we're talking about the stitch cast-on. No matter what it's supposed to be, the stitches have to get on the needle somehow.
Apart from a few constru...
All about silk
Silk - light, delicate, shiny, elegant. As a woven fabric or as a yarn for knitting - silk is always somehow special. For thousands of years, it has been one of the most elegant and finest material...
What´s with Those knots in Your Ball of Yarn?
It's probably happened to most of us before - you're happily knitting and suddenly there's a knot in the yarn. So not one that was created because the thread got tangled, but rather a knot that con...
Cashmere - luxury on the needles
Anyone who owns a piece of clothing knitted from cashmere knows how wonderfully soft it is. Simply luxurious! If you haven't knitted with cashmere yet, you should definitely treat yourself!
Putting the Spotlight on: Re-Jeans
As name suggests, Re-Jeans comes from the manufacture of jeans. The basis for Re-Jeans is recycled cotton made out of denim: fabric residues are gradually dissolved and cleaned down to the individu...
Wool and Yarn Certifications
Handicrafts and do-it-yourself are "in". But what about the material? Is this also "good" in terms of fairness and sustainability? We believe that if you take the time to create something with your...
What Is the Best Way to Store Wool?
For many of us the “stash,” our treasured wool supply, keeps growing turning into mountains of wool at home. In order for you to be able to knit something beautiful with "well seasoned" wool, it ha...
Is Viscose a Synthetic or a Natural Fibre?
In our blog post Are Synthetic Fibres Really Necessary in Knitting Yarns? we explained our critical stance on this topic. In the following text, we would like to explain why we still use ...