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Our Brands
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Biches & Buches
CoopKnits Socks Yeah!
Shetlandwool Adventures, Shetland
Susan Crawford Vintage, England
West Yorkshire Spinners, England
About our Brands
Aurinkokehrä, Finland
Hand-dyed Finnish wool, dyed with ecologically certified plant-based dyes.
Aurinkokehrä yarns are spun exclusively from Finnish sheep.
The exceptionally brilliant colors of the collection are created with as few chemical additives as possible, with sustainable, natural colorants and 100% according to ethical principles.
The wool of Finnish sheep is characterized above all by its durability and special softness. The beautiful, natural coloring of the wool forms a perfect basis for a deep and lively coloring with natural color materials.
The wool comes from small Finnish farms. Only the finest qualities are selected for the yarn. This creates a high-quality, long-fiber and soft worsted yarn.
Aurinkokehrä yarn works well with all types of clothing. The colors stay fresh and intense even after washing. This guarantees both knitting pleasure and long wearing of the garments.
sustainability
Aurinkokehrä's guiding principle of offering a sustainable product that is manufactured without toxic substances and whose production process is transparent is implemented by Anna Vasko, the designer behind Aurinkokehrä, in such a way that the environment and people are harmed as little as possible.
Local Finnish textile production is supported by the use of local materials and traditional know-how strengthens the local economy.
As in many other places, a large part of the wool sold in Finland is imported from abroad. Regional sheep farmers lack the financial incentive to produce their own wool.
Production has shifted to countries where monitoring of working conditions is weak. Dyeing and handling textiles have a negative impact on both the environment and the health of workers. The negative consequences of the rapidly growing textile and wool industry are throwaway consumption, the ruthless consumption of natural resources and thus climate change.
Anna Vasko proves that other solutions are also possible and with her extraordinary products she takes a big step towards a fairer and more sustainable production chain.
Designer Anna Vasko:
Ethics and ecology are the foundations of their philosophy and way of life.
Anna's goal is to create a new, sustainable textile culture. She pays attention to the use of durable, ecological and regional materials and the least possible use of chemicals.
In addition, their products should be simple and easy to care for and reduce the amount of textile waste through longevity.
She decided on Finnish sheep wool and made a worsted yarn from it, which she dyes herself in her own dye atelier in Inkoo and in collaboration with a local dye company.
For as long as she can remember colors and coloring have cared her. Since the 1980s she has increasingly used natural colors in her work. Her participation in the symposium of natural colors ISEND in France 2011 then marked the turning point. The contacts established there with a manufacturer of natural color concentrates gave the impetus to found Aurinkokehrä and to realize the dreams.
With natural coloring you have to know the behavior of the colors very precisely in order to obtain the desired shade. Anna has therefore studied color theory, dyeing and fabric printing in order to be able to develop color recipes at this high level.
At the end of the process, the current Aurinkokehrä color scale was created with its brilliance and diversity. More about Anna and Aurinkokehrä at https://aurinkokehra.fi/
We offer the entire Aurinkokehrä yarn program in our shop exclusively in Germany.
Since this is a lovingly handcrafted yarn, we ask for your understanding if not all yarns are always in stock. So please order sufficient quantities. In the case of hand-dyed yarns in particular, there are color deviations in the different color sections when reorders are made, or it can happen that the yarns cannot be re-dyed.
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Biches & Bûches, France
Behind the Biches & Bûches brand is a Scandinavian family who live in France.
Astrid, Caroline and Louise work with passion and commitment in order to be able to supply us with the best natural fibers that have been produced under fair and sustainable conditions.
In addition, they create their own designs for this wonderful yarn.
When Astrid started thinking about a wool company, she was looking for a yarn
with which she wanted to knit her designs.
She was looking for something rustic that was in keeping with her Scandinavian roots. A yarn that can be used to knit garments that can be worn for many years.
A yarn that can be knitted well and is comfortable to wear.
Today the small family business offers us lambswool that is spun in Scotland, as well as fair produced mohair silk yarn from South Africa and a lot more.
More about Biches et Bûches at https://www.bichesetbuches.com/ .
In our shop we have the yarns Le Petit Lambswool and
Le Petit Silk & Mohair and Le Gros Silk & Mohair for you.
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CoopKnits Socks Yeah!
At Rachel Coopey, almost everything revolves around excellent sock yarn and socks in all their diversity.
In addition to the very popular sample books for unusual socks, she has also developed great designs for other,
mostly multi-colored accessories such as hats.
We carry some of her publications and the CoopKnits Socks Yeah! with the brilliant color selection not only for socks.
Donegal Tweed, Ireland
Donegal is a traditional company that has been producing one of the best yarns in Ireland with great know-how in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe for decades.
In the small town of Kilcar in the north of Ireland, distinctive yarns with a rich history are created. Donegal has long been very successful and also supplies large, international fashion companies. The success of Donegal is solely due to the great commitment of the local people and the good cooperation between wool suppliers and spinning mill.
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What makes Donegal tweed yarn so distinctive?
They are usually single-ply spun with a high lanolin content, and peppered with the characteristic tweed inclusions, which give each strand an unusual depth and complexity. Garments made from Donegal Tweed are light, robust and wearable for a long time.
Different fiber blends are used. Care is taken to ensure that the majority of the fibers are domestic, so that Irish farmers have a reliable source of income for their sheep fleece here.
We offer you the original Donegal Tweed in our shop from Ireland.
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Hélène Magnússon - Iceland
Hélène Magnússon is one of the leading knitwear designers in Iceland.
She has both Icelandic and French citizenship and grew up in France. She started her professional life as a lawyer in Paris. One day she changed her whole life and moved to Iceland.
There she learned the language while working on a sheep farm and soon after studying mountaineering and textile and fashion design at the Iceland Academy of Arts. She worked as a cook in winter and as a mountain guide in summer. The diverse skills she learned in those early years shape her work today and make up her unique approach to design and sense of style.
Hélène's passion for textiles led her to extensively research Icelandic knitting traditions. She is the author of two important pattern books on Icelandic knitting. Her expertise has earned her the respect of textile historians and museum curators in Iceland and around the world.
The best way to keep traditions alive is to keep using them. This vision led her to found the Icelandic Knitter in 2010 and dedicate herself entirely to the Icelandic knitting heritage. The aim of Hélène is to revive traditions and breathe new life into them: she publishes unique patterns inspired by the past, produces Icelandic specialty yarns Love Story, Gilitrutt, Katla and Gréla, teaches, gives lectures and organizes hiking and knitting tours in Iceland for knitters around the world. On the way she shares her love for the breathtaking nature of Iceland, her insights into traditions and culture and her knitting know-how through intensive workshop courses, which enable a unique experience and an unforgettable journey to the land of fire and ice. More about Hélène and IcelandicKnitter at www.icelandicknitter.com
We have from Hélène exclusively the complete program Love Story, Gilitrutt and Katla as well as some of her sample books and pattern.
ISTEX - Lettlopi, Iceland
When it comes to traditional Icelandic yarn, the yarn from ISTEX is a must.
ISTEX was founded a few decades ago to continue the Icelandic wool industry, which began in Mosfellsbér in western Iceland in 1896.
The company buys fleeces directly from farmers and processes around 99% of all Icelandic wool. Icelandic farmers own 80% of the company and they participate directly in the company's success.
It is thanks to this extraordinary commitment that ISTEX
can offer natural and sustainable yarns made from pure Icelandic wool.
ISTEX yarns are valued as unique all over the world. They can be used to make garments that are light, comfortable to wear, robust and weatherproof.
Icelandic wool has excellent breathability and thermal insulation.
Over 1,100 years in the subarctic climate and isolation has given Icelandic wool a distinctive character.
The wool is double-coated with a combination of inner and outer fibers. The inner fibers are fine, soft and highly insulating. The outer fibers are long, strong and weatherproof. Together they create a high-quality wool that is light, water-repellent and highly breathable. More about ISTEX at https://istex.is/
We have the Lettlopi yarn from ISTEX at the shop.
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Kate Davies Designs - Scotland
Kate Davies Designs (KDD) was founded by Kate Davies in 2010 when a stroke ended her literary career at the age of 36.
As Kate learned to live with the effects of her stroke, she helped herself by starting to knit and designing knitting patterns herself.
She founded an independent publishing company and began producing books that combined her authoring and designer skills.
In addition to creating enduringly popular knitwear collections like Yokes and West Highland Way and collaborating with other designers on projects like The Book of Haps and Warm Hands, Kate also shared her experiences with stroke and the subsequent time in the book "Handywoman" and created an inclusive guide for creative practice. Kate Davies Designs has grown into a successful creative company that encompasses many different aspects of design while always keeping the grandiose landscape of West Scotland in mind.
Whether sweater or poem, everything that Kate and her team do is guided by ideas: The guiding principle is from thinking to doing. In 2015 Kate started developing her own yarn brands for hand knitting. More about Kate at https://www.shopkdd.com/
We carry Kates yarn àrd thìr and a large selection of her books .
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Laine Publishing Oy, Finland
Laine Publishing is Knit Life from the north.
Laine Magazine is a high quality Nordic knitting and lifestyle magazine based in Finland.
This is where natural fibers, slow living, local craftsmanship, and the beautiful, simple things in life are celebrated.
Laine Magazine inspires with its very own creativity and in recent years has established itself as one of the leading magazines in the knitting sector worldwide. Because knitting is more than just stringing stitches together. It's a way of life.
Laine Magazine features designs from the leading knit designers, interviews, exciting travel articles, seasonal recipes and powerful stories.
Since 2020, Laine has also published books that are unparalleled on the current book market.
More about Laine Publishing, Oy at https://lainemagazine.com/
We carry a wide range of Laine publications
as well as the coveted My Knitting Notes notebook.
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mährle wool
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Sustainable wool, which does without long transport routes, raw material imports and exploitation, has long been just wishful thinking.
On its own initiative and after many long hikes, countless exciting encounters and many efforts, the mährle wool team has managed to obtain wool from German sheep and traditional shepherds and to process it in Germany and neighboring countries.
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A lot of passion paired with careful treatment of the raw material
and a lot of expertise from the shepherds are the cornerstones of the mährle wool concept.
Just as the shepherds are valued as valuable partners, so do they value and respect their sheep as unique living beings. They are an essential part of the production of this high-quality and sustainable product and mark the start of a new era in domestic wool.
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Called with passion for handicraft and love for nature
Dagmar Fresenius brought the project mährle 2020 into life.
When Dagmar realized what practices were the order of the day in the wool industry, she relegated her entire collection of yarn to the attic and began working on alternatives. "It has to be better, with a clear conscience towards animals, humans and nature ..!". Today she shows us. Yes it works.
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We carry the yarn " Albschaf" from mährle wool in our shop
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Merchant & Mills, UK
Merchant & Mills from East Sussex in England is unique in its field. The company is growing steadily, developing and bringing high-quality innovations to the market again and again when it comes to dealing with fabrics and the right tools. The owners Carolyn and Roderick travel the world in search of unique and beautiful fabrics and accessories. You will find both aesthetic and practical inspiration. Merchant & Mills products are sold in the world's most prestigious outlets and the company has worked successfully with the London V&A Museum and Alexander McQueen. More about Merchant & Mills at https://merchantandmills.com/
We sell handcraft scissors and stitch markers from Merchant & Mills.
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Nomadnoos, Switzerland
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Coty Jeronimus, the founder of Nomadnoos is an outdoor and nature lover. She is an absolute expert in the field of the textile processing industry and has many years of experience in the textile industry.
Today she works as a textile expert with a focus on sustainability with non-governmental organizations, brands and craftsmen and creates future-oriented opportunities so that she can make a difference and help companies reduce the consumption of natural resources.
During her travels to different countries, she experienced first hand the complexities of the supply chain, including unfair pay and working conditions, and decided to start a transparent yarn business with positive social and environmental impact.
Nomadnoos was born. Nomadnoos is a hand-spun, exclusive yarn, and through the collaboration with the NGO Terre Filanti, work projects are created at the same time that support the spinners and shepherds.
Slow fashion is an awareness that is lived here throughout the production chain. It is about buying higher quality clothes that last longer and appreciate fair treatment for people, animals and the planet.
Knitters from all over the world can buy nomadnoos high-quality and exclusive luxury yarns that are sourced and hand-spun from shepherds in Mongolia. More information about Nomadnoos at: https://nomadnoos.com/
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We currently carry the yarn Sartuul , High Mountain Yak and Dry Desert Camel from Nomadnoos.
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Nua by Carol Feller, Ireland
Carol Feller is a knitting designer and teacher who started out as a structural engineer.
As with many Irish children, she learned to knit in elementary school and knitted cardigans for her dolls and occasionally herself for many years.
There is a history of the craft in her family; Her mother sewed much of her clothing, her grandmother was an experienced knitter and her aunt ran a knitting mill in Dublin.
Carol first trained as a textile artist and then as a structural engineer. Although the two are very different, the influences can be seen in her design work, which is well shaped, convenient to wear and comfortable to knit.
She strives to design clothes with that certain something: not overly complex, but always a very unique end product. She likes to work with different construction methods as long as she can improve the knitting experience.
Carol's designs are featured in books and magazines around the world. She also gives workshops on knitting techniques all over the world. More about Carol and her diverse activities at https://stolenstitches.com/
We carry the yarn Nua by Carol Feller and some of her publications .
Seeknit, Japan
Seeknit knitting needles and knitting accessories are part of the excellent range from Kinki Amibari, the oldest manufacturer of Japanese knitting needles and haberdashery: the family business has been processing local bamboo for over 100 years.
Bamboo fibers are strong and sturdy, but have a high degree of flexibility. For knitting needles, they are extremely light, durable and supple. The bamboo gives the knitting needles a comfortable feel and allows thread to slide off easily, two properties that enable comfortable knitting.
There are several hundred different types of bamboo in Japan. Moso bamboo,
Japanese wood bamboo and Henon bamboo are representative types that can be found there.
From these types, Kinki Ambari mainly uses hard and flexible Moso
and Japanese wooden bamboo for our knitting needles from the Kyushu and San'in regions.
The inside of the bamboo is hollow, like a pipe, but the wooden part of this structure has a special property.
The use of bamboo has little environmental impact and bamboo felling is linked to the conservation of the forest.
Please note:
We know Kinki Ambari as a reliable partner. Unfortunately, there are currently delays in delivery.
We ask for your understanding and strive to expand the range quickly. You can find the currently available needles here.
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Shetlandwool Adventures
Shetland Islands
Shetland Wool Adventures is a result of Misa Hay's passion for Shetland.
Misa first came to Shetland in 1999 as a participant in a school exchange and immediately fell in love with the islands. After graduating from university, she was permanently drawn to the north.
Misa has many years of experience in Shetland tourism and the development and support of important publications about the islands.
What drives her every day is her love for Shetland. She has a great passion for the islands, Shetland wool, heritage, tourism and marketing and feel very inspired by existence here.
Enjoy Missa's latest project Shetlandwool Adventures magazine. Exclusively in our shop. Click here for the magazine. You can find more about Shetlandwool Adventures and Misa here: https://www.shetlandwooladventures.com/
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Susan Crawford Vintage, UK
Susan Crawford is known worldwide for her extraordinary publications on vintage knitting. The best known is certainly "The Shetland Vintage Project", on which Susan worked with the greatest accuracy and expertise for over seven years. The result: a masterpiece that is unparalleled in the knitting world and is of current as well as historical significance.
Susan's passion for knitting, wool, fashion history and books are the threads that connect the individual areas of her company. The focus of her work is on sustainable, ethical slow fashion.
For some time now, Susan has also been developing her own line of yarns that are exclusively produced regionally. She works closely with local farmers to produce special British yarns. These are not otherwise available on the market in this form, so they are also unique.
The purchase of Susan Crawford Vintage products also supports small, family-friendly farms that are committed to sustainable business with heart and soul.
More about Susan at: https://susancrawfordvintage.com/
We carry some of her publications from Susan and the following yarns: Excelana DK and Fenella
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Ullcentrum Öland, Sweden
Ullcentrum was founded in July 1998 by Ann Linderhjelm.
Ann has always had a real interest in natural materials, and when she realized that farmers threw away or burned a lot of raw wool, she started thinking about how it could possibly be used.
Ann began collecting raw wool mainly from Öland, but also regionally from the area around Sméland and Blekinge.
She then developed Ullcentrum completely from scratch, focusing on product development and design and thus creating a market for local wool. Eventually, a range of felting wool, yarn, and knitwear were launched.
After a few years, linen products in the form of clothing and yarn were added as a natural complement to wool.
Ullcentrum's vision is to work in an environmentally friendly and organically healthy way, using clean, traditional and natural materials such as wool, linen, hemp and wood where possible. There is no mass production and the company tries to use as few resources as possible and to offer all employees good working conditions.
All products are uniquely designed in-house.
More about Ullcentrum at https://www.ullcentrum.com/
We carry the Ullgarn 2ply sportweight from Ullcentrum
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