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Yarns from Manufactured Fibers, and Blends
Novelty, Textured, Art Yarns

 

Novelty, Textured, Man Manufactured Yarns A mesh tape yarn [knitted sample], Mondial Volant. Design © Susanna, March 2010.   Many man-made fibers and yarns are created from petroleum by-products using so called nanotechnology. Usually, a yarn is considered as Novelty if it has an interesting texture, or other special features that distinguish it from regular plied yarns. The most commmon types of novelty yarns are bouclé, eyelash, fleece-effect, flammé, different kinds of ribbons or tapes (ladder- and rail-road-style, etc.), and yarns with mixed texture, in which a few stylish, different textured strands are mixed into one yarn.
"In the 1930s, as technology advanced, humans learned how to create their own fiber. Since the 1950s, many superlatived advances in synthetic fibers have been achieved, and the availability of these man-made fibers has outstripped the natural ones.

Other than yarns made of animal wool, plant fibers (cotton, linen (flax), rayon and viscose, etc.), bast fibers (hemp, banana fiber, soy silk) and silk itself, there is a category of man-made synthetic fibers such as acrylic (dralon, courtelle - the best quality acrylics), nylon, olefin, polyester, polyamide, acetate, anidex, aramid, azlon, elastoester, glass, lyocell, melamine, metallic, modacrylic, nytril, olefin, PBI, PEN, PLA, polypropylene, saran, spandex (lycra), chlorofiber, sulfar, triacetate, vinal, vinyon, and mamy, many others." - For more information please refer to FiberSource.com


Did you know? Nowadays, only overly impressionable people will be touched by reading the yarn label: banana silk, milk protein, seaweed, dog hair, etc. But now, we can even try a yarn made of old newspapers! It was created by Greetje van Tiem in 2007: www.dezeen.com.

 

Angel, Lang
Aura Sequined, Lang
Belfilo, Lang
Chiara, Lang
Dazzle, Estelle
  Erba, Lana Grossa
Flores, Lang
Lanalux, Lang
Malizia, Estelle
Notturno, Grignasco
  Pep, Lana Grossa
Whisper, Estelle


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Angel, faux fur
  ANGEL by Lang
FIBRE: 100% Nylon
YARN WEIGHT: Worsted or Fancy
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 25 sts / 32 rows
NEEDLES: recommended 4 mm (US No.6)
LENGTH: 120 m / 138 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50 g
* hand wash | made in Italy


Aura with Sequins
  AURA, AURA Sequined by Lang
FIBRE: 38% Cotton, 22% Viscose, 40% Microfibre
YARN WEIGHT: Fancy
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 18 sts / 22 rows
NEEDLES: 5 - 5.5 mm(US No.7-8)
LENGTH: approx. 70 m / 76 yds
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* hand wash | made in Italy


Belfilo, Lana Grossa
  BELFILO by Lana Grossa
FIBRE: 45% Viscose, 40% Cotton, 10% Linen, 5% Polyamide
YARN WEIGHT: Double Knit
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 26 sts / 32 rows
NEEDLES: recommended 3.5 - 4 mm (US No.6-7)
LENGTH: approx. 150 m / 159 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* hand wash | made in Italy


Lana Grossa Chiara
  CHIARA by Lana Grossa
FIBRE: 20% Superkid Mohair, 70% Rayon, 10% Polyester
YARN WEIGHT: Worsted
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 25 sts / 30 rows
NEEDLES: recommended 4 - 4.5 mm (US No.6-7)
LENGTH: approx. 190 m / 212 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* machine wash | made in Italy


Dazzle, ribbon yarn
  DAZZLE by Estelle
FIBRE: 97% Polyamide, 3% Lurex
YARN WEIGHT: Fancy
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 12 sts / 16 rows
NEEDLES: recommended 6 - 7 mm (US No.10-11)
LENGTH: 100 m / 111 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50 g
* hand wash | made in Italy


Lana Grossa erba
  ERBA by Lana Grossa
FIBRE: 60% Cotton, 40% Polyamide
YARN WEIGHT: Heavy Worsted
TENSION: 10x10 (4"): 18 sts / 28 rows
NEEDLES: 4.5 mm (US No.7)
LENGTH: approx. 105 m / 112 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* hand wash | made in Italy

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