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 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, 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 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

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 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

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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