Discover why and how Matera and Vasto yarns were born, Italian from merino sheep to the ball of yarn!
discover how and why Matera and Vasto yarns were born, Italian yarns from merino sheep to the ball!
- Fiber: 100% Merino Gentile wool Italy
- Ball: 50g / 160m
- Needles: 4 - 4.5
- Sample: 21 meshes X 32 needles = 10 X 10 cm with 4 mm needles (recommended needles 4 / 4.5)
- 100% Italian Merino Gentile wool yarn; durable, slightly dry to the touch, smooth on the needles, anti-pilling. A very versatile yarn, suitable for various types of knitting; perfect for comfortable and informal jumpers, ideal for weaving and "Aran" style stitches with rhombuses and braids, particularly suitable for multi-coloured "Fair Isle" knitting, "Nordic" style jumpers.
- Fiber: 100% Merino Gentile wool Italy
- Ball: 50g / 125m
- Needles: 5 - 5.5
- Sample: 17 meshes X 24 needles = 10 X 10 cm with 5 mm needles (recommended needles 5/ 5.5)
- 100% Italian Merino Gentile wool yarn, intermediate thickness, slightly elastic, zero pilling, very soft and fluffy, even if it feels slightly dry to the touch, it fills the work well. Suitable for hats, generous cardigans, warm pullovers, sporty jumpers. Ideal for plaits or pincers, versatile, glides well over needles.
A highly sustainable project for quality Merino wool.
The theme of sustainability and environmental protection is also increasingly present in textile companies, which are committed to making yarns with a sustainable impact, with ethical production and aimed at obtaining important product quality certifications, respecting the territory, animals and workers.
With this project, Laines du Nord is taking a further step forward, producing a wool from the "0 Km Chain" from the sheep to the ball.
The Merino Gentile breed of sheep has ancient Italian origins and is reared in southern Italy, specifically in an area between Puglia, Molise and Abruzzo.
The area is close to the Tratturo Magno or Regio Tratturo that runs from L'Aquila to Foggia, which was the ancient transhumance route for the flocks of the empire of the two Sicilies and the Papal States.
The Gentile di Puglia sheep provides a fleece with exclusive characteristics of exceptional fineness, which makes it possible to produce a wool of superior quality compared to other Merino breeds, which are more suitable for meat and milk production.
Specifically, thanks to the direct involvement of the breeders, it is possible to certify the origin and traceability of the entire wool chain: from harvesting, sorting and selection, to transformation into worsted.
The result is a production of wool and/or woollen yarns of the highest strictly controlled quality standard.
The strength of the Italian Merino Gentile fibre, its fineness and anti-pilling effect distinguish it.
We invite you to discover these yarns with their unique characteristics, which deserve to be enhanced with creations that exalt their uniqueness.
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