
What exactly is alpacare® yarn?
By Fiorella Cruz
alpacare® wool is a yarn that has been treated so that it can be washed in the washing machine without shrinking or felting. Natural wool yarn does not tolerate high...
The Hansa Farm blog about us and the life of the alpacas.
By Fiorella Cruz
alpacare® wool is a yarn that has been treated so that it can be washed in the washing machine without shrinking or felting. Natural wool yarn does not tolerate high...
By Sven Marten
Many of us were taught to knit or crochet by our relatives at a young age. Our needlework teacher could have been an aunt, grandma or mother. I'm sure you're...
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By Fiorella Cruz
...about the culture of the alpacas that have surrounded them all their lives. Since when have you been working with alpacas? I have known alpacas since I was born. My...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Did you know that we have more than 800 m² of knitting wool stored for you? Our distribution warehouse is in Neumünster. We store our goods there with a professional...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Why you should knit or learn to knit: What does knitting do to us as humans? What does it protect us from? What does it do for us? 1. Knitting...
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By Fiorella Cruz
The Merino sheep, which originally settled in North America, is descended from the fine-wool sheep breed. It probably owes its name to the Berber dynasty of the Merinids. In the...
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By Fiorella Cruz
What kind of knitting machine should I buy? For beginners, it is usually recommended to buy a knitting machine with a so-called single bed. Later, you can add a double...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Hansa-Farm® – what does that mean? We have already announced it in the blog entry Fairalpaka becomes Hansa-Farm®. Today is Thursday, June 13th and we are now called Hansa-Farm®. An...
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By Fiorella Cruz
General information about knitting machines: The biggest advantage of machine knitting over hand knitting is that you can create larger or more complex patterns quickly and easily, regardless of whether...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Hansa-Farm® what does that mean? As you may know, we started the fairalpaka project in 2012 full of ambition and passion. The name was and is of course directly related...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Largest wool festival in Scandinavia The Uldfestival Saltum, now the largest Scandinavian wool festival, has been taking place for over 10 years. Every year on the second weekend in May....
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By Fiorella Cruz
The wool of the Angora goat, a breed of domestic goat, is a yarn made of long and curly, but silky, hair. The Angora goat and its wool have attracted...
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By Fiorella Cruz
Baby Alpaca DK wool meets fine handwork by Karin A short excursion into the origin of the word and the biology associated with it. Humulus is Latin and means hops....
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