"Kauni" (yarn): description, composition, producer, types and reviews

Yarn for hand knitting in recent years is gaining great popularity among needlewomen around the world. And it is not surprising, because you can create the very thing that will fully meet the expectations, it will become unique. In the article - about one of the famous products for knitting, yarn "Kauni".

Kauni - yarn for aesthetes

Do you want an easy and airy thing for autumn or winter? It's just with Kauni. The yarn of foreign production helps to create really colorful and stylish things, topical for courageous women of fashion. A huge selection of colors allows you to stand out from the gray crowd.

Many buyers are attracted to one of the main varieties of "Kauni" - yarn "Artistic" with smooth transitions of flowers. It is not only beautiful, but also convenient - you do not need to buy several different shades of threads, long to think about how to make a smooth transition. Everything is already ready in one skein of "Kauni".

About the manufacturer

The yarn, widely known in the world, is produced in Estonia. The factory Aade Lõng is famous for the quality of its products, so its customers become permanent. The history of the factory begins in 1969, and to this day its products do not lose their advantages.

The wool from which the yarn is made is environmentally friendly, without synthetic impurities, which significantly reduces the risk of allergic reactions in humans. Wool of sheep, from farms of Estonia and New Zealand.

Composition and properties

Yarn "Kauni" - 100% quality sheep wool. Like all types of wool yarn, it is more prickly to the touch, but very warm, so it is suitable for knitting winter things. "Kauni" is very light, the products are almost weightless.

The filaments are twisted in the cramp for transportation. But to work it is better to untwist and make a ball.

Yarn is quite resistant to wear. With proper care of the thing (washing in cool water by hand or in delicate mode in the machine and drying in a horizontal position), it serves for a long time.

Colors do not shed, for a long time remain as bright as originally.

Main characteristics

Yarn "Kauni" can be sectioned and monophonic. The thickness of the yarns also varies: by 100 grams 800 meters of single yarn and by 100 grams 400 meters double. The first is better to use for more airy and light things - shawls, shawls, the second - for dense. Sometimes they are combined in one product. So it turns out a piece of clothing with "breathable", delicate inserts.

The sections in the colored yarn are different. Sometimes their length is small (where there are less than 4 colors, for example "Artistic Rainbow") and very long, reaching 100 meters ("Artistic Lavender"), which allows a very smooth transition of color.

"Kauni" - yarn, which is unpainted (village threads), untwisted. Also on sale there is a wool for felting from the same manufacturer. Thus, this product is suitable not only for making clothes, but also for decorating various things, for the lessons of handymade.

Color palette

In order to ensure that "Kauni" - yarn for every taste, you need to know the number of its shades:

• "Africa" (4 shades of blue and green);
• "Aqua" (2 shades of blue and blue);
• Black and purple;
• Black and white;
• Blue-lilac;
• "Sky" (blue and white);
• "Bloom" (pink, brown, purple);
• Black-brown;
• Brownish-blue;
• Brownish-pink;
• "Autumn" (a set of 4 autumn shades);
• "Festival" (4 bright colors);
• "Flame" (red-orange);
• "Fuchsia" (purple, pink, burgundy);
• "Green" (2 shades);
• "Spring greens" (yellow-green);
• "Halloween" (2 shades of gray and pumpkin);
• Gray-lilac;
• "Jeans";
• "Lavender" (4 shades of purple and green);
• "Lilac" (light blue and green);
• "Space" (shades of purple, blue and brown);
• Pink-beige;
• Pink-lilac;
• "Rainbow" (6 shades);
• Red (2 shades);
• "Red-2" (4 shades);
• "Rust" (shades of brown and yellow);
• "Sand" (shades of sand and blue).

This is not all shades in which the Kauni yarn is presented. Colors can be as combined, as you can see, and monochrome. Uniform yarn is more dense. It has about 20 variations of bright and pastel tones.

What to connect?

As already mentioned, the products made of Kauni yarn are much lighter (1.5-2 times than the usual things from wool and synthetics). It is suitable for machine and manual binding. For example, for knitting shawls or stoles need thin knitting needles 2-3.5 or hook, for sweaters - knitting needles 5-6.

From 80 grams of fine "Kauni" you can get a small scarf, of 150 grams - a shawl. Of thicker yarn (400/100), this item will require up to 200 grams. Otherwise, the consumption of yarn is as follows:

• A thin female jacket of medium size (M) - 210 g;
• A sweater of the same size - 300 g;
• Men's sweater (48 sizes) - 400 g;
• Medium length dress - 400 g;
• Small plaid crochet - 800 g.

Using larger spokes, openwork viscous reduce the consumption of material. Stiff mating, braids and the presence of collars - increase.

As can be seen, this yarn has a very wide range of applications. From it you can connect everything you need - from hats and scarves to skirts and cardigans. Especially popular recently are knitted accessories - belts, handbags, ornaments.

Where to buy Kauni yarn?

Because foreign-made yarn, its search may take some time. If there are no specialized stores nearby, the Internet resources always come to the rescue. Online stores for needlewomen have a wide range of all sorts of materials for knitting, among which is the Kauni yarn. Moscow and Moscow region in terms of searching for this material are more productive. From specialized stores that have an Internet site for orders from other regions, you can choose "Sunny ball", "Woolly paradise", "Wool-Shop" and others.

In addition to the appearance of the thread in the skein, you can see finished articles in the article, the basis of which is the Kauni yarn.

St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg), like the capital, also boasts the presence of yarn in stores, for example, "Tangle", "All Threads" and others.

Order on the Internet, of course, a kind of lottery. But about the quality of products says the number of reviews, examples of works and recommendations.

Yarn "Kauni": reviews

Customer testimonials, which have tried "Kauni", most often concern the abundance of colors and naturalness of the thread. Warmth, originality of things - that's what you can often hear about this yarn. It is also said that the figure of a thing keeps its shape even after washing and long socks.

Owners of sensitive skin notice that the yarn is prying the body. To get rid of this, it is recommended to add a little conditioner and glycerin to the water when rinsing. That the villi of the wool does not stick together, remained fluffy, when rinsing, you can also add citric acid or a weak solution of vinegar. Dry the finished thing better in a horizontal position, fixing its edges, so that it retains its original shape.

More detailed information buyers can receive directly from the instructions attached to the purchase. There it is stated that before the beginning of knitting, it is better to wash the yarn in cool water with the addition of shampoo (conditioner, detergent for dishes), rinse well, dry, do not tightly roll into a tangle.

A lot of enthusiastic reviews from working with a fine kind of yarn. Most often, light shawls and scarves are made of it. They turn out soft, like a web, soft and fit any type of a girl's appearance. Some knitters note a calming effect when working with "Kauni".

As for socks, they can deteriorate more quickly on the sole. Therefore, in this place needlewomen are recommended to tie a synthetic thread or sew a fabric patch (insole).

In order to connect the desired thing, do not need great skill or any tricks. Kauni is easy to use. All you need is suitable knitting needles and basic skills. Buyers are often interested in the question - how to achieve smooth transition in multi-colored yarn? The craftsmen working with it say that you do not need to cut the thread and insert the necessary sections, or fold the threads in half. The shades of the yarn fall easily and naturally, the transition becomes visible already in the finished product.

In the rest "Kauni" is a field for fantasy. She herself tells what creature to create.