SANDNES YARN Norway

Sandnes Garn - named after the town of the same name in Norway -
is the largest producer of hand knitting yarns in Northern Europe.
And when you know how crazy the Scandinavians are about knitting, that's saying something!

At Sandnes the overall package of high-quality yarns and beautiful models in Scandinavian design that are absolutely suitable for everyday use is just right.

The instruction booklets are not only printed on really nice, high-quality paper, but are also very well translated into German.
Reknitting is easy here.

The Sandnes yarn range is quite complete and includes traditional yarns made from virgin wool (some of which come from Norway) as well as modern yarns made from linen, viscose, etc.

What all yarns have in common are the beautiful colors - and new ones appear regularly. With the large color palettes you are often spoiled for choice.

The most important yarn qualities from Sandnes

Sandnes has the right yarn for every taste and every project.
The Fritids yarn, for example, is wonderful for felting and for the summer there are two yarns with a cool linen feel: Line and Tynn Line.

With Tynn Silk Mohair, a very good mohair yarn should not be missing.
We would like to introduce you to some of the most popular yarns from Sandnes:

Sandnes Sunday

Sunday from Sandnes is made from 100% merino wool and is the perfect basic yarn.
You can knit it individually, but the combination with Tynn Silk Mohair is also very popular.

In the current instruction booklet 2109 you will find plenty of models that are knitted two-thread with Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair.

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is the oldest yarn quality from Sandnes and consists of 100% Norwegian virgin wool.
The yarn has become very popular thanks to some beautiful knitting patterns from “PetiteKnit”.

KOS

Sandnes KOS is a light and very soft yarn that contains lots of alpaca.
The yarn is used, for example, in the “Novice Pullover”.

Tynn Silk Mohair

Tynn Silk Mohair is a real perennial favorite among Sandnes yarns. Made of kidmohair, wool and silk.
Knitted solo, it is perfect for very soft and thin pieces - or you can use it together with another yarn as an accessory thread.

More Sandnes yarns

In addition to the yarns mentioned above, you can also buy the following qualities from us:

• Alpaca - very soft, made from 100% alpaca
• Alpakka Silke - even softer, made from alpakka with silk
• Babyull Lanett - made of Merino, very suitable for baby things
• Bristle Alpakka - light fluffy yarn
• Double Sunday - like Sunday, but twice as thick
• Duo - cotton with wool
• Fritidsgarn - Norwegian virgin wool, good for felting
• Mandarin Petit - an unusually soft cotton yarn
• Sisu - wool with polyamide, very durable
• Smart - 100% wool with superwash, suitable for everyday use

The Sandnes Magazine

A particular strength of Sandnes Garn is the instruction booklets.
Packed with cool Scandinavian designs, the magazines are published at regular intervals around 20-25 times a year.

In addition to the so-called “Tema” magazines (see below), the Sandnes magazine is published. The booklet always contains an English instruction section in addition to the German one.
The instructions are very well translated and easy to follow.

You can find the current Sandnes booklets for 2021 here: Sandnes instructions 2021.

The Sandnes Magazines are the main magazines from Sandnes and are usually divided into women's / men's / children's / baby etc.
But there are also magazines that focus on a specific yarn, such as magazine 2111 “Double Sunday”.

The “Tema” booklets

In addition to the Sandes magazine, the so-called Tema magazines also appeared. These are often shorter than the magazine and focus more on a specific topic such as Christmas decorations or individual models.

Free Sandnes patterns
Sandnes publishes free instructions once a month.

You can download them directly from Sandnes as a PDF: Sandnes free instructions .