SANDNES GARN AS produces both ‘woolen’ and ‘worsted’ yarns.
Norwegian Wool is used mostly in the woolen spun process. The greasy wool is purchased straight from the sheep and is then washed before being carded and spun into threads which in turn are twisted, dyed and wound into knitting balls. Today our largest quality produced in woolen spun is LEISURE YARN.
The raw material for the worsted spun yarn is purchased clean or finished washed and combed. This can be Norwegian wool, as in our PEER quality but most come from Uruguay in South America. The raw material first goes through our drawing equipment (draft) before being spun into thread, then onto hanks before being dyed and then wound into balls. The biggest worsted-qualities are SMART, SISU, PEER and BABYULL, LANETT.
SANDNES GARN AS also supplies alpaca and cotton yarns. These qualities are purchased unprocessed on spools and are then wound to hanks and dyed before being wound to knitting balls at the factory.
We shall be the leader in the design of hand knitting, we will cover the most important target groups and also tend more towards fashion design. We make knitting patterns sold with our yarns.
Our main profile is through around 25 magazines we publish annually. The magazines must clearly demonstrate our design and inspire.
We will continue production at our premises at Foss-Eikeland, and will give priority to having the most modern equipment available. Plans are to now upgrade the dye house and winding department.
Our sales channels are mainly directly to yarn stores in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. For other countries we sell through wholesalers. We also sell directly to customer via the own online store, but it is not a priority, as we want to support the yarn stores in their position as specialist stores and offer professional knitting help to those who need it.
Our yarn must be based on natural fibers. Earlier Norwegian wool was dominant, but now as a demand for more wool with finer fiber that is also softer and itches’ less.
Our goal is to be able to come close to supplying 100% of our key qualities such as SMART, BABYULL, LANETT, SISU, LEISURE YARN, MANDARIN PETIT and ALPACA. Our strength will be design, quality, and deliverability.