La Dama dell’Ago

Usually, haberdashery in Italy means you can buy yarn, underwear, buttons, sewing thread, but not really embroidery floss and the like. This shop has indeed an eye for embroidery, mainly cross stitch. It all comes from the passion of the owner, who got it from her grandmother.

Besides all about yarn crafts and sewing, you can find floss, beads, patterns, Aida cloth and all sort of things to cross stitch on, like towels or baby bibs. Plus, you can find tons of useful advices about your projects!

For all the cosplayers or reenactors out there, that’s the place to go to find the perfect materials to make special clothes.

I like the athmosphere, that brings you back in time to the old Italian haberdashery stores where our grannies used to go. Those shops were crammed with all sort of things, and here you have that very same feeling because you can be sure to find what you look for. The difference, though, is that you are in a luminous place with high ceiling that gives you an even better feeling of hospitality.