Our hand dyed yarn is dyed in small batches from Welsh and UK yarn together with some specialty fibres. Our yarn is dyed only with natural dyes, there are no exceptions! We carefully source our yarn from responsible, ethical yarn producers.
Our hand dyed yarn is dyed only with natural dyes, there are no exceptions!
The colours from naturally dyed wool are enthralling. Hand dyed yarns may be repeated but they can never be exactly the same. The natural dyeing process will depend on where the dyestuff was grown, how and when it was harvested, the fibres being dyed, and the method of application we use. Browse through our hand dyed yarn selection and know that your knitting yarn project will always be one of a kind, part of the beauty of a handmade product!
Browse through the wonderful books and magazines by Laine and Faire for knitting and crochet projects. Includes instructions and patterns using various fibres and fabric.
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Our hand dyed yarn is naturally dyed in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. We dye all our own hand dyed yarn and do not source dyed yarn or 'buy it in' from external suppliers. We have been an Official Supporter of the Campaign for many years. We aim to support UK and Welsh farmers by sourcing our yarn from the UK. Our Welsh Yarn Collection is sourced and spun in mills in Wales. Our Yarn with Provenance Collection comprises UK yarns that are fully traceable to the farmers and farms where the sheep lived and grazed the fields. Naturally hand dyed wool and yarn, eco-friendly and supporting British farmers.
Not everyone wants their yarn to be dyed. You may want the natural colours of the fleece in your project, or you may wish to dye yarn yourself. Our Undyed Yarn Collection has a variety of UK undyed yarns in different breeds, weights and sizes.
All the yarn for sale on this website is contained within this Collection, "Hand Dyed Yarn".
Complementing our hand dyed yarn, we have handmade ceramic yarn bowls and leading brands in the knitting, crochet and crafting world, such as Cocoknits, Cohana, LYKKE, muud and Thread and Maple. Also available are knitting, crafting and crochet books and magazines from world leading publishers, such as Faire and Laine. Click here for our Yarn Shop...
Browse through the wonderful books and magazines by Laine and Faire. Laine books include, 52 Weeks of Socks, 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Fair Isle Weekend and many others. Laine Magazine is a high-quality Nordic knit and crochet magazine. You will love the luxurious knitting patterns from leading international knitwear designers, insightful, long-format stories from the world of wool and the strong visual storytelling. Faire Magazine brings you inside artists’ homes and creative spaces with exceptional visual storytelling. Faire Magazine - Laine Books and Magazine
Most modern knitting patterns in the UK and Europe use the metric number sizes, measured in millimetres (mm) for all knitting needles. The higher the number, the larger the thickness of the needles. In the USA, needle sizes start at 0 and increase upwards. Zero is the smallest size knitting needle, in metric a 2mm needle. (Needle Conversion Chart)
Our website is a 'Net Zero Website' - all emissions created by this website are offset by trees we have planted on a daily basis. Our FelinFach forest is growing in partnership with Tree Nation. We minimise our environmental impact using on-site natural water sources in the dyeing process. All our yarn for sale is shipped in packaging that is plastic free, biodegradable and home compostable.
Learn how to hand dye protein fibres (animal fibres such as sheep wool, alpaca, yak and silk) or cellulose fibres (plant fibres such as cotton, linen, hemp and bamboo) using natural dyes. These natural dye workshops are a hands-on learning experience using ancient natural dyes such as Madder, Weld, and Cochineal, to name a few, in their natural form as well as extract. You will leave with the knowledge to successfully dye yarn and fabrics with lasting colour to use in your projects at home.
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