Snail Yarn

I started to dye just to play two years ago with scraps of yarn and food dyes, and immediately I decided that I wanted to improve my creations using professional dyes and quality yarns, and so the adventure began!Since then I studied color theory, I’ve made hundreds of mini samples, and my love for colors continues to grow more and more every day. I officially open SnailYarn shop less than a year after in August 2014.

For now the magic happens in my home kitchen, but I hope to move soon in a separate studio.

I love highly variegated colourways, as well as subtle variegated shades, and I love stripes so much, so I create lot of tonal and semisolid colourways which can be mixed and used together to create colorful projects, and the more the pairing is unusual, the more I like it! All my yarns are kettle dyed in small quantities, usually 5 skein per batch.

I care for high quality of yarn and fibres, as well as for the environment and the animals, especially for our beloved sheeps which provide us with this wonderful material, the wool, we knitters love so much to work with. For the yarn I only use Merino wool from South America or Falkland in order to avoid the mulesing issues, Bluefaced Leicester bred in UK, and other high quality fibres, all specifically spun for hand knit.

I use environmental friendly, weak acid, exaust dye. This means that they need only a bit of vinegar or citric acid (which I use because it is odorless) to be fixed, as well as heat. They exaust at the end of the process, so no residual dye remains in the water used to dye. Plus they are guaranteed as totally safe to be worn next to the skin.

And overall I’m a knitter, I loved to knit since my childhood, but after discovering Ravelry in 2010 knitting became an addiction and a real passion, and I hope to transmit some of this passion to you through my yarns and my colours.

Valentina

In The Deep Hue Sea

When my oldest son was just wee baby I decided to cloth diaper him. As most of you know, the world of cloth diapers is like no other. Along with cloth diapers came wool interlock shorts, knitted shorties and incredibly cute custom hand made knitted items! That's all it took for me to get the urge to learn how to knit. A few trips to the local craft stores left me wanting
MORE. I have always been attracted to vibrant, deep saturated yarns, which the craft stores here seemed to be lacking. On a whim I ordered some bare yarn and acid dyes. I was immediately hooked! I will admit that the first few tries gave me some"interesting" results. I couldn't give up! I was determined to get this right. My very first successful skein of yarn was an absolute thrill! I knew from that moment I would be dyeing yarn, and lots of it. I have shared my passion with anyone who will listen to me. Teaching my friends and family to knit and how to dye yarn and fiber of their own. I have even taught some sessions at the local community center just to spread the yarn dyeing love. I really hope that my passion and love for this art
shows in my work and that our customers enjoy knitting and crocheting with it as much as I love dyeing it.

 

Knit Stitch Yarns

I'm Melanie. I hail from the south side of Denver, Colorado and I love cats,
hockey, and all things fiber. I started my fiber addiction by learning to crochet at a young age. A while after that I learned how to knit, dye, and spin. It's hard for me to choose a favorite since they all offer something very different. I love crocheting stuffed animals, knitting lace shawls, dyeing yarn and fiber in bright colors, and spinning the fiber into
something amazing!

Andi Pandi Crafts

My name is Andi. I am the owner/ creative mind behind Andi Pandi Crafts. I
am originally from Wisconsin but living in Missouri.I have been dyeing
yarn for about 3 years. I also dye roving for spinning and I make projects
bags. Andi Pandi Crafts began when projects were overflowing out of my
dorm room! It wasn't until about a year ago that my shop began to grow. I
love experimenting with bright, fun colors, and also new techniques. I
hope to open my own yarn shop someday to share my love of all things
fiber!

Kaleidoscope DyeWorks

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Ali is the owner and one woman show that is Kaleidoscope DyeWorks. After years of dying fibres and fabrics for fun, and with the encouragement of friends and family, she opened her Etsy shop in February of 2015. Bringing only the finest quality of Canadian yarns and fibres to the world market is both the goal and the passion behind Kaleidoscope. Ensuring that each skein is dyed to exacting and professional standards often means 18 hour days, but it is truly a labour of love. When she's not dying yarn from her home on the prairies of Northern Alberta, Ali can be found spinning, knitting, crocheting, and spending time with family.

Three Fates Yarns

Name: Stephania Fregosi
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Hometown: Boston, MA
Current home: Salem, OR

I grew up in a house full of vibrant and colorful art. One of my parents has
authored and illustrated 11 folk-art children's books, the other has designed the sets for countless theatrical productions. I grew up in a creative home where anything from the clothes we wore to stain glassed windows were homemade, hand-painted or hand-built. From an early age, I learned to knit, sew and make a wide variety of things, allowing me to transform the notion of "I don't know how" to "How could I do that?" from an early age. We never dyed yarn at my house, but there was no reason in my
mind that I couldn't try it and even sell a few skeins.

I enjoy dyeing semi-solid yarns that capture a full range of tones in one note. This makes your eyes dance and seemingly the colors are alive.

If you need a little more information: three fates yarns was named one day when I was dreaming of owning my own yarn shop, a fantasy that took hold whenever my life seemed to be headed towards small town USA for good. I thought it would be cool to name a shop after some kind of knitting
goddesses, but as it happened, knitting comes much after greek gods and
goddess. Instead, I was lead to the goddesses of destiny, those that spin, 
cut and weave the thread of life in Greek mythology. It seemed very apt, as I was highly uncertain of what kind of career I'd have, or even what place my I'd live in from year to year. I put that in my heart and years later, when I had the opportunity, I started dyeing yarn. I only knew that it would
be addictive, but it has proven to be rewarding beyond measure.

Steph
three fates yarns

Ravelry: moirae, 3FatesYarns (group)
Instagram, Twitter: @threefatesyarns
Web: www.threefatesyarn.etsy.com
threefatesyarns.com

Knitsomniac

Jennifer Thomassian has been involved in some form of textile art since the age of 8 when she took over her mother's sewing machine and started begging for her own. From a long line of artists and DIYer's she's tried almost everything. She studied Theatre Arts and costume design in college and worked with a theatre company for a short time. When her daughter was born in 1995 she taught herself to knit and seemingly overnight all she could think about was yarn and knitting. She has suffered from insomnia
more often than not and counting sheep only lead to more thoughts of knitting so she created Knitsomniac Designs as a tongue in cheek reference to the constant thoughts of wool. You can find her at
Knitsomniac.BigCartel.com and on Instagram.