Ali is the yarn dyer and knitter behind Explorer Knits + Fibers. “My passion for dyeing is something I could have never expected,” Ali says.…
Explorer Knits + Fibers
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Dye: Acid
Makers who use Acid Dyes
An Caitín Beag
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An Caitín Beag is Irish for The Little Small Cat. The dyer and designer behind An Caitín Beag says, “I’m Irish, and while I’m no…
Ritual Dyes
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Ritual Dyes is a yarn shop in Portland, Oregon that has its own line of hand-dyed yarns. Drawing inspiration from nature, the great Pacific Northwest,…
Mirasol yarns was founded by Norwegians Kari Hestnes and Per Svendsen to support the Mirasol School, which educates children in an isolated part of Peru,…
Misti Alpaca
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Peruvian dyer Misti Alpaca sells alpaca, cotton and silk yarns. Most yarns are shown as knitted samples, including knitted socks for the sock yarns. The…
The Fiber Seed
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The Fiber Seed’s Lindsay English says, “I dye yarn, not only, with a purpose to be used, but to be the spark of creativity in…
Taiu and Kersti Landra handpaint most Koigu yarn, which is spun on 1960s equipment in their shop outside Toronto. Offerings include matched color sets and…
Made In America Yarns
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Made In America Yarns is a mill that creates a little bit of everything and sells both by the skein and the cone. There are…
Kauni began in Denmark as an importer of Estonian handmade crafts. Then it shaped the products of Estonian knitting workshops to the Danish market. Today,…
Heather Walpole says, “I created Ewe Ewe Yarns to be about finding your own colorful knitting adventure. Grab a color, and pair it with something…