Inspiration
Plant-dyed Yarns, Up Close
How do you catch a bit of nature in a skein of yarn?
If you’re a patient and clever hand dyer, you turn to dyes made from plants and insects.
And you seek out wools that are sourced with care, spun by small mills, loaded up with thought and intention and time.
On a day when you probably have things to do and people to see, here’s a small escape. These are colors created by dyers whose yarns we really, really love. We’re proud to offer these yarns to you and hope you’ll give them a try, especially if you’ve not had the chance to knit with hand-dyed yarns.
From Brooke Sinnes of Napa, California, comes Sincere Sheep Cormo Sport.
This is Nutmeg Fibers Hearth, from Meg Anderson of Nashville, Tennessee.
Lana Plantae Rambouillet DK, from Marcia McDonald of Buxton, Maine.
These and many other lovelies are available in the MDK Shop. I venture to say we’re at a peak of beautiful yarns.
Yay, Brooke! Such a clever and able fiber maven. This Napa knitter person are so happy to see her get a wider audience. jdu
A beautiful post! As a knitter, I would love to see a couple of knitted swatches to see how it all worked up. Thanks!
Mary, you can see the Nutmeg yarn at work in the newest Field Guide baby sweater Cockleshell Cardiganhttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cockleshell-cardigan-2, and the cormo sport knit up in my project page for the Timbromania sweater https://www.ravelry.com/projects/juliafc/timbromania
I look forward to each MDK post. The piece on John Prine remains my favorite because who would have thought to put those two together. I’m happily working my Carbeth cardigan and thank you
I hope somebody is knitting for John Prine.
All are gorgeous! Thank you for giving me a break for beauty on a less-than-beautiful workday.
I went to Vogue Knitting Live in Chicago and was pretty determined not to buy (too much) yarn. After all, I work at a yarn shop in Florida. But I kept going back to the Nutmeg Fibers booth and couldn’t resist getting one of Meg’s Boyfriend hat kits, which actually has enough yarn for two hats. I’ve paired it with a furry pom pom and can’t wait to wear it… although I’ll have to go on a trip somewhere because it doesn’t usually get cold enough down here. 🙂
Such lovelies! I would also love to see swatches; however, I suspect you have other things to do….smile. Being committed to knitting as locally as I can, I attended Maine’s Fiberfest in June and sought out Marcia McDonald at her booth. Lana Plantae Rambouillet DK is spectacular “in person!” Feels, smells (did I say that?), and looks beautiful knitted up. Thanks for including these wonderful, plant and insect dyed yarns in your store. Since I’m currently obsessed (did I say that?) with kerchiefs, these are purrfect! [I won’t mention that I’m into babushkas too….”when I am an old woman, I shall wear purple”….and babushkas!