Handpainted Yarns

I dye yarns using cake icing dyes and Easter egg dyes. Since the dyes are food grade, I can do it in my kitchen using my pots and pans, and my little child can get involved.

I was thinking about having a tutorial, but my methods are so improvisational, I haven't decided how I would do that! Maybe some day.

This skein is about 16 feet long. I used store-bought superwash merino wool.

This is another huge skein of superwash.

This is a sock gauge superwash merino which my young child dyed. He did a beautiful job.


These next three are corriedale, some of my first handspuns.

The next two yarns are my handspun merino.

Now for a happy jumble of color!