Dyeing

Dyeing is easy and I can help you get started. We offer Greener Shades eco-friendly dyes and a selection of naked yarns and fiber. Our dye journal containes dyeing directions and pages to track your methods and results.

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  • Naked yarn & fiber

    100% Alpaca Yarn

    $13.76 Add to cart

    A soft, very fine, drapey yarn in its natural color.  This is locally sourced and milled.

    Beautiful for shawls, scarves and other fine garments.  Dyes wonderfully.  This yarn will “bloom” a bit after a soak and rinse. No elasticity or memory to this yarn and it’s not feltable.

    • 3-ply
    • 250 yards
    • 4 oz’s approx
    • Sport weight

    Check out all of our naked yarns and fibers for dyeing.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    100% Merino Sport Weight Yarn (Feltable)

    $19.03 Add to cart

    This is a great dyeable and feltable yarn. It’s 3-ply, 328 yards, 100 gram skein (3.52 oz’)

    Check out all of our naked yarns and fibers for dyeing.

     

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    100% Merino Superwash Yarn

    $14.04 Add to cart

    A DK weight  wool yarn perfect for sweaters and hats, fingerless mitts and warm shawls. The springy superwash merino is a stable fiber of high quality which will not pill or separate with wear. This yarn takes color beautifully, too.

    NOTE: Superwash yarn has been treated to make it machine washable…but this does not mean you can wash it in any cycle.  You will still need to exercise care and we recommend hand washing.  This yarn is not used for felting.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    100% Merino Wool Roving – Natural

    $2.35$33.95 Select options

    Soft Merino wool roving for wet felting, nuno felting, needle felting and spinning. Its high quality makes it perfect for projects that will be worn close to the skin like jewelry and scarves. Merino wool fiber is the finest and silkiest of our dyed wool roving.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    100% Merino Worsted Weight Yarn (Feltable)

    $19.03 Add to cart

    A bit tighter twist makes this yarn round and dense but still fine and soft.  Non-superwash merino in worsted weight is the go-to yarn for sweater knitters who know about the natural fulling effect that comes with wear and washing over time. Knit a sweater from this yarn and create a warm and cozy garment which will last for years.

     

     

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon Yarn

    $19.32 Add to cart

    Sheila’s Titanium is a lovely soft and plump 2-ply sock yarn.  It’s an excellent workhorse yarn, with plentiful yardage for a pair of socks and it has excellent stitch definition, making it your new go-to sock yarn.  Tie this one in at least 4 places before dyeing.

    NOTE: Superwash yarn has been treated to make it machine washable…but this does not mean you can wash it in any cycle.  You will still need to exercise care and we recommend hand washing.  This yarn is not used for felting.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    Blue Faced Leicester Super Chunky, Superwash Yarn

    $13.95 Read more

    100% Blue Faced Leicester (aka, BFL) is soft and squishy, twisted but not plied and dyeable.  It has less memory than merino yarn but has beautiful drape and more shine.

    NOTE: Superwash yarn has been treated to make it machine washable…but this does not mean you can wash it in any cycle.  You will still need to exercise care and we recommend hand washing.  This yarn is not used for felting.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    Boucle Yarn – Undyed

    $13.95 Add to cart

    This is a small looped boucle (boo-clay) yarn. If you want to dye your own doll hair this is a wonderful yarn for just that purpose.  It’s also great for knitting and crocheting

    • 74% Mohair, 15.5% Wool, 10.5% Nylon
    • 100 gram skein (approx. 3.5 oz’s)
    • 350 yards

    Dye it with Greener Shades non-chrome, non-metal ACID Dyes. These dyes comply with the Global Organic Textile Standard 6.0 criteria for organic processing.

     

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    Corriedale Super Chunky Yarn

    $12.08 Read more

    This is a natural, undyed,  super chunky, Corriedale wool yarn. Great for spinning, super chunky knitting, felting and washing machine felting.  The Corriedale sheep is well known for its softness and luster making this yarn perfect for next-to-skin projects.

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    Dolly Mo Snow White Mohair Yarn

    $13.65 Add to cart

    Dye and style your doll’s hair beautifully with this longer fiber mohair yarn.  It’s the perfect brushable yarn for your Waldorf inspired dolls.  Suitable for crocheting hair caps for larger dolls Crochet hook needle size 2 mm/2.50 mm recommended (US1b).

  • Naked yarn & fiber

    Donegal DK Yarn

    $15.48 Add to cart
  • Dye Journal

    Dye Journal

    $12.00 Add to cart

    Track your dyeing projects to repeat the results or remember what works and what doesn’t. I have hundreds of pages with my dye work over the years and I cannot tell you how awesome it is to reference my work to tweak or repeat the results.  Packaged in a 3-ring, 1 1/2 inch binder with 2, clear, inside pockets.  There is plenty of room to add more dye journal pages.

    • Includes 5 dye journal pages
    • Greener Shades Dye Instructions
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