Sian lives on Orkney’s most northerly island, North Ronaldsay, where the sheep live on the beach and eat seaweed. Their fleece is hand clipped and…
Seaweed Shepherdess
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Dye: Botanical
Makers who use Botanical Dyes
Yarn Matter
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Erin Battle is the designer and dyer at Yarn Matter. “I design crochet patterns, and I dye yarn using natural materials,” Erin says. “I am…
Isle Inspired Yarn
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Isle Inspired Yarn features naturally dyed and undyed yarns from UK sheep breeds, some of it handspun.
Yarn Over Floyd
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Yarn Over Floyd, situated in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, uses only natural dyes. Owner Siobhan also runs a farm, and the website is full of…
Wooly Witch of the West
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Madeline is the dyer behind Wooly Witch of the West. Madeline has had a deep love of wild lands since childhood, and a fascination with…
Bestiarium
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Bestiarium is the house yarn of Elk Market, hand-dyed by Swedish owner and creator Lotta H Löthgren. Elk Market is a slowly growing creative space in…
Burntisland, UK-based Flora Fibres offers natural-dyed, plant-based yarns and spinning fiber, along with accessories.
Niki is the UK yarn and spinning fiber dyer at Allium Threads. Niki achieves beautiful colors with natural dyes, on a variety of bases.
Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit is “a queer femme and fibre witch who helps fellow fibre witches to connect, create, and get confident.” Ash’s shop…
Chicago dyer Jessie Payne is the artist behind NeedleHeaux. Yarns are dyed with natural materials. Stock features both animal and plant fibers.