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Dye and Knit a Stripe Pullover in Soleil Fingering Merino Cotton Yarn
Dye and Knit a Striped Pullover in Soleil Fingering Merino Cotton Yarn
Since my love of knitting sweaters is well documented on this blog, you know full well that I struggle with the warmer months in LA. Finding exciting projects and creating... Read more...
Dying new summer blend yarn Verano with fiber reactive dyes
Dyeing new summer blend yarn Verano with fiber reactive dyes
Featuring: Verano from Knomad 60% Fine Superwash Merino Wool 21.5 mic 30% Pima Cotton 10% Linen Our Goal: Do a mini study on a mixed fiber base to see the... Read more...
Dyeing our new Alpaca and untreated Merino yarn Misti
Dyeing our new Alpaca and untreated Merino yarn Misti
Featuring: Misti, a 60% Fine Merino Wool 21.5 mic, 40% Baby Alpaca blend. Our Goal: How do we get a solid, rich, even saturation on a non superwash/alpaca blend? Abstract:... Read more...
Deep Winter Colorway on Nieve, Extra Fine Merino Wool
Deep Winter Colorway on Nieve, Extra Fine Merino Wool
Featuring: Knomad Nieve (75% Extra Fine Superwash Merino Wool 19.5 mic 25% Recycled Nylon.) Our Goal: Create a semi solid tonal yarn with a coordinating speckle. Bonus content: what is... Read more...
March Mayhem 2025 - Dyers' Competition 5th Anniversary!!!!
March Mayhem 2025 - Dyers' Competition 5th Anniversary!!!!
We are so excited to be in the fifth year of our annual Dyers' Competition! It’s super simple, and you’ll have a chance to win up to $500 at Knomad.... Read more...
Dyeing Soleil wool & cotton blend: Acid vs fiber reactive dyes
Dyeing Soleil wool & cotton blend: Acid vs. fiber-reactive dyes
Featuring: Knomad Soleil Fingering (50% Superwash Merino 50% Pima Cotton) Our Goal: Conduct an experiment using fiber-reactive dye to see the difference in uptake and refraction of color for the... Read more...
Microtonal Speckles on Clara Featuring a Two Stage Dye Approach
Microtonal Speckles on Clara Featuring a Two-Stage Dye Approach
Featuring: Knomad Clara (100% Superwash Merino in a worsted weight) Our Goal: To take 3 primary colors and apply them in 2 different dye approaches to create a subtle, low... Read more...
How to Develop Variegated Yarn for Garments
Wie man meliertes Garn für Kleidungsstücke entwickelt
Finally. Finally. It’s sweater weather. As a dyer, an area of the indie dyeing that I feel has been neglected is garment-minded variegated colorways. Of course the patterns are there,... Read more...
Beach Series: How to dye Mohair with Nuvola - Part 2
Beach Series: How to dye Mohair with Nuvola - Part 2
Now that you saw the part 1 of this blog, let’s continue with part 2! Color 2 - Tonal Pairing - Sand 1. Add 7 mL of 1% Pecan Stock... Read more...
Beach Series: How to dye Mohair with Nuvola - Part 1
Beach Series: How to dye Mohair with Nuvola - Part 1
Mohair-silk blend yarns have been trending in knitwear and crochet designs for several seasons, and according to the latest reports, their popularity shows no signs of waning. Mohair isn't just... Read more...
Ice Dyeing Sunny Cotton Yarn
Ice Dyeing Sunny Cotton Yarn
We are so excited a new cotton yarn is joining the Knomad line up! Here in Los Angeles, we have a hard time finding yarn we can knit with year-round.... Read more...
Peach Fuzz on Pluma
Peach Fuzz on Pluma
Dyeing Suri Alpaca silk blends such as Pluma can seem intimidating, so here is a really simple recipe inspired by the PANTONE® 2024 Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz, that... Read more...
The Ultimate Guide to Dyeing Non-Superwash Wool Yarn for Timeless Colorwork Sweaters
The Ultimate Guide to Dyeing Non-Superwash Wool Yarn for Timeless Colorwork Sweaters
Have you been dreaming of dying the perfect collection of yarn for stunning colorwork sweaters with timeless appeal? In this blog post, I'll be showing you how to dye four... Read more...
Dyeing Soleil 50% Cotton 50% Superwash Merino - which dye is best?
Dyeing Soleil 50% Cotton 50% Superwash Merino - which dye is best?
As a New Englander, I am rarely in control of my wardrobe. Up here, we’re ruled by changeable and dare I say crotchety weather gods, who delight in vexing us... Read more...
Toning Your Colors Against Their Opposite: A study of complementary colors
Toning Your Colors Against Their Opposite: A Study of Complementary Colors
Featuring: Knomad Marshmallow DK Select 20 Gram Minis; 100% 21.5 Micron Superwash Merino. Our Goal: To learn about color theory by studying “complementary colors,” meaning colors opposite each other on... Read more...
March Mayhem 2024 - Dyers' Competition
March Mayhem 2024 - Dyers' Competition
We are so excited to be in the fourth year of our annual Dyers' Competition! It’s super simple, and you’ll have a chance to win up to $500 at Knomad.... Read more...
Dyeing Solita Bulky for a Colorwork Hat
Dyeing Solita Bulky for a Colorwork Hat
This Lotus Flower Beanie by BKnitsHandmade is fast, fun and easy to both dye and knit! In today’s blog post, we’ll learn how to measure the stitch and mark off... Read more...
Organic Dyeing Egret with Greener Shades
Organic Dyeing Egret with Greener Shades
Organic non-superwash yarn bases such as Egret are a great way to bring more sustainable yarns into your shop or stash. But how do you dye this yarn to organic... Read more...
Glazing yarn in stages for a pearlescent microtonal effect
Glazing yarn in stages for a pearlescent microtonal effect
Bonus content: running rainbow painted Cirrus (mohair/silk) double for a pearly rainbow sheen Featuring: Knomad Snowdrift Select (75% Fine Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Recycled Nylon) Our Goal: To layer the... Read more...
Triad Dyeing Part 2 | 66 Colors From 3 Fluorescent Primaries
Triad Dyeing Part 2 | 66 Colors From 3 Fluorescent Primaries
Featuring: Knomad Marshmallow DK 20 Gram Minis; 100% 21.5 Micron Superwash Merino Our Goal: To create an all-fluorescent 66 color triad dye study from 3 fluorescent primaries Abstract: There’s a... Read more...
Triad Dyeing Part 1: Finding the Correct Saturation Point for Our 3 Colors
Triad Dyeing Part 1: Finding the Correct Saturation Point for Our 3 Colors
Featuring: Knomad Marshmallow DK 20 Gram Minis; 100% 21.5 Micron Superwash Merino Our Goal: To test the new Jacquard blacklight blue and observe the saturation point for 3 fluorescent dyes... Read more...
Preparing a silk yarn (Sand Dune) for dye and how to shift a dye shade
Seidenfaden (Sand Dune) für die Färbung vorbereiten und einen Farbton verschieben
Featuring: Sand Dune 52% Mulberry Silk, 24% Superkid Mohair, 20% Fine Merino Wool, 4% Viscose Our Goal: Learn about the characteristics of dyeing a silk based yarn and how to... Read more...
Dyeing for a Pattern Featuring Asperitas + Rib Lace Raglan
Dyeing for a Pattern Featuring Asperitas + Rib Lace Raglan
Bonus Content: Process for dyeing the tencel or the wool content Featuring: 50% Recycled Wool, 50% Tencel Our Goal: Dye a solid-shade yarn for a specific pattern, and learn how... Read more...
Top Summer Knitting Patterns to Pair with Our Best-Selling Summer Yarns
Top Summer Knitting Patterns to Pair with Our Best-Selling Summer Yarns
My partner loves to joke that there’s nothing I love nothing more than doom-scrolling what to order for dinner on Postmates, but he’s wrong - I love doom-scrolling Ravelry patterns... Read more...
Dyeing Yarn For A Specific Pattern (Featuring Knomad Cirrus + Dip Dyeing)
Dyeing Yarn For A Specific Pattern (Featuring Knomad Cirrus + Dip Dyeing)
Featuring: Knomad Cirrus (70% Super Kid Mohair, 30% Silk Laceweight) Our Goal: To take a sweater pattern and reverse engineer the dye application to work up how we want it... Read more...
Kettle Dyeing an Air Jet Alpaca Blend
Kettle Dyeing an Air Jet Alpaca Blend
Featuring: Knomad Meringue (70% Baby Alpaca, 7% Wool, 23% Nylon) Our Goal: To achieve a kettle dyed look on an alpaca base and learn about the characteristics of this fiber... Read more...
Knit the Look
Knit the Look
I always look forward to the end of gift knitting season because it means I get to return to knitting for my favorite recipient: myself. Knitting for my own wardrobe... Read more...
Taking Inspiration from Nature and Dyeing a Sunset
Taking Inspiration from Nature and Dyeing a Sunset
How we break down a reference image, select the dye color, and dye application style to best knit up like the reference image Featuring: Knomad Bianca Fingering Weight 2 ply... Read more...
Dyeing a Cotton Candy Rainbow Cloud on Cirrus Superkid Mohair Silk
Dyeing a Cotton Candy Rainbow Cloud on Cirrus Superkid Mohair Silk
How to create a super soft rainbow on a cloud like base to maximize the halo effect Featuring: Knomad Lace Cirrus 70% Super Kid Mohair, 30% Silk Our Goal: Learn... Read more...
Hand Painted Ombre
Hand Painted Ombre
Ombre dyes are so satisfying to create because you can create so many different colors just by varying the saturation of one pigment. We have covered other ombre applications before,... Read more...
MARCH MAYHEM 2023 – A DYERS' COMPETITION
MARCH MAYHEM 2023 – A DYERS' COMPETITION
We are so excited to be in our third year of our annual dyeing competition! It’s super simple, and you’ll have a chance to win up to $500 at Knomad.... Read more...
Superwash versus Non-Superwash Dye Technique Test (PART 2)
Superwash vs. Non-Superwash Dye Technique Test (PART 2)
Glad to have you again! Let's get started with the PART II. If you missed the PART I we recommend you check it out here. RESIST DYE DIRECTIONS: Dye Stock... Read more...
Superwash versus Non-Superwash Dye Technique Test (PART 1)
Superwash versus Non-Superwash Dye Technique Test (PART 1)
What are the dye uptake and color refraction differences in superwash versus non-superwash yarn across 3 different techniques. Featuring: Knomad Worsted Weight Marshmallow (superwash merino) and Spark (non-superwash organic merino)... Read more...
Pattern round up with Meringue - our bulky alpaca wool blend yarn
Pattern roundup with Meringue - our bulky alpaca wool blend yarn
Meringue is a soft, airy, single-spun alpaca yarn that is perfect for your next knit! This bulky yarn is squishy and surprisingly light, making it an ideal option for knitting... Read more...
Clothes to knit with undyed yarn
Kleidung zum Stricken mit ungefärbter Wolle
Why You Should Buy Wholesale Undyed Yarn & Some Project Ideas Here at Knomad, we have undyed yarn in nearly every weight and style you could dream up! We also... Read more...
Three Color Immersion Blend on VOTIVE
Three Color Immersion Blend on VOTIVE
Votive is a soft, fingering weight yarn of 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, and 10% recycled nylon. This blend creates a yarn that is both light and strong. Today we... Read more...
How to dye undyed yarn: Vibrant Ocean Sunset on SNOWDRIFT
How to dye undyed yarn: Vibrant Ocean Sunset on SNOWDRIFT
Bold summer sunsets at the ocean are one of my favorite sights. The sky looks like it is on fire with brilliant shades of coral, orange, and yellow streaking across... Read more...
How to Dye Stratus Non Superwash Wool Mini Skeins In Shades of Green
Wie man Stratus Non Superwash Wolle Mini Stränge in Grüntönen färbt
Green has been one of my favorite colors for a long time. I love the variation of different colors of green. From rich emerald to zingy spearmint, the dye companies... Read more...
Pumpkin Orange on CIRRUS
Pumpkin Orange on CIRRUS
Pumpkin orange on CIRRUS The crisp fall months are upon us and that means it is time to curl up with a warm seasonal beverage, a great podcast, and a... Read more...
How to Dye Latte Baby Alpaca Mini Skeins Holiday Colors
How to Dye Latte Baby Alpaca Mini Skeins Holiday Colors
It’s officially mini skein season and Knomad has you covered with exciting new mini skein varieties! Whether you’re making advent calendars or working on fun holiday colorwork projects, mini skeins... Read more...
Ethereal Clouds Multi-Process Technique Featuring Knomad Marshmallow DK
Ethereal Clouds Multi-Process Technique Featuring Knomad Marshmallow DK
Creating an ethereal, cloudlike colorway in a two-step process utilizing salt shaker speckles and resists. Featuring: Marshmallow DK (superwash merino) Our Goal: How to mix techniques and layer our dye... Read more...
How to Dye Marshmallow Worsted Select Emerald Green
How to Dye Marshmallow Worsted Select Emerald Green
Knomad has released several new yarns just in time for Fall! One of my favorites is the new Marshmallow Worsted Select. Made from super soft merino, this new yarn is... Read more...
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice Gradient Featuring Knomad Marshmallow
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice Gradient Featuring Knomad Marshmallow
Creating a Fall toned gradient based off a reference image to suit your unique color vision Featuring: Marshmallow DK (superwash merino). Our goal: How to individually deconstruct an image, pull... Read more...
Dye yarn: Halloween Speckles on PRISM
Dye yarn: Halloween Speckles on PRISM
Spooky season is upon us, bringing cooler weather perfect for dyeing up some new yarn for knitting! Today on the blog, we will be transforming two skeins of PRISM with... Read more...
Handmade dyed yarn: Vibrant Ocean Sunset on SNOWDRIFT
Handmade dyed yarn: Vibrant Ocean Sunset on SNOWDRIFT
Bold summer sunsets at the ocean are one of my favorite sights. The sky looks like it is on fire with brilliant shades of coral, orange, and yellow streaking across... Read more...
Handmade dyed yarn: Two Bases, One Pot on Marshmallow
Handmade dyed yarn: Two Bases, One Pot on Marshmallow
MARSHMALLOW is a beautiful, 4-ply yarn that comes in two weights: Worsted and DK. Today on the blog, we will dye one skein of MARSHMALLOW DK SELECT and MARSHMALLOW WORSTED... Read more...
Speckling yarn: 5 different bases and 3 different ways for the ultimate cross comparison
Speckling yarn: 5 different bases and 3 different methods for the ultimate cross comparison
Featuring: Salcantay (superwash merino) Bristle (non superwash/hemp) Prism (superwash silk) Egg Shell (superwash nylon) Latte (baby alpaca) Our goal: To see how differently speckles land on a silk base, superwash... Read more...
Top Three Dyeing Techniques for Beginners on BISQUE
Top Three Dyeing Techniques for Beginners on BISQUE
There are so many ways to dye a skein of yarn! Today on the blog, we will cover three beginner-friendly techniques for creating beautiful, multicolored skeins of yarn. For each... Read more...
How to dye a neutral colored sweater yarn on Knomad Eggshell
Wie färbt man ein neutral gefärbtes Pullovergarn auf Knomad Eggshell
How to dye a neutral colored sweater yarn Late Summer is truly the cruelest time to be a knitter in southern California, where I live! While all my friends on... Read more...
How to Create a Space Gradient
So erstellen Sie einen Raumverlauf
What you will need: Dye: Dharma Trading bright aqua, purple pop, spearmint breeze, fluorescent lemon - ProChem Washfast Acid brilliant violet, black, turquoise , Aljo Lily Rose Citric Acid 4”... Read more...