I love dyeing my own yarn and fiber. In many areas of my life, I’m not the most precise person. I’m a bit sloppy and probably a little difficult to live with sometimes. But when it comes to dyeing my tapestry yarns or fiber for spinning, I love using measurement and a little math to create custom colors.

I have a new online class this summer all about dyeing with acid wool dyes. If you’ve ever wanted to dye your own yarns, create unique palettes, or just get colors that commercial yarn lines don’t contain, dyeing the yarn yourself is the way to go.

Simple Procedures. Reliable Results.

In my blog post a couple weeks ago, I talked about how I learned to dye my own tapestry yarn and how dyeing the yarn and learning to weave tapestry went hand in hand. I enjoy dyeing my own yarn so much. And I’ve branched out into making variegated yarns for tapestry and knitting, painting roving for spinning, and dyeing fleece that I blend as I spin.

When I first started learning how to be a tapestry weaver, I took a semester-long college class about dyeing protein fibers. I never questioned that there was any other way to get the colors I wanted for tapestry weaving. In the weaving curriculum we were using a commercially dyed yarn and only had about 20 colors available to us, most of which were not ones I wanted. I was so excited to learn how to dye my own yarn.