Hand dyed Yarn
News of the original Heathland Knits yarns
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Mist over heathland – fade set
🇬🇧 I got some Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) yarn in DK / Light Worsted from the UK. Since I had more then one skein of that yarn, I decided to do a set that is fading from grey to pink. I discovered the berry pink when I dyed the color “Heathland sunset” and I liked the interaction with grey. I knitted…
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Midnight Pixie Dust
🇬🇧 Maybe I was bitten by a fairy when I dyed this Merino Sport weight yarn. I was up for some speckle fun! And I will do it again. This yarn is currently turned into a shawl with some purple contrast stripes. I will update this post, when the shawl is done. 🇩🇪 Vielleicht wurde ich von einer Fee gebissen,…
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Heathland Sunset
🇬🇧 Recently, I bought several different yarn bases to try them for dyeing. This is a beautiful Shetland Aran-weight yarn that I dyed in shades of grey and pink with some hints of gold-yellow. I was inspired by a golden sunset over heathland while already the first mist builds up. This yarn will be perfect for a special hat project.…
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First Heathland Knits yarn
🇬🇧 Of course, I did some dyeing here and there, like the “Fristi Delight” Color that I used in the Westknits Mystery KAL from 2020. This was dyeing for myself when I was in need for a specific color that I was missing for a project that I was about to knit. But this nice Bio-Merino Aran weight yarn was…
