The names of the yarns hand-dyed by Ellyn Cooper have elegant, poetic names: Luna, Moon Beam, Baroque Pearls, Mikado. Their colors are gorgeous and one-of-a-kind. And because hand-dying yarn is labor ...

Hand knitters salivate over the rich colors and tonal shifts of hand-dyed yarns. “Hand dyes turn even simple stitches into something special,” says Alexandra Parks, founder of Dashing Mouse Designs.

KINGSTON — For Jason Klus, dyeing is a way to get on with his life. Klus has joined an army nationwide of “indie” dyers, independent entrepreneurs who produce hand-dyed yarns for knitters, crocheters ...

Barb Day’s grandmother taught her to knit when she was 8 years old. But knitting didn’t become a hobby until she had a major life event. “I didn’t really start knitting consistently until I had twin ...

MANKATO — What is it about making handmade clothes? Is it knowing that thought and care went into its creation rather than simply picking it from a store’s shelf? Or is it the pleasure of knowing that ...

Parkour Kitties Fibers claims to be one of the first hand-dyed yarn businesses in Singapore Mentioning “parkour” to anyone generally evokes a mental image of a particularly athletic individual, ...