Frost Yarn was born in my Father’s studio kitchen in 2008 with fisherman’s wool and food coloring. I was newly sober, and I latched onto yarn like a woman shipwrecked on an island. Yarn was my salvation. When corporate America turned its back on me, I took that as a challenge and threw everything I had into yarn. I went shop to shop peddling my Kool-Aid dyed, hand spun yarn. My husband Martin and I met in 2011, and I gained a relentless cheerleader and best friend. Thanks to his support, Frost Yarn grew from one woman furiously dyeing in her kitchen to working with some of the most talented fibre artists in the world and teaching dye workshops around the globe. As Frost Yarn has grown, so has our family and our love for the Fibre Arts. We currently spend our days picking fibre out of our hair and chasing Beatrix, 2 and Jules, 6 around.
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 and best practices to dye it to maintain the beautiful halo. Abstract: Baby alpaca is a delightfully warm and soft fiber, but requires extra finesse […]
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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 superwash merino Our Goal: Take the sunset reference image, select the colors that best represent both the image and work well together, and select a […]
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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 about the properties of mohair and silk, how to thoroughly whet this base to receive the dye, and how to maximize the halo to give […]
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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 Recipe: 5 grams of dye, 1 tsp citric acid dissolved in 500 ml hot water for rainbow painting stock. 8 grams pro-chem wfa black, 1T […]
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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) Our Goal: Cross compare 3 different dye techniques in the same pot with the same colors to find the differences in dye uptake, color refraction […]
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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 application in stages to preserve the integrity of both the pastel background color and the speckles with a minimum of browning out any of the […]
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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 out what we like about it, and pick the techniques and colors we think best represent the spirit of the season and photo reference. Stressed […]
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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 nylon, superwash, non superwash/cellulose and alpaca. We are also cross comparing the top 3 ways most dyers like to speckle: with their fingers, a cake […]
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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” or deeper stainless steel trays Induction double burner Steam heating element like a vegetable steamer or heater/proofer Reusable zip ties 60 ml luer lock syringe […]
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Have you ever wondered how to get a water color effect on yarn, and control the color flow down to the stitch? In today’s blog post, we’ll be looking at how the water table affects dye migration and how to use it to your advantage to achieve your desired result. This is the second installment, […]
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