Mini skeins. If you’ve ever dyed them, you know that they typically involve a lot of work. It’s as much measuring, dyeing, heating, and setting as a regular skein, with 20% as much end product to show for your labor. Then you have to consider that most minis are being dyed as part of a […]
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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 dye migration and how do we handle it? Abstract: Today, we’re creating a rich, moody, complex deep winter colorway and strategically placing the dye. We can […]
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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. Knomad invites you to dye a masterpiece on any of our new bases* and be entered to win up to a $800 in Knomad Gift Cards! […]
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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 wool content versus the cotton content. Abstract: What happens if we use colors known to break from the fiber-reactive line and observe which colors adhere […]
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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 variegation but still richly nuanced fall color story? Abstract: What happens if we first dye the yarn for a solid shade background, then speckle in […]
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