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Natural Yarns for Dyeing

Product Description

Natural Yarns to dye in solid colors or hand paint into variegated yarns. They are natural in color and come in skeins averaging about 8 ounces unless otherwise noted.

Priced and sold by the skein, which are wound in loose hanks and ready for your dye pot (we recommend pre-washing with Dharma's Professional Textile Detergent first for best results). For the best and most professional results, use our Dharma Fiber Reactive Procion Dye for the cottons, rayon blends, and bamboo, and either the Dharma or the Jacquard Acid Dyes for the wools and silks and nylon. We also carry a selection of Natural Dyes.

The Sample Card (#YARNFS) comes with 8" samples of every yarn, so you can get a better idea of how they look and feel.

Made in: UNITED STATES (USA)
All prices calculated in US$
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4/23/2010
Love, Love, LOVE the LP worsted and bulky. So easy to dye with acid dye, knits up beautifully. Also love the silk noil. Gonna try some of the Kona super wash next...can't wait!

I get the best results with wool when I presoak the skein in warm water with a tiny bit of Textile Detergent for half an hour before dying. It really opens up the wool for the best color striking.
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11 of 11 users found this review helpful.
2/21/2008
I ordered the sample card, and it gave me a good idea of the wide range that's available
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9 of 10 users found this review helpful.
1/31/2009
I bought yarn #4, alpaca/wool blend. I am knitting it without dying it. Made a hat and now am working on a scarf. Natural color is nice. Yarn is warm, very soft, a little scratchy but OK for me. Quantity in 1 skein is enough for both hat and scarf.
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9 of 9 users found this review helpful.
4/26/2009
I have used this yarn to weave blankets and in a weft faced weave for rugs. I have purchased it retail from knitting stores and I thought it was a good value. Dharma's price is an unbelieveably good value. I used acid dyes and the result was brilliant colors.
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7 of 7 users found this review helpful.
6/14/2009
I am always happy with the products I order from Dharma Trading Co. I love these yarns especially! They come in generous 8 oz. skeins, and they take acid dyes well.
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6 of 6 users found this review helpful.
8/5/2011
NOT a 20/2 yarn. Don't get me wrong, GREAT yarn, no breaks and no reties. Just not as small as a yarn that I expected.
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0 of 2 users found this review helpful.
7/17/2011
I ordered several different yarns and all took the dye well.
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2 of 2 users found this review helpful.
7/1/2011
Beautiful yarn, good quality. Have not yet dyed it
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0 of 1 users found this review helpful.
6/12/2011
everything always arrives quickly and exceeds my expectations!
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6/5/2011
very happy
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5/13/2011
Wonderful! Exactly what I was looking for, and the quality was great. [also dyed like a dream!]
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2 of 2 users found this review helpful.
5/8/2011
I got the 3 handspun wools from Bolivia. There was a little bit of broken-up grass in each of them that I pulled out as I was rewinding it and knitting it. The brown alpaca was soft almost on the order of roving, so I combined it with the white alpaca, which was wound tighter. They all have a wonderful aroma and they knit up with a lot of bounce. The package came quickly by regular mail.
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3 of 3 users found this review helpful.
5/4/2011
I found the alpaca lace yarn to be scratchy and brittle feeling, and it didn't improve upon a soaking in hot water with some diluted conditioner. It's a big disappointment--I guess you get what you pay for. I will probably end up throwing this yarn away
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