I had a lot of fun dyeing Easter eggs this year with my family. We used a bunch of different materials and experimented to see what worked and what failed. The problem is that the eggs were destined ...

When Diane Ivey brought her hand-dyed yarn to her first national trade show in 2014, she realized she was the only Black vendor in a room of more than 300 other attendees. From that moment, she ...

Amanda Moore of Charlottetown had taken up knitting a few years ago at the suggestion of a counsellor, after an accident caused back problems so severe she couldn't work. She had become depressed and ...

It's easy to add color to needlework projects without complicated patterning if you use one yarn dyed with many colors. There are differences in commercial variegated yarns and those that are ...

Traci Bunkers, designer of today's hat, is well-known not only for her designing but for her ability to hand-dye yarns in rainbow tones. We recently talked with her: Question: You have created a ...

Kate Chiocchio started dyeing yarn after falling down the slippery slope of crafting – scrapbooking led to sewing, then quilting and knitting. When the Kensington, Maryland, woman realized she was in ...

For many fiberholics, knitting is like a gateway craft. The addiction usually starts with an innocent purchase of a pretty ball of yarn and a pair of needles or maybe a freebie starter kit from an ...

The Art Dept. will host a workshop dedicated to natural dye processes on April 23. Attendees will learn the technique and leave the class with samples to use. All skill levels are welcome to attend ...

Roxanne Yeun doesn’t know precisely when she first thought to interweave art and yarn. More than a decade ago, she visited the Dalí Museum in Florida with her husband, Neville, and became curious ...