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Giveaway – CraftsYarn Hand Dyed Skeins

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This hand-dyed and original yarn created with great love and care by Khrystyna, owner of Craftsyarn®.
How amazing would this skein be for a small one skein project?

All her hand dyed skeins are unique, as it is really impossible to create two identical hand-painted yarns. Yarn is hand-dyed in small batches, so the color of each reproduction may differ, the color and pattern will be similar but won’t be an exact match.


For your chance to win 2 skeins of this amazingly beautiful yarn all you have to do is head over to her Etsy store and tell us one other colored yarn she is selling, come back here and comment below.

This giveaway is open worldwide and ends on the 11th of September.  A Winner will be randomly selected.

Yarn Specifications
Weight: 50 Gram
Length: 100 Meter
Material: %50 Organic Merino %50 Rec. Acrylic
Ply: 3
Dye: Acid Dye

Instagram link:  https://www.instagram.com/crafts_yarn
Etsy link:   https://www.etsy.com/shop/craftsyarn

 

Comments

  1. Her yarn is really pretty! I liked the Blue with Purple Spots, but also the Orange, Bordo, Blue, Purple – wonder what Bordo is?

  5. Such beautiful yarn in such beautiful colors! Another color scheme that I like in her Etsy store is Orange – Bordo – Purple – Blue… merino wool.

  14. Turquoise white with black spots would be one of my choices if I could choose, but I love the color shown above

  15. I really like the hand dyed yellow gradient. A sweater made with that would be beautiful.

  19. She is also selling a yarn that is red/black/white. That’s an eye-catching one! Thank you for the chance to win some of her yarn. 🙂

  20. The yellow/black/white with spots yarn would make for some fabulous, semi-neutral winter wear!

  25. Would love me some yarn. Also available In turquoise orange and purple, and black yellow and white. Thanks for the chance.

    Carmen Lucero

  33. I just love the blue with violet spots almost as much as the turquoise cream and beige.

  39. That is absolutely gorgeous yarn! My favourite has to be the yellow gradient ombre yarn though! Would make a lovely lion for my nephew, Leo!

Have you read?

Book Review: Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round. 

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles. 

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends. 

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time. 

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up. 

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round. 

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try. 

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.