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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

 

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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?

Choose Your Own Brioche Knitting Adventure with this Shawl Knitting Pattern

If you’re looking for a fun project to play with brioche knitting, check out the My Buddy knitting pattern/recipe from Casuarinagirl on Ravelry. 

This project doesn’t include a brioche tutorial, so it’s good to know the basics, including how to increase and decrease, but you can always practice on a swatch before you start the project if you want. 

The design is meant to be flexible for the yarn you have and what size and shape of project you want to make, from a skinny neck scarf to a asymmetrical triangle or a more classic triangular shape. 

The shape you end up with will depend on how often you increase (and then decrease on the other side). The pattern mentions increasing every fourth, fifth or six row (and the one shown increases and decreases every sixth row) but you can do it even more or less often depending on the shape you’re looking for an how much yarn you want to use. 

You can work to whatever depth you would like, or use almost half of the yarn you have set aside for the project and begin decreasing. 

When it comes to yarn, she used three strands of yarn held together to make a super fluffy shawl, but you can work it with whatever yarn and needles you like to make a wrap that’s all your own. 

If you are new to brioche (or to increasing and decreasing in brioche) it might be a good idea to make a little scarf or head wrap first before diving in to the bigger pattern, just so you’re more comfortable with the technique. Or just give it a go; nothing about brioche knitting is that difficult. (But you might want to use a lifeline because I find brioche hard to rip out or fix mistakes in properly.)

You can grab the free pattern for the Buddy Wrap on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Casuarinagirl]