Sheepish exclusive: Decatur Dye Studio yarns

Some of you who are regulars at the shop might know Michele Ritan (or maybe you've bought some of her seemingly bottomless stash at one of our Stash Sales). She's a local knitter, spinner, and dyer, and a great friend of Sheepish. Occasionally she'll fire up her dye pot and then drop off some hand-dyed yarns for us to sell under the Decatur Dye Studio label. Here are some new goodies she brought us this week.

Hand-dyed sock yarn from Decatur Dye Studio

First up, we have this sock/fingering weight yarn, which is 80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon. It knits at about 6.75 - 8 sts per inch on a US 1 - 3 needle. There are approximately 410 yards per 3.5 oz. skein, and it retails for $20.00. The base yarn is one we can order wholesale from Kraemer Yarns, so if these sell well, we might be able to talk Michele into dyeing a lot more of them for us. So far, so good-- someone already bought one skein before we even had a chance to put it on the shelf!

Hand-dyed lace yarn from Decatur Dye Studio

Now this is truly a limited edition, because the base yarn is no longer available. So if you like this, grab it while you can! It's a nice soft lace weight that's 50% virgin wool, 50% acrylic. It comes in a 1375 yd. skein for only $15.00. You could make a big, beautiful shawl out of just one skein of this.

 

Stop by and check out these unique lovelies for yourself. You won't find Decatur Dye Studio yarns anywhere else!