Colinette Yarns - the pioneers of hand dyed yarns and fibres

Colorful hand-dyed yarns made by artists in the UK

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Yvonne D.
Yvonne D.
Reviewer
5/5

Loved the colours they were almost as if I’d chosen them myself!

9 months ago
Linda Guest
Linda Guest
Reviewer
5/5

The experience was wonderful and Sam was delightful to work with!

9 months ago
Annemarte
Annemarte
Reviewer
5/5

Lovely wool, perfect customer service and beautifully delivered. The only space for improvement is that I would like to see a knitted example of the yarn on your website.

12 months ago
Phyllis
Phyllis
Reviewer
5/5

Fantastic packaging. Quickly delivered and excellent quality. So delighted to see colinette back.

1 year ago
Christine L.
Christine L.
Reviewer
5/5

Sam was very helpful and got me what I requested when not listed on the website. Excellent service.

2 years ago
NANCY T.
NANCY T.
Reviewer
5/5

The website was easy to navigate and the order was dispatched quickly. I am thrilled with my purchases and can't wait to use them in a project.

2 years ago
Karen L.
Karen L.
Reviewer
5/5

Speedy and efficient delivery and beautifully wrapped.

2 years ago
Vida BEWLEY
Vida BEWLEY
Reviewer
5/5

Because knitting is so enjoyable for me,I knit with wool that is special and I discovered Colinette many years ago and I now combine the yarns I have recently bought with Colinette yarns I have stored away here.I used to teach knitting to the junior school where my children went and I traveled to Wales and bought all sorts!Colinette is inspiring and I am so very pleased I have found you again.The packaging is excellent and the colours and texture beautiful and a pleasure to work.Thank you Sam and all at Colinette Kind regards
Vida Bewley PS I wear a coat I knitted from vogue international 31 years ago in yarn Chicago It still looks fab.

2 years ago
Selma
Selma
Reviewer
5/5

Really good couple of mohair 2-ply lace 25 g balls (Parisienne), I am making some really soft socks with it, added to an old Jittterbug 4-ply. It is looking nice, tbh!!!

2 years ago
Gerd M.
Gerd M.
Reviewer
5/5

I gave the yarn-boxes to my daughters as christmas gift. They loved it! Because of Brexit, I had to pay extra for custom, that was a bit of surprise but it didn't matter.

2 years ago
Colinette Yarns We have been trading for 39 years
Colinette Yarns dyed in pasta pots
Colinette Yarns we recycle water
Colinette Yarns dyed by artist for artists

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A kaleidoscope of hand dyed yarn awaits

Colinette and myself (her son) welcome all knitters, textile creators, and lovers of fabulously coloured fibres.  We wish to invite you on an exploration of our scrumptious hand dyed yarns. Colinette Yarns has been hand dyed yarn specialists for nearly 40 years now and just like the very first days on our kitchen stove, we still follow my father’s book of spells and incantations. He was a true artist who craved colour. Each skein of yarn from wool to cotton is dyed in small pasta pots, a nod to our times in Italy. I could tell you so much and will do, but for now sit back and enjoy our world of stunning colours. Created by us artists for artists… yes that is you. 

Colinette Yarns Mohair hand dyed yarn
Colinette Yarns Point Five hand dyed yarn
Colinette Yarns Hullabaloo hand dyed yarn

point 5

Super Chunky Yarn

mohair

Chunky luxury mohair Yarn

hullabaloo

3 ply Aran Worsted Yarn

Rosalind H.
Rosalind H.
Reviewer
5/5

Good assortment.

3 weeks ago
Sian H.
Sian H.
Reviewer
5/5

Easy to use website , good comms and quick delivery. Very pleased with my purchase

6 months ago
Christine L.
Christine L.
Reviewer
5/5

As always, Excellent service received. I purchased mohair and quality is excellent and colour is superb.

12 months ago
Ruth Parker
Ruth Parker
Reviewer
5/5

Love your wools. Service is good. Love the packaging.

2 years ago
antonia
antonia
Reviewer
5/5

I love the mystery selection of yarn I ordered; beautiful colours as ever. What to make first…

2 years ago
Vida BEWLEY
Vida BEWLEY
Reviewer
5/5

Because knitting is so enjoyable for me,I knit with wool that is special and I discovered Colinette many years ago and I now combine the yarns I have recently bought with Colinette yarns I have stored away here.I used to teach knitting to the junior school where my children went and I traveled to Wales and bought all sorts!Colinette is inspiring and I am so very pleased I have found you again.The packaging is excellent and the colours and texture beautiful and a pleasure to work.Thank you Sam and all at Colinette Kind regards
Vida Bewley PS I wear a coat I knitted from vogue international 31 years ago in yarn Chicago It still looks fab.

2 years ago
Fiona D.
Fiona D.
Reviewer
5/5

Beautifully presented Jitterbug 4ply mini skeins … loving winding them into balls and working out a project or two to use them up. Swift delivery and helpful customer service as always

2 years ago
Jean
Jean
Reviewer
5/5

I love the website and great service as always. Oh and of course the yarn is perfection, I do miss Art though.

2 years ago
Mary L.
Mary L.
Reviewer
5/5

The yarn arrived packed really nicely. Upon opening the colours were beautiful, just as I remembered from years ago.

2 years ago
Margaret R.
Margaret R.
Reviewer
5/5

Why would I order my yarn from Britain when I’m in Canada. The main reason, of course is top quality wools. The other many reasons can be seen on one of the best websites I go to regularly - breathtaking colour, succinct info and, lately, marvellously written, funny and quirky emails and blogs from the company’s new HQ in Wiltshire. Got a missive today from ‘Sam’ about entanglement and using expressions like ‘Bazinga,’ ‘Whammo’ and ‘like a plate of spaghetti arrabiata’. Makes one want to run to the chesterfield and turn out a bunny hug or a toque. Nothing dull about these yarn spinners. Brightens up a Canuck winter with “Vibrancy, Love, Passion, Yarn, Wool and Fibre.” Thanks, Colinette.

2 years ago

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Super Chunky Point Five yarn freshly dyed

Vibrancy, Love, Passion, Yarn, Wool and Fibre

The purity and intense bursts of colour that we paint onto our hand dyed yarns are straight from the playbook of artists like Turner, Monet and Giotto. We blend shades from primary colours just as the masters have done down through the ages.

colinette's Journey

The road that led Colinette to play with hand painted yarn
and fibre started out many years ago. There was something very tactile about
super chunky wool that embraced the jewel- like colours. I called this slub yarn
‘Point Five’ and it became Colinette Yarns’ signature dish.

Other fibres followed. Silks, textured chenille, soft mohair
and finer sock wool to name but a few. All waiting to be hand dyed.

 

Let’s go back to the early 1970s and meet the two creators.
Colinette a textile artist and her artist painter partner Geoff. The setting is
southern Italy where the beautiful sunlight starts the magic….

read more
Colinette Sansbury Biography Photograph colinette yarns hand dyed yarn

as featured in:

Colinette Yarns Knitting publications, vogue knitting, lets knit, knitnow, simply knitting

chunky patterns

Colinette Yarns Patterns Suzi mohair
Colinette Yarns Patterns Prism
Colinette Yarns Patterns point five monet
Colinette Yarns Anni pattern PDF from the wayfarer book
colinette yarns hand dyed yarns superbulky mohair wool

 

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