Colinette Yarns - the pioneers of hand dyed yarns and fibres

Colorful hand-dyed yarns made by artists in the UK

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Patricia
Patricia
Reviewer
5/5

I love this yarn. Just the right weight and softness.

4 months ago
martin
martin
Reviewer
5/5

Excellent as always

5 months ago
katherine b.
katherine b.
Reviewer
5/5

I love your wools, each and every one of them . Beautiful

1 year ago
Lorraine Sheena M.
Lorraine Sheena M.
Reviewer
5/5

I love Colinette yarns, and they're such a good company to deal with. Will be ordering again soon!

1 year ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

Prompt delivery, beautifully packed, and a treat to open. The colours are just luscious and the yarn lovely to knit with.

2 years ago
Marjorie
Marjorie
Reviewer
5/5

Beautiful yarns. I used to buy these regularly but the shop closed down and I’ve been without them for some years. I was delighted to find your website. I love making scarves with them. The textures of the wool are beautiful for these.

2 years ago
Helen W.
Helen W.
Reviewer
5/5

Absolutely stunning wool , beautifully wrapped , the colours are so vivid and it’s awesome to knit with, my favourite yarn at the moment !!!

2 years ago
Janet
Janet
Reviewer
5/5

Sam lovely to deal with. Red Panda beautiful, knitting with it a pleasure.

2 years ago
Eleanor G.
Eleanor G.
Reviewer
5/5
2 years ago
Karen C.
Karen C.
Reviewer
5/5

Excellent as always and very helpful in dyeing some black on request.

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

Carolynn Blevins
Carolynn Blevins
Reviewer
5/5

Wonderful yarn and service! Always a pleasure! A+

2 years ago
Kathy B.
Kathy B.
Reviewer
5/5
10 months ago
Sally-Jane J.
Sally-Jane J.
Reviewer
5/5

Good range of colour mixes, good quality yarns.

8 months ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

Prompt delivery, beautifully packed, and a treat to open. The colours are just luscious and the yarn lovely to knit with.

2 years ago
Elizabeth A.
Elizabeth A.
Reviewer
5/5

I love Colinette yarns & the service is always extremely good with fast delivery too.

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
Beryl
Beryl
Reviewer
5/5

Beautifully packed. Colours true to website. Rapid and efficient service.

2 years ago
Amelia
Amelia
Reviewer
5/5

Love Colinette yarns and soooo happy that you are back.

2 years ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

gorgeous yarn delivered quickly in a sturdy box

2 years ago
Lesley N.
Lesley N.
Reviewer
5/5

As always, I love the yarns I buy from you. The depth and vibrancy of colors is unparalleled. I hope in time more yarns are added back into your catalogue.

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

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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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