Colinette Yarns - the pioneers of hand dyed yarns and fibres

Colorful hand-dyed yarns made by artists in the UK

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Fiona D.
Fiona D.
Reviewer
5/5

Excellent as always. Great customer service when I ran out of yarn for a sweater project. Huge thanks.

2 years ago
katherine b.
katherine b.
Reviewer
5/5

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

1 year ago
Emma
Emma
Reviewer
5/5

Utterly fabulous yarn, beautifully packaged, and swiftly dispatched, thank you!

12 months ago
Maureen
Maureen
Reviewer
5/5

no comment

1 year ago
Glenys
Glenys
Reviewer
5/5

Fabulous year n and quick delivery thank you

2 years ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

Easy ordering. Prompt delivery.

2 years ago
Fiona
Fiona
Reviewer
4/5

Yarn beautiful slight problem with delivery

1 year ago
Cyril M.
Cyril M.
Reviewer
5/5

Beautiful yarns but wished there was more variety-maybe ribbon.

2 years ago
Michele N.
Michele N.
Reviewer
3/5

Your yarn is absolutely gorgeous. However, the wool I ordered was not the colour I received. I emailed your customer service and was told to send it back. I did so and some days later the correct colour was sent to me. But, and this does matter, at no point did the person apologise to me or acknowledge the hassle and time spent for me having to return the wrong wool. When I received a new email with a tracking number from the delivery service, I had no idea what was happening, I just guessed it was the correct colour being sent. So I emailed the office to ask if this was the case: no reply.
I work with the public, and the easiest most effective thing one can do is be polite and keep people informed. I felt somewhat disappointed on both these scores.

2 years ago
Elizabeth Alway
Elizabeth Alway
Reviewer
5/5

I’ve used a great deal of Skye yarn over the years - loved the yarn & the beautiful colours but it’s a great shame it’s been duscontued.

2 years ago
Colinette Yarns We have been trading for 39 years
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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

Karen H.
Karen H.
Reviewer
5/5

I ordered a Free Spirit kit from Colinette. It is over-the-top gorgeous and I would recommend to anyone considering it, to get it, by all means. The yarns are outstanding, and you won't find anything even close from anyone else. I want to also say that my experience with Colinette was simply wonderful. Sam is such a courteous, kind, and professional person to deal with. I send many thanks to Colinette for supplying me with the best knitting experience I could hope for.

5 months ago
catherine
catherine
Reviewer
5/5

I love colinette, I am selecting colours based on web images, sometimes they alter, naturally. would you consider doing a sample yarn card to order in future?

3 days ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

Fabulous, swift, efficient, and friendly

1 year ago
nadia d.
nadia d.
Reviewer
5/5

Simply lovely. Better than the photos!

12 months ago
Ruth Parker
Ruth Parker
Reviewer
5/5

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

2 years ago
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Reviewer
5/5

I was so thrilled to find a few hanks of the sadly discontinued Skye in the recent sale that I bought as much as I could. Delivery was as swift & safe as always.

1 year ago
Brigitte G.
Brigitte G.
Reviewer
5/5

Beautiful yarns, very high quality, very helpful staff. Thank you!

2 years ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5
2 years ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Reviewer
5/5

Really lovely, my birthday present from my husband, all ready in tissue paper and boxed. I am thrilled that you are producing your wonderful yarns again. I made many visits to Llanfair Caereinion in the past and hope to come up to Marlborough in the future.

1 year ago
Vicki C.
Vicki C.
Reviewer
5/5

Easy to navigate website of fabulous yarns…received in lovely packaging and great personal service,

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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