Hand-Dyed Yarns
SweetGeorgia Yarn Bases
BFL+Silk Fine
This toothy and wooly 3-ply yarn is ideal for knitting stranded colourwork or weaving scarves or shawls.
370 yd (338 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein; 75% bluefaced leicester wool, 25% silk
weaving sett (epi): 10 to 12 for plain weave, 12 to 15 for twill
CashLuxe Fine
Indulge in this beautifully soft fingering weight yarn with 20% cashmere. It’s perfect for knitting shawls.
420 yd (384 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 70% sw merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
weaving sett (epi): 10 to 12 for plain weave, 12 to 15 for twill
CashLuxe Spark
Add a touch of sparkle to our already luxurious cashmere-blend fingering weight yarn. Great for a hint of bling.
420 yd (384 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, 10% sparkling stellina
weaving sett (epi): 10 to 12 for plain weave, 12 to 15 for twill
CashSilk Lace
Delicate, soft, and silky, this combination of cashmere and silk knits lace shawls and can be woven as weft.
400 yd (365 m) per 1.75 oz (50 g) skein; 45% cashmere, 55% cultivated silk
weaving: works beautifully as weft
Flaxen Silk Fine
Linen and silk in a fine weight that knits into summertime tees and shawls or weaves up into scarves or stoles.
480 yd (439 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 65% silk, 35% linen
weaving sett (epi): 12 for plain weave, 15 for twill
Merino Silk Lace
One skein has incredible yardage and can knit up into very large lace shawls. This also works beautifully like 18/2 wool/silk in weaving projects.
765 yd (700 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein; 50% fine merino, 50% silk
weaving sett (epi): 20 for plain weave, 24 for twill
Mohair Silk Sock
If you need a gorgeous, hand-dyed, silky and strong sock yarn, this is it. This yarn dyes amazingly with rich depth.
437 yd (400 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein; 50% superwash merino, 15% silk, 15% mohair, 20% nylon
weaving sett (epi): 12 for plain weave, 15 for twill
SeaSilk Lace
Slinky, supple, and ever so soft. This wool-free lace yarn is a favourite of knitters in warmer climates.
494 yd (452 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein; 65% silk, 35% seacell
weaving sett (epi): 15 to 18 for plain weave, 18 to 20 for twill
Silk Mist
This yarn is like finding jewels behind puffs of cotton candy. There’s a shimmer to the core of the yarn and a marvelous haze of fine kid mohair.
325 yd (297 m) per 0.88 oz (25 g) skein; 60% fine kid mohair, 40% cultivated silk
weaving: works beautifully as weft
Superwash DK
One of our most popular yarns, this yarn knits into soft and squishy sweaters and accessories.
256 yd (234 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 100% superwash merino
Superwash Worsted
Our workhorse knitting yarn, choose this for quick knitted sweaters, blankets, accessories, and basically anything.
200 yd (182 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 100% superwash merino
Tough Love Sock
Our best-selling yarn ever, this yarn makes everything from knitted socks to shawls to sweaters and handwoven scarves.
425 yd (388 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon
weaving sett (epi): 10 to 12 for plain weave, 12 to 15 for twill
Hand-Dyed Sock Blanks
Gradients are ever-so-fun in our line of SweetGeorgia Sock Blanks. These machine-knit stockinette stitch tubes allow the hues to flow from one shade to another seamlessly throughout your project. No ends to weave in and no yarn to wind means a no-fuss, ready-to-go project for the gradient-loving maker.
Enjoy the fun of unraveling these sock blanks and recreating them into projects for knitting, crochet or weaving.
425 yd (388 m) per 4 oz (115 g) skein; 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon
weaving sett (epi): 10 to 12 for plain weave, 12 to 15 for twill
Party of Five
For nearly a decade, these mini-skein sets have been one of our most popular offerings. Each set of five colourful mini-skeins is like a curated palette of on-trend hues that are refreshed season after season. Use these in hand-knit and crochet shawls or woven projects to feature a gradient or splash of colour.
Choose from Superwash DK yarn and Tough Love Sock fingering-weight yarn options.
Yarn Sourcing
We are committed to sourcing our yarn and fibre bases from suppliers who prioritize fair labour practices and sustainable materials, ensuring that our products reflect our deeply held values of social responsibility and environmental stewardship.
From start to finish, our hand-dyed yarns can take several days to produce
Every one of our yarns and fibres is hand-dyed at our dye studio in Vancouver, Canada. We aim to dye our orders in a first-come, first-served basis. So once we receive your order, it is entered into our dye queue. Our production manager reviews all the yarns and colours across all the orders every day to see which items from different orders can be dyed together efficiently.
the dyeing process
Yarns are pre-washed to remove excess dust or oils from the spinning process and to make the fibres more open to receiving dye. Our skilled hand-dyers then apply dye by either hand-painting the skeins on a table or by dip-dyeing them in a large pot to produce a semi-solid colourway. Skeins that are mottled or glazed in appearance have multiple colours that are dyed in succession, like layers, each time allowing for all the dye to be absorbed into the yarn. Each layer can take up to an hour or more to process, adding to the dyeing time.
In dyeing, we have a few fundamental principles that we focus on — dye as reliably and consistently as possible, from dye lot to dye lot and from dyer to dyer. We want to provide hand-dyed yarns that makers can trust each and every time they choose our yarns.
the finishing process
Once the yarns are dyed and the colours are set, we cool the skeins to prevent felting and then rinse them to remove any excess unattached dye. Extra water and moisture is removed from the skeins and then they are hung up to dry. Depending on the humidity and temperature, this drying time can be anywhere from one to three days!
Finally, the dry yarns are twisted, labeled with dye lots, and packaged together. Each step of the process is done by hand, even tying the yarn hang tags and wrapping the labels!
