Featured Yarns

Emily C. Gillies

We are so excited to introduce you to a relatively new independent yarn dyer, operating right here in Toronto, Ontario! As an experienced knitter, weaver, and artist, Emily has been a very active member of the Toronto crafting scene for some time, most notably as a key member of the team behind the Great Toronto Yarn Hop. And we were the first ones to carry her yarn!

Her foray into dyeing yarn has produced some of the most beautiful products we have seen in quite a long time, and we cannot wait to share them with you. Her Merino Sport, milled in Canada, is a perfect yarn for the myriad of popular medium-weight garment patterns available. It also makes a lovely warm and thick pair of socks, and excellent accessories!

Click here to see the full selection of what is in stock both online and in-store, and here are just a few teasers of some of her wonderful work:

Digits & Threads

Trailhead Yarns Cabot Trail

Cabot Trail is unlike any other yarn we have ever met. It’s got shine, strength, length, and takes colour just beautifully. We cannot get enough of this 100% Tencel from Trailhead Yarns, and it will be a staple on our shelves all summer long.

100% Tencel
Lace weight
10-12 sts/inch
110 grams, 732 metres
(3.88oz/800 yards)
Hand-dyed in the Ottawa Valley

It especially suits being doubled and then used for summer wraps or tops. Check it out on our online store here!

Riverside Studios Merino Nylon Sock

Riverside Studios was the very first dyer we contacted, even before we opened Yarns Untangled last October 2015.  Kathryn’s unbelievable eye for colour and consistency in dyeing, not to mention her wonderful personality and professionalism made her an easy choice for our first indie artist.  The Merino Nylon Sock continues to be one of our best-selling yarns across the board, and we’ve just brought in a whole bunch of new colours.  Check out some of the most popular colours in the pictures below, and then come in and meet your favourites!

To buy this yarn from us online, click here!

Please note that the pictures below are an example of their wonderful work, but not all of them are necessarily in stock at a given time. Visit our online shop to see the most up-to-date inventory, or send us an email at info @ yarnsuntangled . com.

Pics all courtesy of Riverside Studios.

Lichen and Lace

Dyed in Sackville, New Brunswick by Megan Ingman, Lichen and Lace is as soft and strong as it is beautiful.  We are currently featuring two of her bases: the super soft single ply fingering weight superwash merino, and the lush 4ply worsted superwash merino in a variety of colours each.  The special texture of the fingering comes from the gentle loose twist of the single strand, and it provides a plush and blooming fabric.  Alternatively, the 4ply worsted weight gives a crisp stitch definition and is extremely easy to knit with.  Both these yarns come in extra large 115 gram skeins, so you are getting more bang for your buck.

Read our special post about Megan Ingman and Lichen and Lace here, and visit her website here.