Searching for a endowment for the offbeat knitter in your life ? Look no further than DyeForYarn and DyeForWool , two Etsy shopsspotted by Bored Pandathat sell hundreds of yarns with merriment , surrealistic , and occasionally gross color names like “ Fading Whiskey Hangover , ” " Rotten Pistachio Cream Macaron , ” and “ Army of the Dead . ”
Nicola and Cordula , who hail from Nuremberg , Germany , bug out DyeForYarn and DyeForWool in 2010 . give way the evocative names of their yarns , you ’d conceive the two would be former originative piece of writing John Roy Major . Surprisingly , Nicola and Cordula’swebsite saysthat they once worked as biota and molecular medicinal drug scientists . The span enjoyed knitwork lace shawl in their detached clip , but were n’t able to find lacing narration in Germany at the time , so they decide to dye their own . Their pursuit evolve into a heat , and Nicola and Cordula give up their job to run their fiber stage business full - prison term .
DyeForYarn sells mostly silk , silk / cashmere blends and similar lace - weight yarns , and DyeForWool provides knitters with heavier , woollen yarns . However , you ’re credibly at least partly purchasing both shops ’ offering for their descriptive byname — which , more often than not , do n’t encapsulate the yarn ’s nuance so much as paint a colourful ( and once in a while hilarious ) genial epitome . Sure , to a creatively pathologic mind , that rich crimson fiber might look like “ Poisoned Blood . ” But other yarn hue , like the bright imperial “ Memory of a dreaded tale ” and the deep aqua “ Giant buck closing constantly , ” have name calling that are even farther out there .
If you ever find yourself in Fürth , near Nuremberg , Germany , Nicole and Cordula pass a brick - and - mortar store , where they dye their yarns by helping hand . It ’s open Saturdays , from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. , or by appointment . But if you ’re stuck in America , you may always jibe out their offerings on Etsy , atDyeForWoolandDyeForYarn .
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