Renaissance Dyeing

Welcome to Renaissance Dyeing the home of naturally plant dyed yarn and threads.

We have a broad range of hand dyed shades and fibres to help you create in many different media, be it, embroidery, knitting, crochet, felting, natural dyeing, weaving or all together!

Plant and natural dyes give a light and tonal vibrance to your work that cannot be matched by staid chemical dyes and they help not only protect you and yours but the environment as well.

Artisans ourselves, we understand your needs. Take a look around.

Hand dyed Sock yarn

Hand-dyed Sock yarn

Fine, soft, bouncy and naturally dyed... our Blue-faced Leicester Sock-weight wool is dyed with plants such as woad, weld madder and logwood. Vibrant living hand-dyed colour.

Crewel Wool

Crewel wool

Our traditional and well established Main and Elizabethan ranges: over 100 naturally dyed shades.

Lace knitting

Lace knitting

Lace knitting kits, naturally dyed for the beginner and expert; or choose your own colours on our Hanks Page.

Latest news

Socks

Voila! Socks knitted by Polly Van Bremmel using the bluefaced Leicester -Iris, here is what she has to say about the pattern she used and the yarn.

Cookie A Knit-a-long

Renaissance Dyeing is a sponsor for this months Cookie A, Sock Innovation, Knit-a-long (Kal)

Madder Compost

The sock yarn below was dyed not exactly on a compost heap but in buckets of left over dye stuffs that were left in the sun for a few weeks.

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