About Sunshine Yarns
Sunshine Yarns is a small yarn company based out of Boulder, Colorado that specializes in handpainted and hand dyed sock yarns. This one-woman company, run by knitter/dyer/color lover Dani Frisbie, was founded in the fall of 2005 while she was working as a water resources scientist. She started with just a few dyes and an intense desire for rich, unique colors. Throughout the past four years, her career in the fiber arts has taken over and now she runs Sunshine Yarns full time.
Dyeing the Yarns
Sunshine Yarns handpainted and hand dyed yarns are individually dyed to create a unique color palette and knitted product. Yarns are carefully rinsed and cleaned prior to dyeing. All yarns are dyed in a beautiful array of colors using professional Washfast Acid dyes. Each skein is rinsed in Soak, a gentle fiber-friendly cleanser and dried completely before being reskeined. The reskeining cleans up the skein and mixes up the colors so that it is more representative of what a knitted swatch will look like! Sunshine Yarns uses various dyeing techniques to keep things fresh... such as handpainting, immersion dyeing and overdyeing. Here is more information on the techniques used:
Handpainting There is no better way to apply multiple colors than to hand-paint the colors on! Skeins are laid out on a table and the dye is applied using squeeze bottles.
Jofrog colorway in Twist
Mostly Solids Mostly Solid colorways were designed to bring some depth to your knitting even when using a solid colored yarn. These skeins are dyed in a pot, where they are immersed in a single color. When a few key ingredients are left out, the yarn does not soak up the color evenly, creating some variance in the skein.
Drift NSS colorway in Sunsilk
Overdyes Overdyes are created by immersing the yarn in one color, and then overdyeing it with another. The resulting colors are unique and saturated, perfect for projects that require yarn with depth.
Cilantro colorway in Wool/Silk
Base Yarns
I dye only the highest quality yarns and fibers that come from mills within the U.S., Canada and Europe. I choose my yarns based on a variety of characteristics, including: softness, spin, durability and dyeability. I am currently dyeing these base yarns:
Classic Sock A super soft and squishy medium-weight sock yarn. 100% superwash merino wool. Needle size 2-3 US or 2.5 to 3.25 mm, and 6.5-7.5 stitches per 1 inch. Each skein is approximately 370 yards/100 grams. Machine wash and dry flat.
Luxury Sock A wonderfully soft and beautiful blend of medium to heavy-weight sock yarn! 80% superwash merino wool/10% cashmere/10% nylon. Needle size 2-3 US or 2.75 to 3.25 mm, and 6.5 stitches per 1 inch. Each skein is approximately 355 yards or 4 ounces/115 grams. Machine or handwash delicate and dry flat.
Twist Sock Yarn 100% Superwash Merino wool with a tight spin. Approximately 395 yards of thin fingering weight yarn per skein. Needle size 0-2 US and 8-10 stitches per inch. Machine or hand wash, dry flat.
Silk Lace 100% Silk that has the most brilliant sheen and softness. Approximately 1250 yards of laceweight yarn per skein. Needle size 1-6 US for most lace projects. Hand wash with care and shape flat to dry.
Sunsilk 100% Silk that has a wonderful drape, sheen and softness. Approximately 400 yards of thick lace/fingering weight yarn per skein. Needle size 2-8 US for most lace projects. Hand wash with care and shape flat to dry.
Luxury Sport A wonderfully soft and beautiful blend! 80% superwash merino wool/10% cashmere/10% nylon. Needle size 3-5 US or 3.25 to 3.75 mm, and 5-6 stitches per 1 inch. Each skein is approximately 250 yards or 4 ounces/115 grams. Machine or handwash delicate and dry flat.
Merino Sport Super squishy and soft sportweight yarn! 100% superwash merino wool. Needle size 3-5 US or 3.25 to 3.75 mm, and 5-6 stitches per 1 inch. Each skein is approximately 225 yards/100 grams. Machine wash and dry flat.
Merino Worsted A super soft and squishy worsted weight! 100% superwash merino wool. Needle size 5-7 US or 3.75 to 4.5 mm, and 4.5-5 stitches per 1 inch. Each skein is approximately 170 yards/100 grams. Machine wash and dry flat.
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