Arwen Makes

Home
United Kingdom
Derby
Arwen Makes

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArwenMakes
Small batch artisan hand dyed yarns and silks. Fibre craft love. Small-scale Indie Dyer (of yarns, fibres, and silk).

Maker of an assortment of sewn, knit, felted, and crocheted garments and toys. And also jewellery... Hand made natural toys, baby things, and pretty much all things made from natural fibres.

15/12/2020

*whispers* I'm not Back back, I'm honestly functioning on whimsy and caffeine day to day, but I'm just popping in to say that I made some knitted felted bowls recently out of a need to keep my hands busy during a chaotic time.

So, I have not decided what I'm doing with my business, whether to rebrand, whether to invest in more materials now my tiny baby is honestly not very tiny any more. I am not making big decisions, just very very small ones.

Here are some small decisions I was able to make, if you would like one they are made with love (and pure wool). Perfect for Winter season tables.

09/01/2020

My camera can't decide exactly how red this is. "Fairly red", I would say. 💁

Custom and semi custom yarn commissions: now is a good time to talk to me about ordering, before I place another yarn order and have to narrow down which bases I'm going for this month. ❤️

08/01/2020

Socks (and photograph) by the multi-talented and marvelous Emi, award winning doula extraordinare of Wild Copper Moon. I dyed custom sparkle yarns to fit her children's personalities and preferences, and here they are as gorgeous socks. 💓

Anyone making socks right now? Do you have a pattern or project you've made multiple times? I tend to make more hats than can feasibly be worn, personally. 😂

01/01/2020

I might turn this into a proper pattern eventually. It's not dissimilar to my Leafy Hat but with the deep wide sections of knit and purl (11:11 rib!) - this one I cast on 88 stitches and it fits the tiny and the thirteen year old. 💓

More yarn scraps used up, and another quick finish over the festive period after spending nine months knitting myself a coat! Have you all been crafting this week?

18/12/2019

Last post run, done. 💓 Including one unexpected surprise, for a customer who needs every last random act of kindness and solidarity this year (trust me, very well deserved) - your purchases this Christmas have contributed to making this happen so thank you to all of you too.

Do all the good you can where you are, friends. We're here for each other.

16/12/2019

Happy Monday Before Christmas Week! How is everyone feeling about it being just a few days to the Solstice already? Reminder: It's okay to be having a hard time over the festive period, and it's also okay to be bubbling over with excitement.

There's just enough time for me to get a skein of yarn on the way if there's a crafter in your life who would appreciate some sparkle (or if you need a luxurious festive cast-on for yourself). Wednesday is my last posting day, Tuesday morning if you'd like to be sure something will arrive for Yule. 💓

14/12/2019

I have just one last set of Elements silks for this year, four full size 90cm square hand dyed CE compliant playsilks in my most popular colours. ❤️ Drop me a message if you'd like an invoice, there's still time to get them posted before Christmas.

Here's Air, a lovely rainbow gradient, the silk colourway I've dyed most often over the past nine years. Each one is unique and hand made by me in my little kitchen. Over 200 pieces of silk have passed through my hands since I started dyeing. (And I still get excited over rainbows!)

12/12/2019

Whose parcels are these? ❤️

All up to date now! Any more purchases from my last dye batch of the season will be posted on Monday after we've recovered from more children's birthday celebrations. I'm down to five remaining silks and a few lovely skeins, if you're shopping for gifts, and am also happy to talk about custom orders for the new year.

And thank you so much for every one of these lovely orders, each one was a genuine little happy dance and reminded me why I started dyeing for other people.

11/12/2019

A quick comparison picture of the lighter and darker rainbows in the upload yesterday. This is the fun of kettle dyeing, the exact same dyes can vary depending on the volume of water and amount of acid used, the temperature and length of cooking time. Dip dyeing gives me precision for matching skeins, but this gives a lovely degree of randomness and less clearly defined areas of colour.

10/12/2019

In stock skeins upload!

Individual pictures and descriptions will appear below, comment in the thread for that skein or pair of skeins, and I'll mark things off as they sell. 💓 Shipping is included.

09/12/2019

It's such a busy week it keeps suddenly being too dark to photograph anything! Just to let those of you with custom orders know that they should be posting either tomorrow or Thursday, and everyone else know that an assortment of sparkle sock and superwash aran skeins will be listed some time this week after I have found some daylight to take pictures in. 😂💓

I never imagined I would have three out of five children with birthdays within a week of each other, but here we are and we're right in the middle of that chaos. How are you all doing? Busy in the bustle of festive preparations, or calm and steady? ❤️

07/12/2019

Last night, feeling all nostalgic about my baby growing up so quickly, I compiled some favourite pictures of him. And wouldn't you know, this picture of a teeny one year old almost a year ago has a lovely example of pooling from making a small garment with a rainbow skein!

I've added rainbows to the dye list for the new year as a result. 😂 Skeins like this make fantastic socks as well, giving anything from narrow spiraling stripes to a partial tie dye effect like this.

(Pattern is Versa by Shannon Passmore. Yarn is Arwen Makes superwash merino nylon dk in bright rainbow.)

Address

Hardwick Street
Derby

Website

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArwenMakes

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Arwen Makes posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Want your business to be the top-listed Clothing Store in Derby?