Art Yarn: Beautiful in form & function
We think laterally when it comes to yarn design.
Yarn maker & fibre artist Michelle Snowdon crafts & sculpts award-winning skeins of yarn, each with unique personality, beauty & fine craftsmanship.
Fresh, inspiring Art Yarn designs may be used as a textile medium for knitting, crochet or weaving, and also as a sculptural object to wear or display as a centerpiece in a vase on your table.
Create your next spin or felt project with quality art fibres & be inspired! You can view our latest yarn designs in our online shop or peruse the gallery.
If you are feeling adventurous when creating with Art yarn, why not cast aside patterns & embark on a journey of creative discovery. Take small steps to begin your Art Yarn experience. Please Scroll down for ideas about how to use Art Yarn, or use the orange text-links at the top of this window...
Unique garments, accessories & interior decor are excellent applications for Art Yarn.
from door decor | to handknit shoulder hug! |
What can you do with one single skein of Art Yarn?
Intuitive one-off yarn designs encourage makers to veer beyond traditional uses for yarn. They challenge our approach to using yarn, threshing a path to new creative experiences. We are often approached with the question of how to use Art yarn.
 | Our handmade yarns are exciting textile supplies for contemporary knitting, crochet, weaving & textile craft.. but, that's not all! Skeins of Art Yarn are objects of beauty that do not need to be worked with, knit or crochet, to be functional.. |
Art Yarn may also be used as sculptural textile art for your home and everyday use. Jewellery for your home, Art Yarn gives tactile visual appeal when hung from a picture hook, when coiled around a fruit bowl or adorning a vase. Let Art Yarn speak for itself! Wear the entire skein draped around your shoulders: |
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Art Yarn is a versatile textile medium that may be admired in its own right, and also has the ability to be adaptable to different whims or requirements.
Vase centerpiece one day & neck scarf the next!
Smaller lengths of art yarn (short yardage skeins) can be used as a trim, for making jewellery or as giftwrapping.
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Take a macro view:
The yarn will reveal it's best application, if you take the time to look closely at it.
When you consider working with Art Yarn, look closely at the thread. Within every inch of yarn there may be a beautiful textural element that could be emphasized, for example, by inserting yarn-overs when knitting large textural elements. The yarn may be jam-packed with stunning passages of texture & colour that it would be a shame to knot with knit or crochet stiches.. perhaps weave or felt into scarves, or you could "do" nothing to it... If you like the yarn as it is, use it to tie back your curtains, make a garland for your wall or christmas tree, or stitch onto a garment as an accent. Let the process of working with the yarn reveal the outcome. |
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| Recommended daily use: Admire & use a tactile skein of handspun yarn every day! It is a Useful AND Beautiful object. |
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Our Materials & Methods:
Hand-prepared fibers give a vibrant, artistic energy to our textile products.
Wooldancer uses eco-friendly fibers, organic merino, farm-fresh fleece, tussah peace silk & millend reclaimed fibers in our products. Recycled silk fabrics, ecclectic materials & fun objects feature in our Art Yarn & fiberArt batts for creative spinning & felting enthusiasts.
Unique manifesto:
Art Yarn & fiberArt batts are truly one of a kind. The central nature of our process is in accentuating handcrafted artistic quality. Our products are created with finely tuned skill emanating in the high quality of our produce.
Some yarn designs may be re-enacted. Please enquire as to whether we can re-create a yarn of your liking.
Hand-dyeing:
Hand dyed colours are by nature "living" and therefore will not be identical, even within the batch. Colourways vary on different fiber-types.
Natural vegetable dyes without harsh mordants, non-toxic food-grade dyes, or lightfast/washfast acid dyes are used for wool. Plant fibers are dyed with natural vegetable dyes or washfast fiber-reactive professional dyes.
We use wise water-management dye methods, and dispose of minimal waste particles thoughtfully.
Enjoy wooldancing!
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