Please welcome Dana from ColourSpun…
Natural Suburbia:
Tell us a little about how ColourSpun began and how long you have been dyeing yarn.
ColourSpun:
My first attempts at dyeing yarn were probably about 20 years ago when I tried to dye acrylic with food colouring and then with Lady dye – not very successfully. About 10 years ago I met Hazel Hele and she taught me the basics, I’ve been playing ever since. I started out dyeing just for my own knitting and soon I was dyeing for friends. I grew from there, my friends christened me “Oddballs” and I was known as that until last year I decided I needed to formalise my hobby and open for business, so that I could add my studio to the list of local yarn makers in my book. The name “Oddballs” was already taken and so ColourSpun came into being.
Natural Suburbia:
What inspires you to dye this beautiful yarn?
ColourSpun:
I love colour – and yarn and so putting colour on yarn was a natural step for me to take. My colour inspiration comes from everywhere. Its most often from nature but could come from pictures or photos in books or from the clothing on someone I may notice in the supermarket. I take huge delight in how people react to my yarn – that’s an inspiration too.
Natural Suburbia:
Do you sell your yarn both locally and internationally?
ColourSpun:
My yarn is sold both locally and internationally. I love having visitors to my studio but if it’s not possible to visit me there, my yarn can be found on my website – Colourspun or in my Etsy shop Colourspun and I will mail to anywhere.
Natural Suburbia:
I see you have a ColourSpun Ravelry group, what is your vision for this group?
ColourSpun:
I started the Ravelry group yesterday J . I hope that members of the group will be inspired by my yarn and each other and that through it we will all grow and develop and find happiness in our craft.
Natural Suburbia:
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us today Dana.
Dana also has a lovely blog.
DK Merino and Mohair.
Mohair
Rainbow Cotton
Giveaway:
All the above yarns are included in the giveaway!
Two people will be chosen as winners and will each receive two skeins of yarn.To enter, please leave a comment, comments will close on Wednesday evening. You may leave an extra comment each day until Wednesday if you wish:)
Winner No. 1:
Janet said…
So lovely, Dana, especially the purple (my favorite color!) I’ve recently started to explore dyeing — it opens up a whole new world, doesn’t it? Off to visit your Etsy shop…
January 23, 2011 7:50 AM
Winner No. 2:
Cary said…
So beautiful and exciting!!!! Thank you 🙂
Congratulations Janet and Cary, please could you both email me your postal details:)
Linda
The colors are all beautiful. I love them.
Oh how lovely- I can almost feel how soft it is through the computer screen!
Dana, your wool looks absolutely delicious! Would love to create something with it! Thank you for your generous giveaway!!
It looks so incredibly luscious!
Thank you for the opportunity.
Oh thank you for the chance! I would love to make something with some of this beautiful yarn! I crochet now and an just beginning to learn to knit.
What a generous giveaway and the colors are beautiful!
oh my, what a generous giveaway! thnk you for this chance.
beautiful colours. Love them!
As always, the beauty in the world seems to find it’s way into your blog (with more than a little help from you, I assume)! I’d love to knit with this!
Gorgeous yarns inspire so much creativity.Just delightful.I can imagine them kintted onto something very special.
Rich, vibrant AND soft colors! NICE! Thanks for including me in the drawing.
So beautiful and exciting!!!! Thank you 🙂
I love that rainbow cotton!
I just dyed a double skein (440 yards) of wool yesterday while my two year old watched on. It’s drying in the playroom and I just can’t wait to knit with it!
What beautiful yarn! Thanks for letting us know about Colourspun!
I love Dana’s yarn, those colors are just beautiful!!
So lovely, Dana, especially the purple (my favorite color!) I’ve recently started to explore dyeing — it opens up a whole new world, doesn’t it? Off to visit your Etsy shop…
eek!! what gorgeous yarn!! such a sweet giveaway and so nice to read about this lovely shop. 🙂
what a lovely giveaway!
wow,i like it !!
its beautifull yarn
Oh, the violet yarn is so pretty. My favorite color. Thanks for introducing me to a new Etsy shop.
Blessings,
Tracy
Wow!!!What a lovely giveaway! Love the yummy yarn! Thanks. Maria Weinert
WooHoo!!!! What a pleasure it would be to knit with such yarn. Of note, Dana’s Colourspun blog also has some lovely inspiring tutorials.
These look just heavenly! I would be so excited to win! 🙂
http://www.ourbrokenroad.blogspot.com
Beautifull colors, the yarn looks so soft.
Beautiful yarn!! I’d love to knit something for my baby with it. 🙂
katkirkwood@gmail.com
Gorgeous colours! It would be great to work with some of this yarn. . . Thanks for the opportunity.
AndreaG12 at gmail dot com
That yarn is so gorgeous and it looks amazingly soft. I really hope I win!
What lovely colors!
If only I could reach through the computer and touch it!
Beautiful colors, cheers Marie
Such lovely yarn. What a nice giveaway.
Thank you for the great giveaway – I’m a newbie knitter!
Oh how I would love to try this wonderful yarn, thank you for the chance!
Beautiful…just beautiful. Thanks for such a wonderful giveaway!
Tabatha D
Yes, I’d really love some of that beautiful yarn.
Wow they are such gorgeous colours so inspiring and yummy.I would love this yarn, such a privilege. thank you Dana and Linda for sharing, marvelous women. much love
wendy
lovely yarns!
It would be like knitting with a crayon and some angel hair !
Awesome !
ooooh it looks so soft…your wool is gorgeous.
How gorgeous – the wool looks so soft too!
Not sure if this is open to New Zealanders but well comment regardless because of the beautiful colours and textures! Thanks for the opportunity to win them 🙂
What srunning yearn, I am sure it would look lovely made up.
Brenda
Would love to work with these yarns. Thanks for the giveaway!
I can’t wait to try out your yarn…beautiful colors!
i would love a new yarn to make something knew
kisses and hugs
Adriana from brasil
There wil be four thousand, six hundred and twenty seven comments before we are finished here. And for once, I am on the hunt for this giveaway. The colors are KILLING me. So hat in the ring, hand waving in the air – me, me, me – choose ME!!!!! And if not me, somebody who would love this yarn and give it a good home and never neglect it, EVER. Now, to sit quietly and wait . . .
(kristen – get DOWN from there)
Thank you for the oportunity – I love all the colours!
Filipa Sompy – http://www.soscraft.blogspot.com
sompy_stuff@hotmail.com
so lovely!
Oh, please include me in your drawing. All of your yarn is so gorgeous.
Thanks for the giveaway! That rainbow cotton just reminds me of Easter!
I love yarn! What a wonderful giveaway!
Wow, the rainbow cotton is stunning! Dreaming of all the things I could knit with those beautiful yarns.
What a wonderful giveaway! We are deep in the winter season here, it’s waaaaay too cold to get outside, so days and nights are spent knitting and drooling over new yarn online!
I’d love to enter!
xo maureen
I just recently found your blog and am enjoying it so much! Thanks for the opportunity to win this beautiful yarn!
I would die for a beautiful dyed handspun yarn all the way from South Africa!
Last year i visited South Africa and i treasure everything i found on my trip. It will be funny the yarn will go the same journey as i did.
Baie dankie, Yvonne
Ps, Maybe you like the give away on my blog?: http://yvonneschutten.blogspot.com/2011/01/beschermengel-guardian-angel-and.html
Thank you for such a generous giveaway! 🙂
Incredibly beautiful yarns!
What beautiful yarn! The colors are so vibrant! Such a nice giveaway!
What gorgeous yarns!
Oh Ilove that purple. That is my all time favourite colour.
Wow! What beautiful yarn! I’d love to make something holding the purples together!!!!
These are all so beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Dana, It all looks so lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the giveaway!
From Catalunya (Spain)
Mònica
Dear Linda, thanks to the possibility of winning a beautiful gift!
The yarn is beautiful! It is my dream to someday spin and dye my own wool. Fantastic blog!
The rainbow cotton is just beautiful! Thanks for the chance, Linda and Dana!
Love the yarn and love your blog! Thanks for letting us glimpse your world!
Lovely yarn. Thanks for the interview. avennett AT verizon DOT net
Beautiful! Thank you for this blog and such generosity!
How inspiring! Dana’s yarns are amazing and i am crossing as many fingers as possible that i’ll win the giveaway (very selfish- i know but they tooo nice to be nice about it)
Oh wow! What beautiful yarn! LOVE the colors!
Thank you for the give away! :0)
These are just beautiful. I know I said this in a previous post but, I wish we had a shop like this. I could seriously get into dying yarn! I’m sure I’d be terrible at it but it would be a lot of fun! 😀
WOW! That last pastel rainbow is gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!
wow what amazing yarn! I especially like the rainbow cotton, such tender colours!
beautiful! would love to win!
Pretty pretty colors!
Jennifer
spam2@graysnet.net
This yarn is beautiful. I want to touch it…and work it! 🙂
i love the colours of the yarn
beautifull!!
Beautiful colors! I would love to win! Thanks Debbie in alaska
The colors are so rich. I wish I knew how to do that. Simply gorgeous!
Thank you again for the opportunity much love
wendy
Comment four thousand, six hundred and twenty eight: I’m already plotting knitterly adventures just *imagining* being the winner of such delights.
So beautiful! What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you for the chance!!
enchantedtree(at)hotmail.com
just stopping by to put my name in the hat again!
thanks, linda 🙂
Oh my goodness! Look at all of these comments you are getting! This is so fun! Who ever the lucky winner is……. it would be fun to have winners post what they do with the yarn. I love seeing others creativity.
I’ve been thinking about what a cute little summer hat the cotton would make for a lucky little one!
What a brilliant give away! My knitting needles are clicking with joy! Beautiful wool.
What beautiful colors, and what beautiful yarn. I love them all, but especially that dark deep blue!
Putting my name down again so gorgeous thank you
Wendy
How beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Blessings,
Tracy
I would Love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway. Very beautiful stuff! Debbie in Alaska
Oh my goodness, I am in love with this wool! gorgeous 🙂 thanks so much for all of these wonderful yarn giveaways you are hosting 🙂 So much fun!
Those are such beautiful yarns, Thank you both for offering them in the giveaway.
I love your blog, you showcase the very best. Thanks so much. The yarn is stunning.
What beautiful yarns. The colors are so vibrant and rich. I’m already dreaming of what I could knit with them. Thanks for the chance and the introduction to a wonderful shop.
Blessings, Elizabeth
I love the colors
Blessings,
Tracy
Wait – may I catch up? I made a comment on the Sabbath, so could this be my MOnday one?
And could this be my Tuesday one? I comment on the daily blog, but forgot here. If you like, you don’t have to count it. But I hope you DOOOOO.
And here is today. Today, I am commenting on today, so that I can win. Win, win, win this lovely treasure trove of delicious looking yarn. Which I want. Want, want, want – as much as chickens want bits of corn. YAY!!
ohhh, such pretty yarn!