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At Shilasdair Yarns we celebrate all things woolly and are especially committed to using and promoting British wool and local dyes. Our first exclusive range of yarns is Coara.

Coara is the gaelic for sheep. Living on Skye you cannot fail to notice all the sheep and fall into the yearly pattern of their lives. Crofting is a huge part of island life here and it was important to use and celebrate British fleeces.

Coara is 70 percent Blue faced Leicester and 30 percent Shetland.

It is soft and ‘woolly’; ideal for colour work.

The British fleeces and have then been spun in the UK and then dyed here on site on Skye making then a truly British product.

To compliment our coara range we also have a lustrous wensleydale dk yarn – strong and silky it shows again the diversity of British yarns.

And a squidgy and soft aran weight yarn made from blended Blue faced Leicester fibre…again British fibre sun in Britain and dyed here on Skye.

 

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We still have a few balls of our autumn heather dy We still have a few balls of our autumn heather dyed sock yarn. 🍂 Perfect for a pair of socks or..... we totally recommend @harveyknits ‘first footing cowl’. A really clever design that just takes one ball of your favourite yarn .. a concept that always appeals! Simon’s version is blocking as we speak with photos to follow.

#sockyarn #naturallydyed #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #plantcolour
Stillness :: we could literally eat up all the col Stillness :: we could literally eat up all the colour inspiration around us at the moment! Inky blues, rusty oranges... completely perfect and in harmony.. really inspiring as we plan our dye runs for the next few months x

#isleofskye #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #inspiration #stillness
Patience :: thank you all for your patience... we Patience :: thank you all for your patience... we are still here although we haven’t posted for a while! We are getting to grips with doing ambitious renovations, dyeing yarn and home schooling.. we are relying on lists and clipboards to guide us through at the moment! I’m delighted to say we have restocked the online shop today with various bits and pieces including this gorgeous orange rust sock yarn 🧶 dyed with autumn Skye heather. Hope you are all coping.. we highly recommend a clip board to feel in control! 

#isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #shilasdair #sockyarn #heatherdyed #plantdyed #botanicaldye
The northern lights :: it was so exciting last nig The northern lights :: it was so exciting last night to see the northern lights.  It is so magical when it happens  and we are so privileged to live in a place where we can see this amazing spectacle... dragging the kids and dog out into the garden to see them and then being treated to some shooting stars too... hopefully it will be something they remember fondly.. even chasing the lost dog in the dark 🌙

#northernlights #auroraborealis #aurora #northskye
Ice cool indigo blue ❄️ the colours in the dye Ice cool indigo blue ❄️ the colours in the dye shed match the frosty landscape outside perfectly here on Skye. All the yarn we dyed last week is finally dry so now it is time to get these big 600g hanks into 50 g skeins.  Trying to get as much done this weekend as we can before home schooling takes over next week x

#indigo #indigodyedyarn #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #britishwool #plantdyed #botanicalcolour
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