Hand-Dyed Cotton Yarn

Hand-dyed cotton gives the colour play of a hand-painted wool in a fiber that is cool to wear and machine washable. Short colour runs pool in stockinette, so most knitters alternate skeins or pick a stitch that breaks the sequence.

Cotton takes dye less deeply than wool, so these skeins read softer and more watercolour than their wool cousins — part of the appeal for summer garments.