About the Yarn

About the Dye Process

I dye my colorways with several different processes: immersion kettle dyeing, hand painting, low immersion kettle dyeing, and overdyeing. All dyes used on Nerd Girl Yarns products are professional colorfast acid dyes. Some colors such as saturated reds, pinks, and bright to turquoise blues may bleed in the wash. This is normal for textile dyes that are of these saturated shades.

Sock Yarns (yarns containing a nylon blend)
Fingering Yarns (no nylon in the blend)
Sport Yarns
  • 8-bit (superwash merino sport)
  • Yoink (alpaca/silk/cashmere sport)
DK, Worsted and Aran Yarns
  • Witty (superwash bfl dk weight)
  • Foxy (polwarth silk dk weight)
  • Clever (superwash merino worsted)
  • Uncanny (non-superwash feltable merino - just like Clever without the superwash treatment)
  • Parlay (merino & bamboo blend)
  • Trifecta - (superwash merino cashmere nylon worsted)
  • Luscious (merino/silk single heavy worsted)
  • Audacious (alpaca/merino worsted)
  • Brainy (superwash bfl aran weight)
Bulky Yarns
Lace Yarns
  • Elegant (baby alpaca 2ply lace)
  • Exquisite (baby alpaca mulberry silk 2ply lace)
  • w00t (superwash merino 3ply lace)
  • Stellar (sparkle 3ply lace)


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