12 - Liz of HighFiberArtz (update as of 5 Feb 2023, she has been closed down but I’ll keep an eye out for if she’ll start dyeing again) from Oregon has some of the most beautiful yarn (and one of favorite go tos for yarn). Her Sally colorway is amazing and is the subject of the extremely detailed and inspirational yarn dyeing tutorial that will greatly inspire you to start your own dyeing journey and it also makes you appreciate how much work each of these awe-inspiring indie dyers put into each beautiful hank of yarn. Her Instagram profile is full of behind the scenes looks at her yarn creations, updates, and where you can go to squish and get it for yourself. You can also find her yarn for your projects on her website and read more about her story in her Maker Feature. Her latest collaboration with 1sockwonder and silentknits is an amazing Game of Thrones kit (see the picture to the right)!

13 - Cortni of Rita Mae Yarns from Pennsylvania has the amazing story of how her grandmother inspired her to do all things yarn and to continue to inspire others to also grow in their passion for yarn fiber, she named her store after her grandmother and Rita Mae Yarns came into being. You can find these inspired yarns at her website and behind the scenes as well as updates for all of her yarn colorways on her Instagram profile.

14 - Sonya of Woolen Boon Yarn from Texas can be found at her website where she shows all her amazing yarns from her mom and pop studio. You’ll find fade kits, Harry Potter House themed yarns, updates, behind the scenes of her yarn dyeing, and more on her Instagram profile.

15 - Desert Bloom Yarns from Arizona has such fun and beautiful colored yarns dyed deep in the heart of Arizona. She has created some fun yarn clubs like the Cactus Creations Yarn Club, Prickly Pear Yarn Club, and other yarns named from western themes such as the Burroweed and Western Wallflower. You can find more at her website and see her variety of colorways, reveals for the yarn clubs, and much more on her Instagram profile.

16 - Dami of Magpie Fibers from the historic city of Frederick, Maryland has created a number of exciting and beautiful colored yarns to include the recent Edinburgh Lane and Shawl Kits from Edin Yarn Fest, and the Magpie Fiber Society. You can find more of her yarn on her Instagram profile and get some for yourself on her website.

17 - Tami of Candy Skein from Oregon has a ton of yummy, candy themed yarns and 3 month yarn clubs on her Instagram profile and found on her website, where you can also find patterns, accessories, and more! If you’re near her shop, she also has classes and events!

18 - Brittany of macheteshoppe from the Pennsylvanian Poconos has beautiful tonal and multi-colored yarns to include an awesome Into the Woods Mystery Yarn Club!!! I love how she describes the club as a way to inspire you to sit and relax from the calm after a holiday storm and even includes tea in each package!!! You can find more of her yarns and about the club on her Instagram profile and website.

24 - Sam of lavenderluneyarn is an Indie dyer in northern MN who has some amazing nature inspired yarns and such a fun project of the Indie Project - a monthly collaboration with another designer. She’s also a midwife in training! Her yarns and updates can be found on her Instagram profile and bought on her website.

25 - baahyarn from Southern California specializes creating yarns for a variety of shops and wholesale throughout the US. You can see more of their yarns and patterns on their Instagram profile They also have patterns and knitting kits available on their website as well as their huge list of shops where you can find their yarn.

26 - Kemper of Wraybot/Junkyarn from North Carolina creates awesome yarns inspired by women! You can find the stories and yarns at both her Instagram profile and website as well as see all of her updates and more about her Celestial Bodies Monthly Yarn Club, which sounds heavenly! 

27 - Sarah of ramseyyarnco of Arkansas and the Ozark Mountains creates ensnaring colorways in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. They are named after people and are beautiful in their use of colors. You can see more of her shop updates and more on her Instagram profile and find her yarn on her website.

28 - Lindsay of thefiberseed from Cincinnati, Ohio exclusively uses wool from US companies to create her amazing variety of yarns. She has speckled, be-sprinkled, half-speckled, kaleidoscope, wholesale, yarn of the month, palette of the month and more can be found on her website and more of all the different ways you can use her yarn, shop updates, and fiber festivals she is at on her Instagram profile.

29 - Amalia of Kindred Red from the US creates fun combinations of colors, some are neutral with colors while others are creative combinations of colors. You can see her yarns, where to get them and some of her knitting projects on her Instagram profile and all of her yarns on her website.

30 - Forbidden Fiber Co. from Tennessee creates exquisite hand-dyed yarns that are beautiful and alluring. The Cinderella Collection and Boss Babes Collection are breathtaking and her yarn clubs (Harry Potter, Wanderlust) are exciting and full of adventure. You can find her updates, behind the scenes looks, and more on her Instagram profile. While her website is where you can find her yarn (she has yak and cashmere yarn!), crochet and knitting patterns, fiber, accessories and more!

31 - Shipwrecked Sheep of Texas has some beautiful and unique colorways and with names like Poseidon and Hatchling, her Instagram profile and website are colorful, inspirational, and fun.

32 - Lady Dye Yarns from Massachusetts has created some amazing colorways and awesome clubs with so many perfect items to include a Funkadelic 10 and the Retro 5 clubs, both which are collaborations with others in the maker community. You can see more of her beautiful colorways and the clubs (last 2 till the fall) on her Instagram profile and website.

33 - Ashley of Old Wire Road Fiber Co (formerly The Blackberry Ridge) (Update as of 5 Feb 2023, Ashley’s shop is on a break for a little while. I’ll make sure that if anything changes I’ll update here) from the US has created some gorgeous and exquisite colors. Her bucket of happiness is the picture to the left and so many beautiful colors! She’s created dyed fibers you can spin or felt, yarns on several different bases, has several yarn clubs, and colors gorgeous which can be seen on her Instagram profile.

34 - Carla of purplelambfiberarts from the US creates yarns that she also uses as she knits, weaves, spins, and dyes yarn :) She has beautiful yarns of all shapes and sizes. You can also find fiber to spin, felt or weave and she even has fiber art! Her Instagram profile is full of yarn pictures and fun behind the scenes shots and shop updates as well as teasers for new yarns. Her website is where you can find all of her yarn, fiber art, art bats and more!

39 - Sheena of casualfashionqueen from Florida has created a variety of beautiful yarns, with all types of sizes to include a reintroduction of fibers for all those spinners, as well as accessories and patterns. Her Instagram profile has behind the scenes looks as well as a look at her patterns and updates while her website has all her yarn, yarn clubs (Monthly Harry Potter Yarn Club), and more.

40 - Jen of theperfectstitchfiberco from the US has created a project picker planner and has pictures of many beautiful completed projects for inspiration on her website where you can also find all of her yarn, fiber, and other accessories. Her Instagram profile shows vibrant greens and purples, behind the scenes looks, and more.

42 - Candice of thefarmersdaughtersfibers from Montana creates awe-inspiring yarns based on her Blackfeet heritage, cowboy culture, and Montana roots. They also have ChioGoo Needles, books, and magazines and of course gorgeous yarn!!! These and shop updates can be found on her Instagram profile and website.

43 - Robyn of teenybutton from New Orleans not only creates beautiful yarns but also has a podcast called the Cherry Purls podcast which is a mother-daughter podcast where they talk about knitting, dyeing and all things fiber. You can find more of her yarns, knitting, and more on her Instagram profile and website.

44- MJ of catsandwichfibers from the US is all about bright colors and fun yarn, some that is repeatable and others that are a one-of-a-kind. A lot of her colorways sell out pretty fast, so you’ll need to check her Instagram profile often for updates which are located on her website.

55 - Shobha of serendipitouswool from Texas has created some gorgeous colors of yarn in all sizes from fingering to DK to worsted. Her colors are beautiful and varied from solid colors such as Kissed by the Sun (a burnt orange) and Victorian (shades of purple) and multi-colored skeins such as Lemon Cupcake with Sprinkles (yellow base sprinkled with color and makes me hungry for cupcakes :) and sets of marvelous colors as well. You can find her shop updates and other news on her Instagram profile and all of her yarn on her website.

56 - Brady of Long Dog Yarn from Louisiana creates some beautiful yarns of all different sizes and color combinations. She also allows you the option of ordering sweater quantity of any of her yarns, to include those that have been sold out. There are so many gorgeous yarns to chose from for any project! Tons of solid colors and gorgeous color combinations that I could see being used for so many projects! You can find her yarn on her website and more of behind the scenes and new yarn announcements on her Instagram profile.

57 - Lauren of Old Rusted Chair from Tennessee has beautiful yarns and has created a reward program for those that buy from her website!! How awesome :) . She has speckled colorways of all types of color combinations and sizes, tonals (solid colorways), sock sets and more!! You can find behind the scenes and more about her yarns on her Instagram profile.

58 - Ashley of Montana Crochet from Montana creates gorgeous earthy yarns inspired by all that surrounds her in Montana as well as gorgeous crochet patterns. She has also created some enamel pins of a mountain and a squirrel. You can find it all on her website and even more behind the scenes as well as her latest projects on her Instagram profile.

Canada

61- Lindsay of Hello Stella from Ontario not only offers wonderful yarns to complete your next fiber project but she also gives you the opportunity to curl up with a good book and connect with a community as a part of her Kniterary Society hosted on her Instagram profile and own yarn inspired by the book cover. She also has the Van Collection coming out soon where $2 of every skein sold will be donated to RHMC and Sickkids Hospital. You can find all of her yarns, soaks for yarns, places where you can go to get some of Lindsay’s yarn, and more on her website.

62 - Hayley of Fireweed Fibres from Canada creates and experiments in yarn dyeing from natural sources. Her Instagram profile is full of her journey for creating yarn with dye such as birch bark, fireweed, dandelion, and others (see picture to the right for more). You can also find more about her story and her dyeing journey in her Maker Feature.

63- Janine of Windmill Fibres of Ontario has created some of the most vibrant colored yarns in purples, pinks, blues, greens, yellows and more. A lot of her colors are solid or with small speckles of different colors. She’s also a pattern designer or tester. You can find all of her yarn on both her Instagram profile and website.

64 - The Blue Brick of Ontario is a husband/wife team who create and grow in many craft fields. They dye and photograph their own yarn, which is named after their favorite places in Ontario. You can see their shop updates and behind the scenes look on their Instagram profile and find their yarns through their Blue Brick Project Builder on their website. Here you can take their colorways and add them to the project builder to see what any number of colorways look like next to each other.

65 - Tara and Jaedyn of midknitcravings from Canada are sisters that love dyeing yarn and learned all about crocheting and knitting from their grandmas when they were young. Their Instagram profile is full of behind the scenes looks at how they dye their yarn, their gorgeous colorways, knit and crochet projects, and upcoming shop updates. You can find all of their amazing yarn to include shawl and sweater yarn kits, patterns, mini skeins and more on their website.

71 - Chantel of Mudpunch of Canada has beautiful yarns inspired by a variety of color combos (4 color combo) that you can see on her Instagram profile along with her gorgeous color-filled yarns, behind the scenes looks at how she dyes her yarns and more. On her website you can find vibrant colored yarn to include the chance to create your own custom color and to get Chantel’s one of a kind (OOAK) Curios which are those that did not turn out the way she wanted to but she sells them as OOAK yarns.

72 - Samantha of RavensWood Fibre Co from Nova Scotia creates stunning yarn based on the gorgeous landscape around her and her creativity. She has gorgeous yarns such as the inspirational greens of Hidden Paradise and a stunning blue, red, yellow and brown mix, Down by the Bay, and much more! You can find behind the scenes as well as her latest projects on her Instagram Profile and all of her yarn and more about her story on her website.

Europe

73 - Kathleen of Wild Atlantic Yarns in Ireland has beautiful yarns inspired by the breathtaking land around her in Ireland and her love of colors. You can find more pictures of Ireland, her inspirations, gorgeous yarns, and more on her Instagram profile while you can find her many colorways like the Emerald Isles, Winterberry, and Wild Raspberry on her website.

82 - Helen of Giddy Yarns from Scotland has created a number of vibrant and fun colored yarns (like the picture to the right) which make her Instagram profile full of vibrant pictures of her yarn, shop updates and more about her Giddy Knits Podcast as well. Her gorgeous yarn and monthly yarn clubs like the April Film Yarn club can be found at her website.

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83- Michelle and Scott of MAD Scientist Yarns from the UK have created some amazing colorways inspired by nature and science. Both are scientists that have great fun creating new colorways named after science. Their Website is full of fun yarns, fun stitch makers and project bags all based on science. Fun pictures of science, nature, gorgeous colorways, inspirational pictures and more on their Instagram profile.

84 - Layla of Qingfibre from the UK dyes yarns on several different bases (yak anyone? :) to create beautiful yarns both solid and with speckles of color. You can find her shop updates, color reveals, yarn clubs, and more on her Instagram profile and her gorgeous yarns to include a bright orange, gorgeous purples, and much more as well as patterns on her website.

85 - Paca La Alpaca Yarns from Spain creates gorgeously colored yarns of all bases (fingering, mohair silk, DK, singles, and more) and colors (dragonfruit is a beautiful pink with small specks of other colors, Kryptonite a vibrant green, and so many more). You can find fade kits for multiple types of sweaters patterns, knitted swatches of several of her yarns, and much more on her website in both English and Spanish. Her Instagram profile is full of these beautiful yarns and where you can find her updates and other announcements.

86- Amy of Stranded Dyeworks from the UK dyes beautiful yarns in several different bases (from lace to aran and DK) and colors (vibrant oranges to deep purples to heavenly blues) to include an exclusive BFL/Bamboo blend for a physical shop in Bristol, UK and an awesome podcast on YouTube called Stranded Podcast. You can find unique, one of a kind colorways called Paintbox on her website (along with all her yarn). These Paintbox colorways are truly awesome from experiments in color or happy accidents that she can never repeat. Her Instagram profile is a great way to see all of the different colors of yarns she has created over the years, shop updates and other announcements.

87 - Hafdís of Vivid Wool from Iceland creates stunning colors inspired on the gorgeous landscape surrounding her in Iceland. She has beautifully colored yarns from vivid blues, purples, and reds, to gorgeous multi-tones like the picture to the right on merino nylon yak yarn base. You can find her shop updates, yarn reveals, and other announcements on her Instagram profile and find all of her amazing yarn on her website.

88 - Ovis et cetera from mostly South American and Europe sources with natural, non-superwashed yarns. She creates beautifully colored yarn on several different yarn bases to include ramie (a plant fiber that gives shine, drape, and is antibacterial) and a variety of different sheep’s wool. You can find her gorgeous colored yarns on her Instagram profile and website as well as shop updates and other announcements.

89 - Tukuwool is Finnish wool all made and spun from Finland and has some beautiful colors on all sizes of yarn! She stocks her own physical yarn shop in Finland as well as being able to ship worldwide. Beautiful colors that have been used in so many inspirational knits! Her Instagram profile has the latest shop updates, yarn updates and awesome project yarn color combinations and much more! Her website has not only her gorgeous yarns but also knitting needles, knitting and crochet patterns, yarn clubs and much more!

90- Natacha of artemisyarns is from France and her gorgeous yarns are inspired by greek mythology (like the ones in the picture to the left). Her Instagram profile and website are full of gorgeous yarns with names like Golden Fleece, Nectar, Lightening Bolt (very well named as this one is a bright yellow), and Athena.

91 - artemisyarns’ sister shop in France is jardindelaine that also has beautiful naturally dyed, solid colored yarns as seen in her Instagram profile and website.

Africa

92- Karen of Miss La Motte Yarns from South Africa has created some gorgeous speckled and solid yarn on merino wool. She’s also an artist and considers yarn as just another medium for creating art. There are a large variety of yarns to include yarn sets and 7 yarn bases for some beautiful colors like Underwater Love (blue, purple, grey) and Inky Pool (gorgeous blue-green mix). You can see her updates and latest creations on her Instagram profile and purchase them from her website.

93- Madeleine of Yama Yarn of South Africa has created some truly inspirational colorways as seen in her picture to the right. They are gorgeous in color and lovely in final products, many of which can be seen on her Instagram profile, where she also has shop updates, yarn reveals and other announcements. You can find her yarns, knitting accessories, undyed wool, dyed roving and more exclusively on her website.

94 - EsTeresa Yarn Creations from South Africa is a mother and daughter team that create gorgeous hand dyed yarns. They sell from their Facebook store and their updates as well as gorgeous pictures of their yarns and behind the scenes looks can be found on their Instagram profile.

Australia

95 - Hannah of Circus Tonic Handmade is a dyer of yarns from Australia who once was a molecular geneticist. Her lovely colorways are inspired by the beautiful nature surrounding her. She has both a fade shawl yarn club and a sock yarn club but will often have new and unique yarn clubs with different themes based on Australia such as gemstones, Australian butterflies and more. Her Instagram profile is full of gorgeous yarns in vibrant pinks, blues, greens, neutrals as well as shop updates and other announcements. You can find her wonderful yarn and yarn clubs on her website .

96 - Kylie of Fiber Lily from Australia has created some wonderful colorways as well as the Charming Yarn Society and Inspirations Yarn Club. Her Instagram profile highlights her beautiful yarns (like the picture to the left), shop updates and when each month’s Inspirations Yarn Club sign-ups open. You can find all of her yarns, other locations to get her yarns, yarn club signups, Fiber Lily rewards and more on her website.

97 - Angela of Blackwattle Alpaca Yarn and Fibre from Australia creates artisan hand dyed and natural alpaca yarn sourced from her alpacas on her farm. They are hosting the Fiber with Friends retreat on the farm this year in September where you can learn more about the alpacas, have workshops on all things fiber and enjoy some of the local wineries. Her Instagram profile is full of gorgeous colored yarn skeins, shop announcements, updates and more. You can find more about the retreat, the alpacas, beautiful yarns, roving, fiber, and more on their website.

See the How to Crochet Tutorials below for what you can do with any of this amazing yarn!!!

If you have other Indie yarn dyers on Instagram that you would recommend, please comment below or send me an email . Other maker features for yarn dyeing, drawing, pattern creation, and more can be found in the Creative Life and tutorials on Tailwind, Bluprint, Blocking handmade articles and more can be found in Tutorials. Thank you and have a wonderful day!