Yes, as I now live and work in Massachusetts, I decided to take full advantage of the winter weather, as was part of the inspiration to start my shop.

I gather snow from my front and back yards for the process. Every care is taken to use clean snow, but there is sometimes Vegetable Matter (VM) caught in the snow.

Every effort is made to remove this VM during the washing, rinsing and re-skeining process

I am always happy to take custom orders if possible. Please contact me directly if you would like to discuss a custom colorway or hank.

I love the uniqueness and unpredictability of snow dyeing and the resulting colorways.

However, it is obviously only possible during the winter months in New England to produce this effect.

I therefore also undertake ice dyeing, using filtered ice outside of the snowy months. The method used is very similar, though the results are very different, but are equally beautiful and unique.

Any of my snow and ice dye colorways are single run, as due to the nature of the process, it is impossible to produce truly matching skeins.

I do often repeat color ideas and patterns themselves, but no two skeins will ever be truly identical through this process.

Should you wish to purchase similar colorways, do contact me, and I would be happy to discuss what could be possible within the restrictions of my processes.

I also use kettle dyeing and low immersion techniques outside of my weather-dependent dyeing. I also use these processes to lay down base colors for snow and ice dyeing.

I also sometimes produce hand painted hanks, and these will be clearly indicated in my listings as and when they occur.

Each of my hanks is thoroughly washed and rinsed by hand before being dried, re-skeined and offered for sale.

Every effort is made to ensure that the skeins will not ‘bleed’ on use.

However, please be aware that dye can still rinse (or bleed) out of the yarn or fabric once used.

This is particularly true of the more color-dense skeins.

Simply wash and block in your usual way, but I would advise washing the objects by themselves, or with similar colored fabrics the first few times.

Sometimes, there are flaws contained within a hank from the spinning process, which can require removal and repair.

As I re-skein each of my hanks by hand, I am usually able to detect these flaws during that process, if they are not found before a hank is dyed.

Any skein with one or two flaws is still capable of being knit, crocheted, or weaved into a beautiful finished object, but not all projects would be advisable.

I am therefore selling these at 20% discount.

Flaws can include (but are not limited to) a re-join, which I will have undertaken using a fisherman’s knot, often pre-trimmed.

Some flaws do not require manual intervention to repair and will not affect the quality of a produced garment, these skeins are not B Grade.

I would always recommend cold handwashing either the yarn or a finished project.

Block in your usual way, and dry flat.

Where yarn contains some Superwash content this will be indicated, but I would recommend always washing as for woolens.

Hanks of yarn are generally 100g in weight, though length varies.

Where possible I indicate the length, in yards, on a per listing basis.

When a hank is other than 100g, this will be clearly indicated in the listing.

Snow dyeing is a very different effect to ice dyeing, however snow isn’t available in summer. I have therefore purchased an electric ice crusher to simulate snow. Initial experimentation has shown that it should successfully simulate dyeing using natural snow.

All hanks dyed in this way will be marked as “summer snow dyed” in their descriptions.