Discover our in-depth hand-dyeing courses "Dyeing Intentional Colour" and "Dyeing Complex Colour".
Learn all the fundamentals of solid-shade immersion dyeing and understand the math and calculations behind the dye formulas to get exactly the colour you're looking for.
Then take it one step further by discovering new ways to add complexity and richness to your hand-dyed colourways. Exploring a variety of dye application techniques and create your own glazed and layered hand-dyed yarns full of depth and interest.
Create your own unapologetic and unique hand-dyed yarns and colourways using acid dyes and protein-based fibres with confidence and intention. In this primer course, we will explore dyeing your own yarns and fibres using immersion dyeing techniques.
We focus on understanding and learning to control the dye process to produce colours intentionally. My goal is for you to discover your own creative process, balancing the science and art of dyeing and understanding the variables that affect dyed results so that you can play freely with colour.
Building upon the skills and knowledge in our Dyeing Intentional Colour course, this course will explore developing a deeper understanding of colours and colour theory, focusing specifically on what happens when colours are mixed so you can learn to create or avoid muddy hues.
In this course, we create glazed, layered, and tonal hand-dyed colour effects through immersion dyeing, low-water immersion dyeing, handpainting, and more. Discover how to create handpainted yarns and spinning fibres for repeating and self-striping colour sequences.
My dyeing style involves working with precision and intention as I create colourways, so you can join me as I lead you through the simple math calculations that are so helpful in preparing for an efficient and effective session in the dye studio.
Dyeing can be as simple as using a single pot and a heating element, but we’ve created a comprehensive list of tools and supplies that we use in this course and that might be helpful to build or augment your dye studio set up.
When I started learning how to dye yarn, my appetite for new ideas and techniques was insatiable but there were not a lot of resources for me to go to.
After the past 14 years of exploring dye techniques, I’m happy to share the things I’ve learned with new and experienced dyers so that more creative spirits get inspired to enjoy the transformational power of beautiful hand-dyed colour.
In 2005, Felicia Lo founded SweetGeorgia Yarns, an artisanal hand-dyed yarn company. Starting out with just three skeins of yarn for sale on the newly minted Etsy.com, demand soon exploded within a matter of months. Over the past decade, SweetGeorgia Yarns has grown into a team of skilled craftspeople and artisans led by Felicia, who also teaches fibre arts fundamentals including dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting, and color theory for crafters and artisans. Felicia is the author of "Dyeing to Spin & Knit" and teaches "Spinning Dyed Fibers" on Craftsy.com. Felicia currently lives and works in the Vancouver area with her young family.
The easiest way to know whether you'll enjoy our dyeing courses is to check out one of our lessons. Click below to watch a sample of the course content in "Dyeing Intentional Colour":
