ShipYarn Dyes!

Hi, I'm V and I crochet and dye yarn inspired by fandoms! Here you will only find my creations and my dyeing process. If you want all the randomness that I share, see my main blog.

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Please follow my main blog @shipyarn for future content. Maintaining this side blog in addition to all my other social media was proving too much :(

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Introducing The Eorzian Collection!  

A new set of colorways based on FFXIV ! The Expansions Line is the first  in the collection, keep an eye on the shop for more!

Colorway: A Realm Reborn

80% highland superwash, 20% nylon | 178yds/50g

Start your adventure through Eorzea in style with unique gear crafted from this exclusive yarn!

Colorway: Heavensward

80% highland superwash, 20% nylon | 178yds/50g

Craft some HQ gear with this yarn to help you stay warm through the Dragonsong War in snowy Ishgard!

Colorway: Stormblood

80% highland superwash, 20% nylon | 178yds/50g

Keep the wind chill at bay while flying over Ala Mhigo, Doma, and the Azim Steppes with gear crafted from this bright and colorful yarn!

Colorway: Shadowbringers

80% highland superwash, 20% nylon | 178yds/50g

Stay hidden from the light as you journey through Norvrandt with custom crafted gear made from this lovely yarn!

Kosmic Floof is back in stock!

This popular colorway is back in stock. The silk and merino base that this is dyed on is limited, and only a few more batches will be made. Get this lovely yarn before we run out of the base forever!

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Well now I don't know what to trust

DO I BELIEVE THE DIGITAL PH METER OR THE STUPID COLOR STRIPS?!?! Cause if im to believe the digital meter, holy hell i have been dyeing in waaaayyyy too acidic of a solution since its supposed to be pH 4. 

(Originally posted to Pillowfort on 07/01/19)

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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From number one New York Times best seller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first audiobook in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magi...

Dye Inspiration: Malec

I'm just finishing up Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Claire, and I've been loving it so far! However, I do think the book should be renamed.

(See the spoiler under the cut at the end)

The timing works out perfectly because out if the 3 projects worth of yarn that I have left, I currently have the yarn for  the Malec colorway I have been planning for ages! I've also got all the colors tested and ready to go, and I'm trying a new exciting method! I'll definitely be doing a process post for this one, so follow me to keep an eye out for it in the next week or two!

(originally posted on Pillowfort 06/24/19)

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Posts in the Malec series

Inspiration | Color Blending | Dyeing Process - Part 1 | Dyeing Process - Part 2 | Dyeing Process - Part 3 | FO

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Proposed renaming for Red Scrolls of Magic:

Alec and Magnus Get Cock Blocked.

Over and Over, and Over Again.

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I can't believe at one point I thought I would never need the third ring...

I'm at 95 test dyes that have recorded and reproducable colors, and I just realized that I need to add my other ring to fit everything in! I really can't believe how much testing I have done, and am still needing to test stuff! 

(Originally posted to Pillowfort on 6/19/19)

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So many colors to test!!!

17The only skeins I have left to dye are earmarked for 3 specific projects that I haven't figured out at least one color for. ive been itching to dye something, and I have a few projects that I have the dyes figured out for, but don't have the yarn for them! So I decided I needed to test out the last colors for the projects I DO have the yarn for.

I ended up mixing up more colors than I initially expected I would cause I wanted to test a few different shades of each planned color. 

Putting the yarn in the dye pot is one of my favorite moments! It's the first moment where you get an idea if your experiments might end up being close to the color you imagined, and the start of the excitement of transforming plain white yarn into something more!

About 30 mins later and I'm starting to get an idea of which colors might actually work best. I'm excited to see if they end up right, or if I need to adjust my formulas! I'm a little skeptical that the olive-ey green is going to end up how I hoped, so I'm expecting to have to adjust that one and do another test. (Originally posted to Pillowfort on 06/17/19)

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I am totally in love with these colors I tested out today!

I really nailed some colors for some projects I'm.really excited about!

(Originally posted to Pillowfort on 06/03/19)

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FO: Space Wolf

The beautiful inspiration artwork is by azuleanlupus! You can find more of her artwork on Instagram

Colorway: Kosmic Floof

Base yarn: knit picks super silk | 52% super wash wool/ 48% mulberry silk | 90 yards

A beautiful and shimmery wool and merino silk blend dyed in shades of blue and grey. I thought the shine of this yarn was a really good reflection of the way Kosmo the Space Wolf from Voltron glows when he is about to teleport!

I REALLY love how this one came out, and I just want to use this base yarn for everything now! It's so shiny and fluffy and lovely to work with!! 

If you want to make this yarn yours, check out the Etsy listing!

If you like what I do and want to help support me so I can keep buying yarn and dyeing supplies to dye fandom inspired yarn for you, please consider donating to my ko-fi!

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Colorway: Blooming Talent

Image used and posted with permission from the artist: @aoiaoimm

Base yarn: Knit Picks Preciosa Tonal| 100% Merino Wool | 273 yards | Worsted

Super soft and fluffy Merino dyed shades of pink and red. I saw @aoiaoimm‘s fanart of Oikawa from Haikyuu, and couldn’t get over how pretty the colors were! I just HAD to dye it! The process of dyeing it up threw me for a few loops, but it ended up so pretty!

If you want to make this yarn yours, check out the Etsy listing!

If you like what I do and want to help support me so I can keep buying yarn and dyeing supplies to dye fandom inspired yarn for you, please consider donating to my ko-fi!

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Colorway: Taibani Double Chaser

Base yarn: Knit Picks Paragon | 50% Fine Merino Wool, 25% Baby Alpaca, 25% Mulberry Silk | 246 Yards/100g | Sport Weight

The product of a spur of the moment inspiration by a request from the Tiger & Bunny Discord that my friend is part of, this is a beautiful blend of Merino, Baby Alpaca, and Mulberry Silk. It has beautiful ply definition and a tiny bit of shine that makes it look very reminiscent of the hard and shiny armor that Barnaby and Kotetsu wear while fighting off villains in Sternbild!

  If you want to make this yarn yours, check out the Etsy listing!

If you like what I do and want to help support me so I can keep buying yarn and dyeing supplies to dye fandom inspired yarn for you, please consider donating to my ko-fi!

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Fandom inspired yarn dyeing by ShipYarn

You searched for: ShipYarn! Discover the unique items that ShipYarn creates. At Etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers.

I'm excited to announce that I have opened an Etsy shop where you can now buy my fandom inspired yarn! I'm super excited to share it with you, and hope you love it as much as I do!

❤️ V.

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Yarn Prices

I'm trying to get an idea of how to price yarn to sell it, your feedback would be appreciated and does not obligate you to buy it! Please approach this as if you were in the market to buy yarn, and what you think is a reasonable price for hand-painted yarn.

I'm thinking of setting up an etsy shop to sell my yarn, and I want to get some input on what people think is fair pricing. if you have an interest in yarn/yarncraft please take my survey!

And please share it with your yarn-loving friends as well!

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wait for it

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Literally who are these two

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lmfao bitch i’m shook

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This is amazing

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Finished Object: Voltron Paladins!

Colorway: Voltron Paladins!

Base yarn: wool/polymide blend | 175 yards

I’ve had the idea for this yarn for so long that I actually started mixing the colors back in August, so this yarn was a long time coming! The result is 4 skeins of variegated speckle-dyed yarn to match the sketchy feeling of the voltron cut scene. 

I’m pretty happy with how this yarn came out and I think Pico was too! He was such a good model for me :)

For more posts in the Voltron Paladins! series and other content check out my Pillowfort

Inspiration | (Lessons Learned) | (Status Update) | Color Blending | Dyeing Process | FO

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Alternate social media

Figured I should post where you can find me on other social media due to all the hulabaloo with Tumblr lately. I’m going to try to cross post stuff as much as I can :)

Instagram: shipyarn

Twitter: shipyarn

Pillowfort: shipyarn

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FO: ATLA Nations blanket

6 months, 200 hours, ~60,000 stitches, and 28 skeins of yarn.

Guys, I'm REALLY proud of this one!

This entire project was completed during my 4 hour commute by bus, ferry, and vanpool! I made the 4 pieces separately and stitched them together at the end. Each piece was pretty much at the upper size limit of what i could handle taking on my commute.

Each piece of the blanket was made with the c2c stitch using Berrocco Weekend.

I created charts for each of the pieces using a cross stitch pattern maker app, printed them out, and used a 4-color pen to mark my progress. The water symbol was the most tedious panel to work on! So many color changes... So many ends to weave in 😭 but I survived! I probably would have hated myself a little less if I had worked on the other diagonal, but by the time I realized my mistake it was too late to start over.

This is now a favorite of anyone who comes to my house and wanted a blanket to snuggle under on the couch!

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FO: Victuuri

Here they are! All the finished Victuuri yarns in one place!

Amazing inspiration artwork by Natsuko!

Colorway: Victuuri Duetto

Base yarn: Cloudborn Highland Sock | 178 yards

This was the initial yarn that I set out to make this time. Its a long changing gradient yarn that is inspired by the costumes that Victor and Yuri wear during the Grand Prix exhibition. I wanted to make a gradient that blended the costumes of one from the other to symbolize their relationship. I dyed two skeins of this yarn.

Colorway: Victuuri Intermission

Base yarn: wool/polymide blend | 175 yards

I had a bunch of dye left over from the gradient yarn, so  decided to try dyeing a yarn that alternates sections of gradient and white. It ended up being trickier than I expected to get the exact result I wanted, but I like how it turned out.

Colorway: Victuuri Ice Spray

Base yarn: wool/polymide blend | 175 yards

I used up the last of the dye by making a speckled yarn. I love how this one turned out.

Posts in the Victuuri yarn series

Inspiration | Color Blending | Dyeing Process | FO