Frost Yarn

Frost Yarn Hand Dyed yarn and spinning fibers from sunny Southern California.

Check out my Instagram page and YouTube www.youtube.com/nicolefrostyarn for tutorials.

If you're able to get to Southern California, you will have the opportunity to buy my full dye setup. A full size insula...
10/15/2025

If you're able to get to Southern California, you will have the opportunity to buy my full dye setup. A full size insulated proofer,all the 2.5, 4 and 8" deep trays with lids, dyes and wall mounted dye storage you would need to create your own yarn in a large capacity for.at.

Proofer can heat 16 trays of yarn simultaneously in about 3 hours for an output of 64 skeins per load cycle.

If you wanna come pick it up for your shop, studio or garage, I'll throw in some yarn and a half day dye lesson.

Original Cost
Proofer: $1500
Trays and lids: $850
Dye: 1200
Duxtop double and single induction burners: $330
Yarn rings and reusable zip ties: $85
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$3965 retail

Selling whole setup for $2000

Feel free to share!

08/11/2025

FREE DYE WORKSHOP TONIGHT MONDAY AUGUST 11TH AT 6PM PACIFIC ON www.youtube.com/nicolefrostyarn

So, I got fired from a teaching gig this morning.

No details were given beyond "my teaching style didn't work for them."

October is 17 years of teaching how to dye yarn, it was bound to happen that a client's expectations and my skill set wouldn't be a match. Even though I'm 42 I cried in that "dark night of the soul" way that one does when they're faced with the question "am I even good enough to be doing this anymore?"

So, to take some of the pain out of this whole experience, I'll be teaching a free class tonight with the materials I already spent weeks preparing!

Tag a friend and pop your questions in the comments below and I'll answer as many as I can in the format tonight.

You'll also get a behind the scenes look at some of the materials I've spent the summer making for a chapter of the book.

04/08/2025

So I had this idea while I was editing an ice melt video: What if I put the dye directly in the ice cube with soda ash instead of on top of the ice. Would that change things? For science, I did the same amount of dye in each silicone ice mold with 10 ml of water, 20 ml of water and 30 ml of water.

Please join me in a round of BOOOOO's for myself, because I accidentally folded one of the swatches wrong and the melt pattern was sideways :/

As you can see from the melt patterns at the different cube sizes, the smaller cubes have more distinct, richer colors. The larger cube sizes are somewhat overblended and the yellow almost entirely disappears.

And just for SCIENCE, I did a dye under ice versus dye over ice using a black ice cube to see if we get any oil slick effects or just a general muddying of the colors.

And here we have an honorable mention for the ugly awards. Letting the black ice drain through completely distorted the colors instead of sitting in the muck gave no clear melt pattern and some very faded, irregular color dispersion.

The goal is oilslick, and as you can see, I’ve got a ways to go.

If this looks like your idea of fun, come join me in Minneapolis at the Textiles Center Friday, May 9th for my brand new workshop Meltdown with the Frosts, the Luck of the Thaw

This class is for anyone who wants to dive into dyeing cellulose, making their own dyed fabric for their sewing projects, anyone who wants to spice up their wardrobe with modern day tie dye pieces

Hope to see you there! Tickets available here: https://textilecentermn.org/product/melt-down-with-the-frost-ice-dyeing-on-yarn-and-fabric/

01/21/2025

Come take a dye workshop with me in San Clemente CA on Sunday February 16th 2025 at Small Space Collective

https://www.smallspaceart.com/service-page/intro-to-yarn-dyeing-solid-kettle-dye

Discover the art of yarn dyeing in this beginner-friendly workshop! Learn the basics of working with acid dyes, from mixing colors to measuring for precise, vibrant shades. You’ll explore the kettle dyeing technique to create stunning solid colors with subtle variations, perfect for knitting or crochet projects.

Each participant will go home with two hand-dyed skeins of fi*****ng weight superwash merino wool, ready to be turned into something beautiful.

This is the first workshop in our 3-part yarn dyeing series. While the following workshops will build on the skills learned here, you can also sign up for them individually if you already have a foundation in yarn dyeing techniques.

Join us for this inspiring and hands-on introduction to the world of custom-dyed yarn!

What’s Included:
• Two skeins of fi*****ng weight superwash merino wool
• All materials and tools needed for dyeing
• Expert instruction in a welcoming, creative environment

Intro to Yarn Dyeing: Solid Kettle Dye
Part 1 of our 3-Part Yarn Dyeing Series

Upcoming Workshops in the Series:
1. Speckle Dyeing – Learn to create unique speckled patterns for a modern, hand-dyed look.
2. Multi-Color Gradients – Master color blending and gradient effects for dynamic yarn designs.

10/24/2024

The satisfying 🫰🏼SNAP🫰🏼 of the last magnet 🧲

On the last floss bobbin

And seeing what 10 days worth of work looks like

For just ✨one✨visual teaching aid

Tomorrow's the last day to sign up for my workshop in Minneapolis MN at the Nov 1/2/3

You will speckle, kettle dye, direct application for forced pooling, ombre paint, box dye, make a triad, and at the end make the most beautiful swatch and color recipes book to go home with, safe in the knowledge that you will have all the tools necessary to create your own custom fantasy yarn for future projects.

Tickets 🎟️👯🥰

https://textilecentermn.org/product/dyeing-for-knitters-nicole-frost/

10/03/2024

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but this picture is worth 1,000 minutes.

Each action performed taking just a few seconds to cut, tie, twist, label and mount on top of dyeing in super precise increments, photographing, light balancing, editing and uploading. So easy and quick, until you add all those steps up times a hundred.

I wish so desperately I had someone to guide me when I started my dye journey in 2008. I was clueless, eager, and broke. I wasted years spinning my wheels making ugly yarn, or worse, *pretty yarn* that knit up ugly 😭

But since there's no body doubling time travel teleportato yet, I help others who want to delve into the ancient art of textiles chemistry.

Come skip the miserable phase and jump right into the fun with all the tools and supports necessary to build a technique and color swatch library with me at Nov 1, 2 &3.

The space is enormous, beautiful, fully equipped and staffed with some of the best humans I've ever met. I hope to see you there🌈

https://textilecentermn.org/product/dyeing-for-knitters-nicole-frost/

09/30/2024

Join me, Nicole Frost of Frost Yarn for a comprehensive 3-day immersion into the world of yarn dyeing this coming Friday October 4-Sunday Oct 6th.

https://www.smallspaceart.com/service-page/yarn-dyeing-3-day-immersion

This course is designed for both beginners and experienced artists, offering a thorough exploration of every major technique. By the end of this experience, you'll be equipped to: - Dye yarn with confidence and control - Have a deep understanding of color theory - Create stunning, custom colorways for your knitting, crocheting, or weaving projects - Match yarn to your vision for a truly personalized outcome

🌈 Day 1: Learn how to dye with precision and repeatability. Make a triad of 66 unique colors from 3 primary colors, with the option to make a 12 color triad with 3 colors and a saturation study to learn the difference between a balanced and unbalanced color story. Then learn how to kettle dye, speckle, and direct application paint for forced pooling.

🌈Day 2: Learn how to translate an image into a colorway and explore additional techniques. You will create a resist dyed colorway that moves in multiple directions simultaneously, one of Nicole's signature techniques. Create a technique study on mini skeins featuring mohair, alpaca, superwash merino, non superwash merino and silk yarn. We end day 2 ombre painting pre knit blanks and stenciling artwork over the top with thickened dyes.

🌈Day 3: Use Nicole's knitting machines to create a swatch library of the different techniques and create a reference book. The dye lab will be open and Nicole will be available for student questions, troubleshooting, or to have a free day to play and paint.

Students photographed in the beautiful space during our 1 day intensive are
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who all create super rad fiber art and are worth following to see their dye adventures unfold!

Any SoCal locals on this page?You should come take a mini macrame with through .space.collective!This will be my first ...
09/22/2024

Any SoCal locals on this page?

You should come take a mini macrame with through .space.collective!

This will be my first craft date night in the 13+ years my husband and I have been together 🎨👩🏼‍🎨🧶🧵

The best part of social media for me has been the connection to other craft folx that I would otherwise never meet.

I was lucky enough to have Alex / as a student in my dye workshop yesterday and now I get to take her class in a few weeks.

This is the stuff that makes my heart burst with joy.
Would love to meet any fellow fiber folk from the interwebs!

12/08/2023

I am so excited about the new visual aids I created this week for the presentation tomorrow at on how to "read" a skein of yarn.

🧶Perfectly speckled in the skein, but an overwhelming mess in the project? We'll dive in with 11 swatches of different speckle densities and painted application patterns so you can learn to better visualize how it works up and pick skeins with confidence. 👓

🧶Does variegated yarn confuse you? So pretty in the skein, and a monstrous clown barf in your sweater or shawl? We'll do a deep dive on balanced vs unbalanced variegation, the differences between high/mid/low variegation and what types of patterns do and don't work with these temperamental beauties 💄👑

🧶Intrigued (but also intimidated) by the planned pooling yarns, how they work, and what to look for when matching to a project? I have swatches of multiple cast ons of the same colorways demonstrated flat, in the round and in a project. These are my favorite to knit because a river of rainbows fly off your fingertips when the pooling yarn and pooling pattern hit just right ✅️

Tomorrow Dec 9th from 2-3 PM, call to reserve your spot in this free workshop today!
(818) 980-1234

About to weave up a sample showcasing all the different textured yarns I sourced for my booth at in Sacramento next wee...
02/23/2023

About to weave up a sample showcasing all the different textured yarns I sourced for my booth at in Sacramento next week! There's sequin silk, boucle, mohair silk, nubby yarn, glitter ply yarn and a beautiful soft spun bulky. Thanks to for the help warping this project and for making a knitted swatch.

A peek at one of the bases I'll be bringing to next week! My booth will be cashmere silk roving, space gradients, and b...
02/21/2023

A peek at one of the bases I'll be bringing to next week! My booth will be cashmere silk roving, space gradients, and build your own texture kits. I love this stubby yarn! It's gonna look so good woven in the sample 🤩

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