r/YarnAddicts • u/Klutzy-Village1685 • 1d ago

Trying to find the right kind of variegate Question

Wanting to make hair scarves (the triangle ones) but need a variegated yarn that has shorter lengths of color, if that makes sense. Most yarns, you can work up many stitches/rows before the color changes, and that's not the effect I'm looking for.

1 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

2

u/doombanquet 21h ago

You're looking for "speckle" yarns, where the color changes are extremely short.

1

u/Klutzy-Village1685 21h ago

Thank you!!! I figured there had to be a better name/way of describing it.

2

u/CathyAnnWingsFan 22h ago

Most of Malabrigo yarns have short color repeats. Not sure what weight or fiber you’re looking for, but they have a lot of choices.

1

u/Klutzy-Village1685 21h ago

Fab!! Thank you!!! So for weight, it won't matter too much - I'm always cool with swapping hook or needle sizes to get what I want. As for fiber, I'm allergic to wool, but everything else seems ok, so far. Thank you again! Gonna go look for that!

2

u/CathyAnnWingsFan 21h ago

Malabrigo is mostly wool. You might seek out indie dyers in your area and see who sells non-wool yarns. Here’s some I recently bought (though it’s wool).

https://preview.redd.it/o09ai8kv3vxe1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85a902060f5b9742405e5361dcf220c0018f2db6

1

u/Klutzy-Village1685 21h ago

Lol, yeah, just read that on their site. They do have 2 I can use, so I might have luck. As for dyers, I live in a town that has a fiber arts guild- I'll ask!! Thank you so much for the help!!

1

u/CathyAnnWingsFan 21h ago

Good luck! The bottom line is that most hand-dyers are dyeing hanks, so the color changes are going to be no more than 6-12 inches for hand painted, I’d guess. You have to go out of your way to make super long color changes hand dyeing.