A small shop for people who still make things by hand

Skeinwell began as two dye pots in the back of a bookshop. Today it is a shop, a studio and a library of colour, still on the same street.

§ 01 · The story

We dye every skein because we were tired of flat colour.

Most commercial yarn is dyed to be perfectly even. We like a little life in it: colour that shifts as you knit and feels like someone made it. That takes small pots, slow dye baths and a lot of swatching. We do it for every skein we sell.

We also put together kits with patterns we have tested ourselves, run classes at our big table and keep the shop small on purpose.

4,800+

Skeins dyed last year

8

House colourways, dyed in small batches

3

Swatches knitted for every colourway

1

Shop, on Marchmont Street

§ 02 · Visit

Come and squeeze the yarn before you buy it.

14 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB

Tuesday to Saturday · 10:00–18:00

hello@skeinwell.shop