What does Dyed to Order mean?
Dyed to Order means I will be dyeing the selected skeins for you after you place the order.
Why would I want that?
- In case the colorway is sold out.
- In case you wanted 3, but there are only 2 available on the site.
- If you are making a sweater and need all of your skeins from the same dyebath.
- You like the idea of making this yarn goblin dye just for you.
Why do some Dyed to Order colorways have a 3 skein minimum?
For established colorways, Dyed to Order is normally offered with a 3 skein minimum. My dye recipes are developed around batches of 3 skeins, which gives me the most reliable color placement, saturation, and consistency from one dyebath to the next.
So the minimum is not about making you buy more yarn than you need. It is simply the batch size that works best for regular production.
How long does it take you to dye them?
That depends on my workload and commitments. Dyed to Order skeins will ship as fast as I can dye them, but it can take up to 4 weeks for your custom dyed order to ship.
Is every colorway repeatable?
Nope. Dyed to Order is only offered on listings where I’m confident I can reproduce that colorway on the selected base.
There are a few reasons a colorway/base combo might not be available:
- The yarn base isn't available to me anymore, or has a very long delivery time.
- The pigments used for the colorway aren't stable enough to rely on them always being identical. I've had to reformulate Citadel multiple times in 15 years.
- It was a one-of-a-kind colorway and I have no recipe.
Basically: if you don’t see the Dyed to Order option, that colorway is currently only available as Ready to Ship.
