Yarn Support

Here at Dye Mad Yarns, we love the opportunity to work with and support independent designers by providing yarn for new designs! Whether you’re an emerging designer or an established name, we are excited for the chance to work together. As a business, we believe that fiber crafts are for everyone, and to ensure that everyone feels welcome and included, it is tantamount that there is representation at every level of the industry. We encourage submissions from designers of all races, sexualities, gender expressions, abilities, ages, and body sizes.

If you are interested in working with us, we ask that you provide as many details about your design as you can! The more information you can include upfront, the quicker we can make a decision. Information we would find helpful: 

  • Brief introduction to your work

  • Links to your website/social media so we can see your previous work!

  • Outline of the pattern/design description

  • Sketches, images, and swatches

  • Key points about the pattern: what stitches would be used, intended ease, size range if applicable

  • Quantity of yarn anticipated to be needed

  • Yarn base requested

  • Color suggestions 

  • Anticipated timeline for release

  • Where the design will be released/published

    • We require if the pattern is released on Ravelry that it must be released on another platform as well (e.g. Payhip, LoveCrafts, Etsy) so that it is available to people who are unable to use Ravelry

What are *we* looking for in patterns and designers?

  • First and foremost, we’re excited to work with designers from Ohio and the Midwest - that is part of our storytelling and our brand, so we will probably prioritize this over anything else! 

  • In general, we’re a big fan of storytelling through designs - is it evocative of the natural landscape? Tell us how! Were you inspired to create something about a local cryptid, landmark, or weird phenomena? Hell yeah! 

  • We also prioritize fun! If we’re excited to make it, we think our audience would be, too. That could be colorwork, novel textural stitches, or an unconventional construction (or whatever you think might be fun)!

If we think that your design is a good match for our customers and yarns, we can discuss color ways - we can pick from the existing range or we can develop specific colorways, depending on the situation! We can also give a behind the scenes look at our upcoming collections to see if there’s a theme you’re excited about (if your design works with it)! 

What happens after I submit my idea?

If your submission is something we’re interested in moving forward with, we’re hoping to work with you the whole way through! We’ll work together to select or develop colorways and then send you yarn. We ask for designers to let us know the intended release date as soon as they know so that we have time to make sure the yarn is available, especially if there are special or limited colorways, and so we can plan some social media posts to cross promote the pattern. We are also happy to help source test and sample makers from our audience!

Ultimately, our support doesn’t end once yarn is shipped! We are happy to:

  • Provide a test maker yarn discount

  • Promotion of your test maker window to our supporter list, as well as promotion of the finalized pattern to that list

  • Promotion of your design to our stockists, and in-store at our shop with a house made sample! 

  • Social media posts and shares

  • Discount coupon on yarn at launch to share with your specific audience

If you’re interested in collaborating with us on your design, please send an email to hello(at)dyemadyarns(dot)com.