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Handcrafted with love in Edinburgh, Scotland

Beautifully hand dyed yarns and fibre
plus other knitting accessories

The loveliest materials for your best
knitting, spinning and felting life

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Expertly hand dyed yarns and fibres
for your best handmade life

Eleanor Shadow uses the best fibres and professional grade dyes to give you the finest yarn and spinning wools you deserve. Life is too short to use nothing but the loveliest crafting materials, am I right?

We source our fleeces locally, process our wools in small batches using the gentlest methods and dispose of dyes responsibly.

Our yarns come from UK-based, mulesing-free suppliers. Our stitch markers are enamel instead of plastic. Whenever possible, our packaging is 100% plastic-free and compostable. 

More about our fibre
Undyed mini skeins of yarn laid on a wooden table with some decorative items around

Hand spun or hand dyed yarns

Do your knees go weak at the thought of well placed speckles in your yarn? Maybe you yearn for that special skein of textured hand spun? Worry not, I got you.
3 skeins of hand spun yarn on a wooden table
A set of mini skeins of yarn in neon colours with a bigger skein in black with neon bits
hand dyed silk hankies in very saturated colours
A swirl of beautiful hand dyed wool top

Hand dyed wool and more

Hand dyed fibre is playful and fun. Spin it or felt to make it your own.
Whether your cup of tea is retina-scorching colour or delicate pastels, you'll find your special thing here.
Hand knit shawl eleanor shadow

Hand knitted with love

The world needs more hand knits and you deserve to wear things with the loveliest patterns.
Looking for a gorgeously intricate, ready-made lace shawl for that wedding or special occasion? I got you covered. For everyday wear? That, too.

Project bags and storage

Keep your lovely knitting, crochet or sewing project in a cute, limited-edition project bag. Pair it with a notions pouch and you're good to craft on the go.
A lovely cat-themed project bag and notions storage bag set by Eleanor Shadow in shades of yellow, blue, orange and white
Green cat themed project bag eleanor shadow

Emma

"I love it! The colours are gorgeous, and the packaging was so personalized and generous. Still not sure what I'm going to knit with it yet, as if love to show off the colour scheme. Thank you so much!"

Sally

"absolutely beautiful product, lovely quality as always. sent quickly, and i really love the eco packaging too! always nice to see items produced and packed with such care :)"

Lynne

"Eleanor is an absolute delight to work with. Great communication throughout and beautiful wool packaged with 'little extras'. I know she had to put in a lot of work for this particular wool - much appreciated. I'll be back!"

Meet the Eleanor Shadow team

Eleanor

Indie Dyer, Knitter, Massive Tea Drinker,
ProCRAFTinator Extraordinaire
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Marshmallow

Warmer of Laps. Chief Attention Demander and Quality Control
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Kenya

Muncher of All Snacks, Fluff Spreader and Reminder of Breaks
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Indie hand dyed yarns and handmade knitting accessories.

Made with love in Edinburgh.

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