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Zen Yarn Garden Magical Dye Pot Series – Review & Giveaway

January 24, 2018 10 Comments

Zen Yarn Garden Magic Dye Pot Series - Yarn review & giveaway at Hands Occupied
This month’s yarn review & giveaway is an interesting one. Zen Yarn Garden is a Canadian yarn company that makes gorgeous and interesting colors of yarn on great-to-work with yarn bases (the plain yarn they dye with beautiful colors to make it extra special). They sent me a few skeins of their Superfine Fingering yarn, an Italian-spun yarn, dyed in their new Magical Dye Pot series to share with you. Essentially, there are several sets of color series, labeled A through F, and within each lettered set, there are 6 colors. Each color, indicated by a number (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 & A6, for example) is designed to go with the other  colors within the same letter series. For testing’s sake, I grabbed two of the three colors they sent and played with different striping patterns in a knit swatch, and then I used the same striping pattern in a crochet swatch. 
Zen Yarn Garden Magic Dye Pot Series - Yarn review & giveaway at Hands Occupied

The Yarn: Zen Yarn Garden Magical Dye Pot Series

Colorways pictured: D5 & D6. Shown striped together in bands of 4, 2 & 1 stripes of each color per swatch.
Skein details:
400 yds / 366 m skeins / 90% Superfine Merino / 10% Nylon
Knitting needles: US 3, 3.25 mm / 20 stitches & 28 rows over 4 inches
Crochet hook: US D-3, 3.25 mm / 22 sc & 26 rows over 4 inches
Cons: Wrapping your head around which colors to buy since their naming convention is unusual could be a challenge if you’re intimidated by selecting color combos online.
Pros: This yarn is a lot of fun, and opens up a lot of opportunities to play with stripe, gradient and color in your knitting. And hey, if you’re finding yourself curious about that fade shawl that’s so popular but don’t want to stash dive for it, you could buy a whole set of Magical Dye Pot colors (all of the D options, for example), and go to town knowing the colors are dyed to work together. 
Pattern ideas: Because of the striping and gradient possibilities, I’d go ahead and knit a Top Notched Shawl, playing with the striping in creative ways. For crochet, it would be fun to play with a tiny gauge version of the Scraps Scallops Scarf, using it as an opportunity to play with making your own gradient stripes.

Zen Yarn Garden Magic Dye Pot Series - Yarn review & giveaway at Hands Occupied

The Giveaway

To enter the giveaway, use the box below. If you’re on mobile, you’ll need to click a button that takes you to the entry page. If you’re on the desktop site, you’re all good to go right here! Open to US, UK, Australia & Canada. Full terms & conditions available by clicking the link in the box provided.

One hank of the colorway pictured below (color D4 in the series) will be raffled off.

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Zen Yarn Garden Magic Dye Pot Series - Yarn review & giveaway at Hands Occupied
Yarn was provided by Zen Yarn Garden. You can follow them on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & Instagram.

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About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a knitting, crochet and crafts designer. She first learned to knit at age 8 from a grandmother who saw in her a need for something to keep her busy. She's now a full time designer, video host, blogger & teacher. You can keep up with her designs and more by following handsoccupied on your favorite social network.

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Comments

  1. Anne

    January 24, 2018 at 8:33 am

    What a gorgeous yarn! And an interesting review. Thank you for the opportunity to enter the giveaway, the rafflecopter doesn’t seem to work, unfortunately. I’m on mobile, will try desktop later.

    Reply
    • Heidi

      January 24, 2018 at 9:36 am

      Hi Anne, it looks like there was a hiccup on mobile early this morning, but I just confirmed it’s all working now! Thanks :)

      Reply
  2. Pamela

    January 24, 2018 at 11:55 am

    Wow what pretty yarn. I love the speckles!

    Reply
  3. Dani

    January 24, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    I’m not entering this month (because I was lucky enough to win last month!), but I had to say THANK YOU for such informative and clear reviews. I really look forward to reading them, and “testing” yarns vicariously thru you :) You’re awesome!

    Reply
    • Heidi

      January 25, 2018 at 2:40 pm

      Aww, thanks Dani! :)

      Reply
  4. Pam

    January 27, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Interesting yarn.

    Reply
  5. Becky

    January 27, 2018 at 1:04 pm

    Hi Heidi! I love seeing those swatches, especially the crochet.. Every time I see a crochet pattern featured in your blog I want to learn to crochet too. I’ve haven’t found time to make it to a class and I’m tempted just to try Craftsy or YouTube. Although, it seems like I can’t keep up with all the knitting I want to do already, so maybe it’s not the best idea!

    Reply
    • Heidi

      February 1, 2018 at 9:15 am

      I am probably the worst yarn craft enabler in the world, so I would tend to say “Go for it!” I taught myself to crochet (I’d knit for like 12 years) using mostly YouTube, and I enjoy getting to change things up. Like I said, me = enabler. ;)

      Reply
  6. Jaime McCorry

    January 27, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    Hi Heidi! Thanks for the review & raffle! I had no idea this yarn came from Canada, I saw this yarn at a trunk show at String Theory in Glen Ellyn during a Yarny field trip with my knitting group!
    You’re the best!

    Reply
    • Heidi

      February 1, 2018 at 9:14 am

      Aww, shucks! Thanks :)

      Reply

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