Snob: Internal panic sets in! The hand-dyed yarn is…well, let’s just say the color isn’t their favorite. Forced smiles ensue, followed by frantic mental notes to re-gift this later.

Shoppers will find a range of natural yarns, from hand-dyed, metallic silks to basic yarns by well-known brands like Noro from Japan and U.S.-based Berroco, but there’s not a synthetic fiber in ...

She traded her website-building work with a woman who hand-dyed yarn in Placerville, and did the same for a man in Grass Valley who built espresso carts — the supplies she needed to start a ...