Markets and yarn festivals 2025

This year is looking busy and exciting for markets and yarn festivals. Here are the details of confirmed market dates.

With the first Wairarapa Wool Weekend all done and dusted the next events to look forward to are:

Capital Fibre Festival – Saturday 10 May at Whirinaki Whare Taonga Upper Hutt

Woolfest Auckland Saturday May 24th at Kumeu Showgrounds, Kumeu (Auckland)

I will post on the Kindly Dyer Instagram and Facebook accounts when I’m heading to these or any other yarn markets or pop up venues.

Regular stockists 2025

You’ll find a selection of Kindly Dyer Palliser DK yarn cakes at the Palliser Ridge woolshed store and at The Land Girl cafe in Pirinoa.

The Palliser Ridge woolshed store on the farm is open 12noon to 3pm Monday to Friday.

The Land Girl cafe usual hours are Thurs, Fri, Sun & Mon 8.30am to 3pm and Saturday 8.30am to 4pm. Closed Tues & Weds. Check Facebook for updates.

I’m no longer selling yarns on-line (via Etsy or Felt marketplaces), but I will aim to post on this website and Instagram/Facebook when I have yarns available for purchase.

I am happy to respond to email enquiries about yarn you might have seen in a photo on social media or elsewhere on this site and I’m happy to send photos of yarns that I have available.

General information

I dye yarns in small quantities only, and as time permits. That is the best way I can keep my promise to be kind to the environment, by using plant materials in-season, using and disposing of water carefully.

Natural dye yarns are unique and variable. Even though the same recipe may be used, the colours resulting from each dye batch may be different. Within the same batch there will be variation in the yarn colouring; this is the nature of natural and hand-dyed yarns.

Shipping, delivery and returns

Within NZ – Parcels will be sent by standard courier services. Shipping starts at $6.00, plus $2 for each additional cake/skein. It’s often difficult to predict courier fees so I will keep a watch on these and will let you know in advance of sending parcels. Courier fees have increased over the last couple of years.

If the yarn you receive does not meet your expectations please let me know within 14 days of receipt. You may return the yarn within 30 days of receipt, in the same condition that you received it. Return postage is at the buyers cost.

International – In general I do not ship overseas because of the negative environmental impact of sending (non-essential) product via long distance air transport.