Welcome to Unplanned Peacock Studio, where arts, crafts, and animals are our passions.  All of the yarns are hand dyed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and each skein is unique.  We also have our own flock of feisty Icelandic sheep, and we sell their fleeces.  You can read about the farming adventures here.

I love to dye custom colorways or fibers.  If you see a color you like on our website, and want it on a different yarn or in a larger quantity, please ask.  If you want a special color, please ask.  I can match nearly anything.  For custom work, email me.  Custom work must be prepaid, but your satisfaction is guaranteed.

January's Knitter of the Month is Kathleen Cook, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Kathleen received some Peacock Sock yarn in Kitty as a gift.  She quickly knitted them up into the Monkey socks from Cookie A.  This pattern is excellent for showing off the patterns in a hand dyed yarn.  Kathleen retired three years ago from teaching high school French to play with yarn full time. A knitter since the age of 8, she is currently in her mitten period, having recently made more hats and cowls than she wants to admit. She also spins (hence the hats, cowls and mittens) and owns one third of a Shetland ewe named Freya.

We are always thrilled to see what you are making with our yarn.  The collaborative creative process of dyeing is not finished until there is a final product! Every month, I will highlight a knitter's finished project in our newsletter.  If your project is featured, you will receive a free skein of yarn. Send pictures please!

Wheel of the Year Yarn Club!  The packages for Imbolc have just left the studio, and the next holiday is Ostara (Spring Equinox) in March.  This is a revolving club, so you can join at any time.  This will be your chance to get unique artisan dyed yarns with a Celtic Holiday Theme delivered to you up to eight times a year!  These yarns will be different than any of our other colorways (usually they will give me the chance to do interesting and special things with dye).