Hand-dyed yarns are unique - La Bien Aimée shows off the gorgeous colour ways with inspiration from Aimée Gille's life adventures.
Aimée started La Bien Aimée in 2015, inside a tiny studio on rue Paulin Mery. By day it was a dye studio and at night a drying room. After a year and half, due to the demand, she moved to ave d'italia where she opened a brick & mortar shop with her famous yellow shop front.
In 2021, Aimée made the announcement that her brick & mortar shop will close due to the pandemic. But lucky for us, her brand is continuing on. Since, then she has released new bases and also a book called Worsted for her yarn "Corrie Worsted" and continues working with many designers.
Caring For Your La Bien Aimée Hand-dyed Yarn
For La Bien Aimée's more saturated colours, they take care to properly set their yarn and then wash it after dyeing, however please be aware there may be minimal bleeding from these colourways when blocked. La Bien Aimée therefore recommends that you swatch and test wash this yarn, especially if you intend to use it in conjunction with a much lighter yarn.
La Bien Aimée strongly recommends that you wash your finished object with cool water, in an abundant bath, with a small quantity of your favourite ultra-gentle wool wash, to prevent back-staining onto lighter colours. Hot water and most detergents will leech colour from the fibre.
If your yarn is colouring your hands as you knit (called crocking, in dye terms), this isn't necessarily cause for alarm. Crocking is frequently caused by the pH of your hands drawing off the dye molecules, and the mechanical action of dragging the fibre over your skin. This does not necessarily mean that the yarn will bleed when it is blocked, or that it will crock when worn.
Again, they recommend swatching and test washing your wool in an abundant tepid bath to see how the yarn will perform once knit.
