NanoStitch Lab

NanoStitch Lab

Welcome to NanoStitch Lab, where unique hand-dyed yarns are created by two “scientists” mad about color. At least until we suited up.

We are crafters, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers and hand dyers (but not actual trained scientists). Most importantly we are two friends who love yarn and have always been drawn to all of the beautiful hand-painted yarns. In the summer of 2014 we decided to try dyeing our own yarn. With ugly crock-pots found at Goodwill lining a table outside it looked like we were hosting the world’s craz

15/05/2024

We are set up and waiting for you at 💖💖💖. We will be here until the 19th for the entire !! Come get your passports stamped and squish all the yarns!

13/05/2024

We will be at this Wednesday and Thursday to kick off the 🎉 Get your passport and hit the road for lots of yarny fun!! Who is excited?!!

28/02/2024

Here is a link for more information about the 2025 Alaska knitting cruise. We hope you can join us for all the fun! 🛳️ 🌊 🧶
https://www.alittleknitty.com/adventures.htm

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 28/02/2024

Check out the link in the bio for more information on the 2025 Alaska cruise! There will be workshops, excursions, shopping, and prizes 🩷 It’s going to be fun so grab your spot today!! Who else is going to be there?





It’s going to be hard to wait a whole year!

18/02/2024

Last day of !! The marketplace is open until 2pm. Come on over and pick up a set of these rad science stitch markers by 🩷.

12/02/2024

Only 3 days until !!! Marketplace entry is free. Come check out all the fab vendors, bring your WIP, hang out and make some friends at this fun event.
Feb 15-18 at the Hotel Murano, Tacoma.

10/02/2024

Be sure to visit us next week at in Tacoma Feb. 15-18. It is your last chance to purchase from us until the LYS tour in May and in August. We are currently not taking any custom orders as our dye studio is temporarily unavailable.

and I are taking some time to heal our bodies after 10 years of physically demanding work. Is dyeing hard work? Yes, but we love it! Just ask our physical therapists 😆💪🧶

See you this summer, Seattle!!

07/02/2024

Special show color alert 🚨 for !! Head to Tacoma Feb 15-18 and grab a skein before they are gone forever. These are available on our sock yarn base and will not be repeated so get them while you can. Marketplace entry is free to all.
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Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 01/02/2024

Ready to ship now on our website! The complete collection of on 20g mini skeins. There are a limited number available and they won’t be repeated so grab one while you can at nanostitchlab.com 🌟

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 30/01/2024

One of the most beloved colors in our line up is Chien-Shiung Wu. This colorway was inspired by the “First Lady of Physics”. Dr. Wu was a Chinese American physicist who was an advocate for women in science.

During the Manhattan Project, she worked at Columbia University, helping develop the process for separating uranium metal into U-235 and U-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She also developed improved Geiger counters for measuring nuclear radiation levels. She is believed to have been the only Chinese person to have worked on the Manhattan Project. Her crucial contribution to particle physics was, however, ignored by the Nobel Prize committee when it awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics.

In 1964, she spoke out against gender discrimination at a symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I wonder,” she asked her audience, “whether the tiny atoms and nuclei, or the mathematical symbols, or the DNA molecules have any preference for either masculine or feminine treatment”

Find this colorway and many more inspired by women in STEM at Feb 15-18.

29/01/2024

Nanostitch Lab will be at next month in Tacoma, WA. The marketplace is free to enter and there are some great vendors. Come see us Feb 15-18 💖

13/12/2023

Check out our Year of Astronomy Collection set💫 Available now at . And if you missed our trunk show it’s not too late… we left it at Needles & Hooks so there is still time to shop!

These mini sets will be on our website in January stay tuned for more information.

07/12/2023

Trunk show this Saturday from 10-5 at in Lake Forest Park. We will have these fun little mini skein sets and lots of other yarny goodness. Hope to see you there!

15/11/2023

This Saturday we will be at the from 12-4pm. We are so excited to spend the day in this gorgeous shop 💖💖. Come by and say hello!

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 05/11/2023

Wow what can I say?! It was amazing and we were so busy that I didn’t take any photos. I want to give a great big thank you to all the wonderful people who stopped by our booth and supported our craft, to all the volunteers who were so excited and willing to help, and to the amazing Sacred Sheep & team who made this fabulous day possible!! 💖 And a special shoutout to .knitter who was just the sweetest. 💖💖
We love this fiber community and feel so lucky to have been included in such a special event. We hope to see you again soon, Portland!!

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 02/11/2023

Check out these beautiful new project bags we are debuting at this weekend. Made in the USA from a lovely soft twill, these bags can easily hold 6 skeins of yarn and they are nicely finished inside so no pesky threads. Thank you for this custom order, we love them!!

21/10/2023

A sneak peek at our show exclusive colorway. We will have this on sock and DK in person on November 4th.

20/10/2023

We are getting so excited for in Portland, OR!! It’s only 2 weeks away and we are busy preparing lots of goodies for you. It should be an amazing show and we are so happy to be included in the line up of talented makers. See you November 4th 🐑🐑🐑

13/10/2023

Only a couple more days to order October’s 🌟 Dyed to order listings will be on our website through Sunday and then it’s gone for good.

08/10/2023

October’s limited edition color Supernova 1987A 🌟Available now on DK and fi*****ng at also available as dyed to order on our website.

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 07/10/2023

Available now at October’s color: Supernova 1987A 🌟🌟
We were inspired by this image of Supernova 1987A taken by the Hubble Telescope. This titanic supernova was created by a star that exploded about 160,000 years ago. It is the nearest supernova explosion observed in hundreds of years and offers astronomers a great opportunity to study the phases before, during, and after the death of a star.

🌟Check out our website for dyed to order listings of this month’s color.

27/09/2023

This Saturday there is a party going on at 🎉🎉 Join us from 10-2pm and grab a skein of this limited edition birthday colorway.

14/08/2023

WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) is our August color. This is a limited edition colorway available now on our website and at 🔭. Get one before they are gone.

12/08/2023

Another look at August’s color. These limited edition skeins are available now at and on our website.

Photos from NanoStitch Lab's post 11/08/2023

It’s time for August’s color: WISE or NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. 🌟🌟
WISE launched in 2009, repeatedly mapping the entire sky in infrared light. Its catalog of three-quarters of a billion objects led to the discovery of the coolest and nearest brown dwarfs — objects intermediate between stars and planets — and of the most luminous galaxies in the Universe. Infrared light has been translated into colors we see with our eyes, such that the shortest wavelengths are blue and the longest are red.

Grab one of these limited edition skeins now at or on our website nanostitchlab.com 🔭💫

07/08/2023

I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see us and at last weekend!! We just loved chatting with new and old fiber friends, squishing yarn, and being surrounded by an amazing community of makers. You are why we do what we do 🩷🩷.

Here is what I picked up over the weekend. I kinda laughed at my color palette… I think I needed something to balance all my neons.

Spyhop by
Saona by
Wool dryer balls by
Flock Exclusive Baby Suri Alpaca/silk and project bag by

There were so many amazing makers and I wish I could have bought something from every single one of them!

04/08/2023

All set up and ready for 💖 The line outside is HUGE!!!

03/08/2023

I was hoping to finish my in time for Flock this weekend. I’m on the second sleeve and it’s sooo pretty 💚.

Pattern: Elton Cardigan by
Yarn: Nanostitch Lab Scientific Sock and Nano Fuzz in color Ring Theory.

02/08/2023

Another fun mini skein set for 🩷💚❤️💛. This is a set of 6 little 10g skeins perfect for adding a little pop of color to socks, mitts, hats, or anything else you can think of. See you this weekend!!

01/08/2023

A closer look at the stitch markers for our Washington Orca collab by . Stop by our booth at this weekend to pick some up.

Our Story

We are Angela and Heather, two friends who love the fiber arts and have always been drawn to the beauty of hand-painted yarns. When we began dyeing our own yarn, we joked that we looked like mad scientists decked out in plastic aprons, heat-proof gloves and respirators. But most importantly: once we started mixing dye and creating our own colors, we FELT like mad scientists. And thus, NanoStitch Lab was born.

We find inspiration for our colorways in all aspects of science: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and more. We are inspired by and celebrate women in STEM. We have a whole line of tonal colorways named after female scientists, like Annie J. Easley who was an actual rocket scientist and Rosalind Franklin whose work led to the discovery of double helix DNA though two men received the Nobel Prize for the discovery.

We love to experiment with color: creating new colors, new color pairings, and finding that perfect speckled pop of color. We dye colors that inspire us. We dye colors that we want to work with and eventually wear. We dye colors that we love and we hope you do too.