I can't believe I'm saying this, but I now have...
Award-Winning Yarn
With over 600 unique votes entered, I am absolutely stunned, shocked, and overwhelmed that I won Knomad Yarn's annual dye competition. I was really excited to enter this year's competition with their new aran weight yarn, and I am beyond thrilled to be this year's winner! I cannot thank you enough for your constant support that has allowed Chronicles of Cheryl to grow to become what it is today.
Fortunately, as a chronically online millennial, I catalogued my entire journey designing this colorway on Threads.
Shop: SHE is HER
February 21, 2025
I started designing a new pastel rainbow colorway to fit a specific vision in my head of a sweater - holding pastel rainbow lace yarn with undyed yarn to make a gorgeous textured Blank Space Sweater.
March 1, 2025
I released the first batch of yarn as one-of-a-kinds, as I continued to refine the recipe. Almost all the skeins sold out within ONE DAY, telling me I was onto something...
March 21, 2025
I dyed another batch with more vibrancy and saturation with the intention to enter them into March Mayhem. I felt these skeins were really special, and wanted to capture their true colors in photos.
March 23, 2025
I entered into the Knomad Yarn March Mayhem dye competition with these skeins.
March 24, 2025
Half of these skeins sold in 1 day!
March 25, 2025
I also dyed sock weight minis, and sport weight alpaca minis. I'm keeping a set of the sport weight minis for myself, as they're stunning.
March 31, 2025
SHE is HER becomes my bestseller of the year, by far. This unbelievable response from you all propelled me to break all of my sales records!
May 17, 2025
Knomad Yarn opens voting for their annual competition, right around the time I cast on the sweater I designed the colorway for! The lace weight version photographs beautifully in natural light.
May 26, 2025
Your responses continue to shock me! Someone ordered the colorway in fingering weight and emailed me after they got it...
My yarn came in the mail yesterday and I LOVE it! Planning on making a shawl soon. Hope to see you June 7th.
June 2, 2025
Knomad Yarn announces their winner. I couldn't stop my hands from shaking all day. I'm honestly too embarrassed to promote the yarn as "award-winning" as Sweater Weather Fibers recommended, but many, many kind messages like this one from Knitty Knotty Hand Dyed Yarn remind me that this accolade is earned:
Pretend you're shopping online.. and you see, on a site, that they have a genuine award winning product.... how would you feel about that? I think I would be impressed and interested. Actors, musicians, artists of all forms win awards and display them... why should your art not be worthy of the same? Why should you not be proud of your hard work and talent?
June 5, 2025
After much deliberation, I decided to name this very special colorway: She is Her. Yes, it's based on a meme (chronically online millennial)...
This yarn is now a permanent part of the Chronicles of Cheryl story. I cannot thank you enough for believing in my hand-dyed yarn.