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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Maybe she's born with it Maybe it's Casta Lace... Yup! I'm bringing this diva that everyone knows from @theweeyarncompany with me to Belgium this Sunday, and as soon as I'm back, they'll be going online.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't always forget to put yarn in the shop, but when I do, it's usually the colorway I've been wondering why no one has snagged it up yet. Secondary Sunset is now ACTUALLY in the shop, after spending an unspecified amount of time existing in my studio while I thought you were ignoring it.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dirty Shirley (pictured here on Squirm) is a section dyed short gradient, with long creamy white ends, and 2 short gradients that go from coral peach to purple. Divided by a tiny peek of the creamy base in the middle.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ever since I've started watching Critical Role, I look forward to Thursdays. As if Feliz Jueves (If you know, you know) isn't enough. www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Princess Donut colorway is built up with pinks, purples and a hint of tortoiseshell. Princess Donut is my all time favorite character in DCC. She reminds me of one of my own cats. Who would also ignore the description and wear stuff purely cause it's her palette... www.undercoverotter.com

a skein if yarn in cream, purple and brown

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NEW ACHIEVEMENT: QUESTIONABLE CRAFTING DECISION I got way too into Dungeon Crawler Carl, so obviously I dyed yarn about it... 9 extremely unofficial, entirely fan-made colorways are about to enter the dungeon. The floor opens september 1st at 4 pm Amsterdam time. www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

👻 LAST CHANCE! 🧟 Sign-Ups for the Neon Nightmares Halloween Box close on August 28! So if you're still debating if you want some of these vibrant VHS fever dream boxes, here's your final call. www.undercoverotter.com/neonnightmares

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Heads Up! The Neon Nightmares Halloween Boxes with the 'extra trinkets and treasures' options are almost gone 👻 Since I want to make sure I've got all the tchatchkis sorted in time, there is a maximum on those variants. More info can be found at www.undercoverotter.com/neonnightmares

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today is Non-Binary People’s Day. Shocker: I’m non-binary every day, not just when it’s convenient or easy for others. We deserve safety, dignity, joy, and the freedom to exist without explanation. Happy NB People’s Day to fellow NBs, queers and allies. Everyone else: ghosted. 👻

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I've never been great with beige and more earthy tones. I don't dislike them per se, but I just can't dye them to save my life.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Right! I've been eyeing some of James Watts' color block patterns for this.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I love loud, vibrant color combos, but I’m also a sucker for a really good semi-solid. Shown top to bottom: Pom Blossom, Nug, Lavinia, Bone-Raker and Rosemary, all on Squirm. This combo is begging for some neon pastel colorblocking. Pattern suggestions? #handdyedyarn www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Over the next couple of months, I'll be packing up a whole lot of yarn and heading out to fiber events across Europe! 15+16-08: FiberFolk, Roskilde, 🇩🇰 22+23-08: Wollcraft, Worms, 🇩🇪 12-09: Tegendraads, Wormerveer, 🇳🇱 27-09: Made in Wool, Court-Saint-Étienne, 🇧🇪 Will I see you at any of these?

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Tour de Fleece is near, and this calls for more fiber in everyone's diet. 🤡 - 10% off 2 - 3 braids of fiber - 20% off 4+ braids This applies across all fibers, so you can mix. Want 4 different braids to ply into a glorious rainbow? Excellent choice, sensibility is optional. undercoverotter.com

a flatly of different fiber braids with text over it stating discounts up to 20%

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🔥 Screaming Satsuma is extremely hot 🥵 You know what else is hot? My dye studio. 🤡 Due to the heatwave in NL, it is unsafe for me to work from the studio this week. As a result, orders placed June 22-28 will ship after June 28. #undercoverotter #knitting #handdyedyarn #crochet #yarn

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Played around with some yarn at the studio and ended up making some starter sets. For when you can't be arsed to pick colors that work together: I've done it for you 😉 www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

yeah its just wild to me that people feel confident enough to say these weird things.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I appreciate the compliment, but it looks professional because I've spent years becoming a professional. What gets to me is how often people struggle to recognise the value of the skill, experience and labour that goes into making something by hand.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

If my yarn seems expensive compared to products made through anonymous supply chains, that's not because handmade yarn is overpriced. It's because somebody, somewhere, is paying the difference.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

People have become so used to artificially cheap products, opaque supply chains, and labour being treated as disposable that they've forgotten what it actually costs when a human being makes something.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The idea that handmade goods are expensive because makers are ripping people off is nonsense. Most of us are charging what we need to charge to keep the lights on. And frankly, comments like this are part of the reason craft keeps getting undervalued.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

When you buy from a small independent dyer, you're not paying for a label slapped onto something from Temu. You're paying for years of learning a craft. Developing colourways. Testing recipes. Sourcing materials. Running a business. Making mistakes. Starting over. And physically making the thing.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Every skein I sell is dyed by hand, by me, in my studio. I know exactly who made it. I know exactly what the working conditions are. I know exactly who is being underpaid. It's me 🤡

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Especially when large companies suddenly start carrying hand-dyed yarns. Sometimes manufacturers tell you who made it and under which conditions. Often they don't. Instead, you get a vague "Made in X" on the label and are left to fill in the blanks yourself.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And something I care deeply about: whether the people involved were paid fairly. And yet we're also seeing an increasing amount of "hand-dyed yarn" where nobody seems entirely sure who actually dyed it.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Because while people are saying things like this, the fibre industry is actually moving more and more towards transparency, traceability, and independence. People want to know where things come from. Who made them. How they were made.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Why is this so expensive? Don't you just buy this on Temu and then slap a label on it? I wish this was a joke, a thread of questions I get at festivals. 🧵 #undercoverotter #yarn #knitting #handdyedyarn #crochet

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Every time I pack an order, I am amazed with the great eye for combinations you all have! I'm curious what these beauties will become. Let me know if you recognize your order 😉 Shown here are Enhanced Pet Biscuit, Aphrodite and Melinoë on Squirm. #undercoverotter #knitting #handdyedyarn #yarn

3 skeins of yarn in coral and purple colors.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Mudbrick is a brown, plum and toxic green variegated colorway, inspired by a folk horror movie, about a man who inherits an old mudbrick house in his home village, only to find out that it is hiding secrets about his Slavic roots. #undercoverotter #yarn #knitting #handdyedyarn

3 skeins of brown/plum/green yarn on a Grey background.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I created the 'As Above, So Below' colorway in 2024 as a special edition, but let's be honest, she's just too good not to carry regularly! One end of the skein is dyed Screaming Satsuma coral, and the other half is a tonal golden yellow. #undercoverotter #yarn #knitting #handdyedyarn #crochet

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Babes, beuties and bears, here's your annual Anti Fat-Tax Reminder: I offer 10% off any purchase of 6 or more skeins with the code ANTIFATTAX. Any six skeins. Any base. Any colorway. Because Fuck BMI. Have 10% off your sweater quantities. 💋 www.undercoverotter.com #yarn #knitting

aiden, a fat person, standing in front of an orange wall. the text says 10% discount on 6+ skeins with code antifattax

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍⚧️ Usually this is the time of year where I announce Queerdo collabs, fresh launches, and all sorts of exciting things... Instead, I'd like to announce that I am professionally, physically, socially, and mentally exhausted. 🤡 www.undercoverotter.com #yarn #knitting

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Yarn Drop! Doing the post-event inventory this week felt like slugging through molasses. But it's done, and the yarn is now online for your grubby hands to steal away into your hovels, caves and cottages. Shown in the image is the ever delightful Aphrodite on Squirm. www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

30°C in the studio and I’m still wrestling with the final batches to take to @the.craft.circle Today turned into an improv dye session and I’m kind of obsessed with this chaotic mix of dark coral, aqua, and soft purple. #undercoverotter #handdyedyarn #yarn #knitting #crochet

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A bright mixture of colors that should clash. but actually manage to play very well together. That's how I feel about Dead End Drive-In. Pinks, purples, blues and greens fight for your attention in this variegated colorway. #undercoverotter #yarn #knitting #crochet

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Okay. So. I actually wanted to call this Purple Goddess Exoplanet, but I kept making the same typo over and over again. So I guess we're just gonna go with that now... Expolanet has a soft lilac to blue purple glow. Otherworldly and a little bit Eldritch if you ask me.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Empyrean is back in this recent update. I dyed a small collection of my favorite fluff, including this Dungeon Crawler Carl inspired colorway called Jelly Bomb. A rich Magenta pink with dark spots dyes on this delicious Merino/Silk/Cashmere laceweight yarn. #undercoverotter #yarn #handdyedyarn

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Guess which absolute clown completely forgot to toggle the correct settings for a part of their shop update... That's right, it's me! Anyway, have some Gnomish Knock-Knock on Squirm. It's online now. I think. Probably. Why am I like this? #undercoverotter #handdyedyarn #yarn #knitting

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For the latest shop update I also dyed some of the classics.! Jamie Lee is one of the original 20 colorways I started Undercover Otter with back in 2011. Creamy white yarn with neon speckles that give a little accent to your projects. Now available at www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Our Battie colorway is named after one of the Cthonic Companions you can collect in the game Hades and gifted to Zagreus by Megaera. With a Citadel colored background, we've dusted these skeins with neon green and splashed some deep Meg blue on top for good measure. www.undercoverotter.com

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spring and summer always make me want to get my spinning wheel out. Just as a reminder, here's a snap of one of the fiber blends I have for you. This is Street Trash, and I love this purple/blue blend of chaos. These fibers are non-superwash, and work well for spinning, felting, or chunky weaving!

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A Stitch Too Far @astitchtoofar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Had some train time and headspace to work on my #FlambéBeanie today. Still in love with the beautiful handdyed yarn by @undercoverotter.bsky.social #breien #KnittersOfBluesky

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

If you're looking for a deliciously scented soap to wash your projects and delicates with: I've got your back! Soak just arrived in the studio and I've been sniffing these babies for about an hour trying to figure out if my fave is Yuzu or Wild Mint. What's yours? undercoverotter.com/soak

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due south... buff.ly/ul0eRMj #undercoverotter #yarn #knitting #handdyedyarn #crochet

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Meet CLOWNCORE, a sequin yarn that’s bold, bright, and ready to dazzle the masses. Perfect for anyone who wants their fiber to be just a tiny bit extra. www.undercoverotter.com #yarn #undercoverotter #knitting

an image with 2 balls of yarn with sequins and am oilslick metal scissors.

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Matango is one of the more nature based colorways I've dyed recently with reds, browns and moss greens. Based on a really great Toho Studios movie about mutagenic mushrooms, way before the Lasr o... www.instagram.com/p/DJ15QA5vG-0

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Another and Heirloom might not be the most Undercover Otter-esque colorways (aka: they look very neutral to me) but they work so well together! The soft tones and details in these skeins give me so... www.instagram.com/p/DJxG6mIzNS0

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Undercover Otter @undercoverotter.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

And a quick reminder that we have a giveaway live on Instagram for those who want to come visit the Craft Circle in Enschede next week! Just today left to sign up and win 2 free tickets! www.instagram.com/p/DJqgMVFthQ...

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