About me

Hi, I'm Vicky, the dyer and dreamer behind Hot Magenta.

Color has always been my language. Even as a kid, I felt colors and textures as moods: pastel mint green satin rippling in the wind meant instant calm. Today I get to turn those feelings into yarn.

I've always been a maker, but it's so much more exciting to make the things that makers use to make the things.

My studio is gloriously messy, but my recipes are precise to a thousandth of a gram. Each season I study the Pantone forecasts, decode the colors, and test until the skein matches what I see in my head. Sometimes the "mistake" is the best part. My first try at Egret became its own colorway, Desert Sage.

Why Hot Magenta? Pink is the color girls are "supposed" to like, so I chose it on purpose, loudly and proudly.

Every skein is dyed by hand in small batches, with natural fibers and a lot of love.

My favorite part of all of this is you. The fiber community is full of one-of-a-kind people, and everyone is so welcoming and supportive of each other. I'm thrilled to be part of it.

Whatever you're making, you're welcome here.

Let's color outside the lines together.

Cheers,
Vicky B.