Kristine Vejar - Founder, Natural Dyer for A Verb for Keeping Warm

Kristine has a deep love and appreciation for natural fibers, natural dyes, and textile traditions. From learning to sew and knit from her Grandmother as a child, to re-discovering her love for textiles while attending school in India, Kristine’s study of textiles and the processes used to create them, has been a path throughout her life. Kristine has received numerous accolades for her work, including a Fulbright Grant to India, and has consulted with the Textile Museum in Washington DC. She started Verb as a way to combine her work in India with her life in the U.S.

Adrienne Rodriguez

Adrienne is an avid nature lover and mushroom hunter. She was born in Indio, California and grew up with the desert around her. She is a Mills College graduate with a degree in Art History. She has been gardening and working with plants since she was able to walk. Her father, a Horticulturist for over 50 years, has inspired her to work with the plants. With additional post graduate courses in horticulture and natural dyeing she has worked to further the study of dye gardening and dyeing with plants and mushrooms in the SF Bay Area. You can find more about her adventures at www.dyegarden.com

April Gavin

April has worked with yarn and fabric all of her life. Whether she's sewing or knitting or weaving, making things by hand is her prime pleasure in life. Her teaching philosophy is to keep things as simple as possible and give students a chance to explore their own creativity.

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Karen King

Karen is an avid knitter, crocheter, and maker. She has been knitting and crocheting for over 20 years and is an expert at following patterns, finding gauge, and teaching new knitters and crocheters. Karen can easily be described as friendly, patient, and welcoming. Her work has been featured in plays at the Berkeley Rep.

Jesse Inglis

Jessie comes to us from the wild lands of Mendocino County, where she lived off the land, and created most of her own clothing. She has a phenomenal background in garment construction and has her own line of lingerie. Extremely detail oriented, Jessie can help you with everything from choosing just the right fabric to adding that extra special detail on your next dress.

Marisa Zucek

Marisa learned quilting from her mother at a young age and doesn’t intend to stop anytime soon. She is a quilt historian, appraiser, designer, and instructor. Her quilts have been accepted and exhibited in the Pacific International Quilt Festival several times for which she has been recognized with Honorable Mention.

Her passion is teaching traditional techniques of applique, piecing, and quilting to modern students who enjoy progressive quilt designs. Marisa likes to talk about her love of quilt design, both American and Japanese, in her blog: Quilt Otaku - www.quiltotaku.blogspot.com

Michael Wade is a polite southern boy whose grandmother showed him how to crochet pot-holders when he was knee-high to a toad stool. That was the beginning of a life-long love of all things fiber. As an adult he learned to knit, spin, and weave. He teaches and podcasts about all of those pursuits on Fiber Beat (available online and on iTunes). He also coordinates the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat on the west coast. You can find him 24/7 on Ravelry as WonderMike.

Rebekah Porter

Rebekah has her finger on the pulse on all things related to spinning, knitting, and crocheting. She is a invaluable resource for information on yarn, patterns, and can easily help you find your next great project. She is a patient and kind teacher and has led many beginning students to the creation of their first hat, scarf, and sweater.