In the Dye Studio

Holiday Stitch Exchange: Dyeing with Mushrooms

Hi Everyone! Today on the blog, Adrienne and I will teach you about dyeing with mushrooms! I like mushrooms. Adrienne loves mushrooms. This is her favorite time of year - because here in Califor...
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Holiday Stitch Exchange: Marshmallow Cowl

A few weeks back, I was in my favorite clothing boutique and a knit wrap caught my eye. While it looked like ribbing on first glance, as I held it, and examined the stitch pattern, there was some...
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Holiday Stitch Exchange: Let's Do This!

Welcome to the holiday edition of stitch exchange! For the next two weeks on the blog - we will be giving you our top 10 gift ideas for knitting, sewing, natural dyeing, weaving, felting, and sp...
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Stitch Exchange: New Knitting Pattern! Walk in the Woods Cowl

I love working with stripes - as they require using two yarns and lead to endless possibilities for customization. I wanted to create a cowl that would be striped, easy to make and pretty to wea...
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Textile Byways: A Handmade Wardrobe - Montana 2014

This Fall, the Bay Area has been exceptionally warm with only a few days here and there to wear a heavy wool sweater. So, pretty much the first thing I did when deciding to visit Montana was to th...
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Stitch Exchange: Interview with Gudrun Johnston

Our fourth and final designer interview for the upcoming year of our Pro-Verbial Club is with Gudrun Johnston! Gudrun is from the Shetland Islands, where her mother ran a knitwear design company c...
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Stitch Exchange: Pro-Verbial Yarn & Fiber Club Year 5!

What a wonderful year it's been! This year in Pro-Verbial we've had four beautiful patterns, lots of marvelous yarn and fiber, and tons of knitting and spinning! We've seen lace, beads, beautiful...
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Up and Coming: Special Verb Colors for S&S!

In our last blog post about the upcoming Stephen & Steven Tour 2014, you got to see all the exclusive color ways that are arriving at the shop in time for Stephen and Steven's visit THIS WEEK...
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Up and Coming: Stephen & Steven Tour 2014 Extravaganza!

Get ready for the event of the summer -- the Stephen and Steven Tour 2014! Stephen West of Westknits and Steven Berg of StevenBe are coming to Verb on June 28th and 29th, to teach a variety of f...
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Stitch Exchange: Eiregal, a new shawl from Designs by Romi

Romi has just released a new shawl pattern, using our Floating yarn! Meet Eiregal, an elegant lacy shawl with a beautiful leaf motif and picot bind off. Eiregal uses one skein of Floating, our l...
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Guided By A Floating Arrow: A Mystery Knit-A-Long Journey Pt. I

There are spoiler photos below, so scroll with caution!! Ysolda's Mystery KAL is in full swing and today marks the release of Clue #3.  Follow Your Arrow is the first Mystery KAL that I am taking ...
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2013 - The Best of Verb

I have to admit. I was a little afraid of 2013. I can be superstitious - and that ol' 13 hanging in the wings gave me pause. Though in reality, 2013 ended up being an astounding and wonderful year ...