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Book-Signing Event with Aimée Gille of La Bien Aimée
Join us for a very special event! Aimée Gille of La Bien Aimée will be traveling from France to share with us knit samples from her latest book Neons and Neutrals.
There will be a stunning trunk ...
In the Dye Studio
In the Dye Studio: AVFKW Gather Yarn
We are pleased to announce our newest yarn, Gather, made of 75% California Rambouillet and 25% Arizona Alpaca.
I am here today to tell you the story of how Gather came to be because I love to explo...
California Wool Project
Best of 9 - 2015 Edition - The Modern Natural Dyer, The Shop's New Look, and Farm Work
You may have seen people playing a fun game currently circulating on the internet. Visit this website, enter your Instagram name, and it will pull the 9 most popular photos you posted to Instagram ...
american made
Flock / 1st Edition : From Sheep to Shelf
I learned to spin in 2002 - and instantly became obsessed with the idea of combining fiber types when making yarn. My first goal was to learn about the properties of each type of wool. Feeling con...
knitting
Holiday Stitch Exchange: Tasa's Sister Cowl
Today's post is about a little cowl I made for my sister for the upcoming holidays! (Hopefully she's not reading this post.) Where she lives, the winters are much colder than the ones we enjoy here...
natural dyeing
Holiday Stitch Exchange: Top 10 Natural Dyeing Gifts
As many of you may know, I would happily spend my days completely and utterly focused upon the practice of natural dyeing. There are so many iterations natural dyes and dyeing can take - such as us...
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...
Montana
Holiday Stitch Exchange: Announcing Big Sky
Oh! Am I ever excited! Never at Verb have we been able to find the perfect thick, chunky yarn - and now we have one - Big Sky (160 y / 100g)
I adore thick, chunky yarn - I like the texture whe...
felting
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...
knitting
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...
Montana
Textile Byways: Montana 2014 Wrap-Up
Thanks for joining us on our first edition of Textile Byways - and for coming along on this journey through Montana. If you have been on a journey recently, which took you off the beaten path, wher...
Montana
Textile Byways: Thirteen Mile Farm - Montana 2014
Our visit to Thirteen Mile Farm was certainly a highlight of our trip. I first read about Thirteen Mile in the book Shear Spirit. The owner, Becky Weed, raises her own sheep and has built a mil...