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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to take a class by mushroom dyer Alissa Allen.  If you have had any desire to learn more about the world of mushrooms this is a good place to start.  Not only...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Once we walked the land surrounding the cabin, we noticed that there was quite a bit of Curly Dock also known as Rumex crispus. This plant is native to Europe and North Africa and now grows wild ...

  I've always loved to hike - though it was not until I became an natural dyer that I began to really learn and honor the practice of plant identification. I went from seeing nature as one, b...