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It's that exciting time of year in California - the weather grows colder and crisper - and Brooklyn Tweed releases his curated line of patterns, Wool People, to go with his rustic, tweedy, yarn - S...

On Sunday, November 10th, we celebrated our 3 year anniversary in our San Pablo Avenue location. Moving to this location meant that we would have the space to hold classes, invite teachers from ar...

Excitement abounds in the dye studio this week as we prep Horizon for it's re-release on Sunday, November 10th. Horizon is made from Sally Fox's organic merino sheep. Sally is an organic textile ...

Last weekend, we hosted a party for our fermentation indigo vat. Nervous about how much the indigo vat could handle in a single day, we limited the group to 25 people. Each person received ...

  I just returned from Vancouver, where I spent 4 days taking class with Brian Whitehead, an artist and natural dyer. Brian has lived in Japan for 25 years and raises silk worms, indigo, and madde...

Hi everyone! You may have noticed we have a couple new faces around the shop these days. Today in Stitch Exchange, we're going to introduce Mckenzie, one of our new staff members and teachers. Mcke...

One reason I am so excited for the book is that it gives me the urgency to conduct experiments I've been wanting to do for years - in a methodical manner. This week, we've been focused upon th...

In today's Stitch Exchange, we have guest blogger, Emily Wessel of Tin Can Knits, telling us a bit about herself and her designs. She is visiting Verb in just a couple weeks. We adore her patterns ...

I adore this time of year in the Bay Area. While July and August (referred to as Fogust) can be overcast and chilly, September brings warmth. The light begins to shift from a silvery grey tone to a...

We just received two trunk shows from Brooklyn Tweed, Men 2013 and Fall 2013. They are gorgeous. As I've been cruising my guilty pleasure, Pinterest, I've come across all sorts of sweaters I am...

There are many exciting things happening in the dye studio at the moment. We made 60 gallons of lye this week! This will be used to create our first fermented indigo vat. More details comi...

Olga Buraya-Kefelian rounds out our collection of Proverbial Club 2014 designers. She is a wonderfully productive designer and blogger whose work brings life to yarns from many different companies...