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Hi everyone! As you probably know, our Pro-Verbial Yarn & Fiber Club is just starting out on its fifth year! Sign-ups are currently open, and we would love for you to join us. Click here to re...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome back! This week we have some fun news to report in the dye garden. This week the maroon cosmos and orange coreopsis started to bloom. One of the Hopi black dye sunflowers is getting very...

If you're an avid reader of the blog honestlyWTF, you've likely seen this tutorial about making your own DIY Woven Wall Hanging.  And if you didn't see it there, I'm sure you've been seeing simila...

Happy Summer!Here in Northern California our weather has been warm and sunny.  This means a lot of exciting news around the garden.  Let's take a tour and see what is growing right now on our bac...

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris This quote at the beginning of Cassanda Ellis' new book sets the tone for the majestic...

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...

  Summer is a great time to start sewing with knits. Kristine recently did a "Chanified" version of our Endless Summer Tunic. For those of you who are not familiar with Alabama Chanin, it is 100% h...

In February, an amazing exhibition opened at the Berkeley Art Museum called The Possible. I have participated in the exhibition by advising, creating, and collaborating (with Tessa of ogaard)...

This past week we released our first sewing pattern, The Endless Summer Tunic. It is currently available on our website as a pdf download. It's a simple and elegant number with a flattering v-neck...