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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...

Hello!  We have been very busy at the store designing new displays and products. One of my main jobs at AVFKW is to assist in the mordanting part of the dyeing process and to build displays for the...

Hey all It’s Chris here making my inaugural blogpost!  I’ve met some awesome Verb folks through Commuknitty Stitch on Thursdays. And for those of you whom I haven’t met yet, I mostly work in the d...

In last week's installment of In the Dye Studio, I asked for you to weigh-in regarding how you would decide when a color had shifted enough to warrant a new colorway. And all I can say is - whoa! Y...