sewing

Natalie Chanin at Verb

  We're still overcome with gratitude and amazement over the success of last night's fundraiser, an Alabama Chanin stitch-in. I could've put dozens of photos up, there are so many nice on...

Oakland's New Gallery Focuses on Textiles!

  NEW TEXTILE GALLERY Today I went to an art opening at a new textile focused gallery and studio space called Ogaard Textile Work in Oakland.  It is located down the street from A Verb...
knitting

Designer Showcase: Hannah Fettig

We love Hannah Fettig. Fettig's designs are sleek and modern, wearable for many shapes, and they provide just the right amount of warmth for chilly Bay Area evenings. She favors yarns that use natu...
dye garden

Dye Gardening Class Offered April 21st

 Hello! Happy Spring!  I'm very excited about the warming weather.  It means I can start planting all of my plants outside to start this year's garden.  This year I have ...
knitting

Interview with Pam Allen of Quince & Co.

     The last few months have brought so many exciting changes to Verb. Last week Kristine told the story of the California Wool Project, our first adventure with creating our o...
California Wool Project

Horizon From Sheep to Shelf Part One: A Conversation With Sally Fox

  In Horizon's journey from sheep to shelf, it all starts with Sally Fox. Sally's story is unique. Her farm is dedicated to the growth of raw materials for making textiles, and to growing them, bo...

Colette Laurel Sew Along

         Hey everybody! We've had some requests to host a sew-along for Colette's newest sewing pattern--Laurel. Just in time to be able to participate in their bi...

Kombucha Fabric!

  Hey all! I just found this Ted Talk yesterday that was insanely surprising. The talk is called "Grow your own clothes", and being the crazy homesteading seamstress I am, it sounded like m...
dye garden

First Friday in Pictures

Quince & Co. Owl arrives,    Julie Weisenberger unveils her very first sewing pattern, Emma, designed exclusively for Verb,      Marcel gets a haircut,   an...
California Wool Project

The California Wool Project: Horizon

  Ever since we naturally dyed that first batch of yarn, six years ago, I have dreamt of our own line of yarn made from California wool.  Verb Little did I know the journey I would take in order t...
sewing

Laurel: New Pattern from Colette Patterns!

Colette Patterns just released a new pattern, and we have it here in the shop! Laurel is a simple but cute shift dress that is very versatile and comfortable.   There is also...
dyeing

Stitches West 2013: Our Best Yet

Wow! We made it through another Stitches West - and this was our 5th Stitches West and best one yet.  We had a wide variety of colorways, in sweater quantities, of even our most diffi...