sewing

Fabric from Pendleton Woolen Mills!

Our fabric from Pendleton Woolen Mills is here! We have five colors of Eco-Wise Solid Flannel. Woven from 100% virgin wool in US mills with strict sustainability standards, this fabric is design...
dyeing

INDIGO - Learn surface design through resist dyeing!

  Kristine, owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, will guide you through the ancient world of dyeing with resist techniques.  You will create surface design patterns through diff...
dye garden

Madder Meets The Great White Bale

 Are you following The Great White Bale? If you love to read the stories behind the yarn you buy, Clara Parkes is the ultimate storyteller. Her Great White Bale project follows a 676-pound bal...
California Wool Project

Horizon Snapshots

I've got a couple features in the works for the blog. In the meantime, here are some snapshots of what's being knit up in Horizon, by those of us at the store, and some intrepid Ravelers.  Kristine...
dye garden

Growing, Gathering & Dyeing with Plants -- May 27th

  Curious about Natural Dyeing?  Take the first step. I invite you to take my class on Memorial Day.  Here are the Details: Growing...
California Wool Project

Designer Showcase: Stephen West on Horizon

There are many stellar knitwear designers, but few inspire as much loyalty as Stephen West of Westknits. Westknits designs are edgy and modern, but they have a timeless quality that flatters all k...
California Wool Project

Horizon From Sheep to Shelf Part Three: The Green Mountain Spinnery

  Just of off Route 91- a few miles from downtown Putney, Vermont- is an unassuming little building that’s been a pilgrimage site for knitters for over thirty years. That’s where the Green Mountain...
California Wool Project

Horizon From Sheep to Shelf Part Two: Shearing Day

It takes something very special to compel Kristine and a crew of volunteers to get up at 6:30am on a Saturday and drive for 90 miles. Something like shearing day at Sally Fox’s farm. They brav...
California Wool Project

Cocoknits Meets Horizon

        Julie Weisenberger and Horizon     Cocoknits’ Julie Weisenberger is a constant source of delight and inspiration here at Verb. Cocoknits patterns are perennially popular in the shop; versat...
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...