Winter Solstice Knitting Experience - PREORDER

Our Solstice Experience is similar to what many know as an advent calendar. Towards the beginning of December, you will receive a collection of gifts, marked and designed to be opened each day starting on December 15, 2026 through the Solstice (December 21st, 2026). 

As December can be quite hectic, this experience is designed and intended to cultivate a bit of space each day to knit and to be calm and present with what is a beautiful time of year, to embrace the darkness and rejuvenate, as we pass through the Solstice and head once again towards the light, and to give you a little gift each day to inspire your creativity and to offer care. 

We are so excited! This year's featured design is Amy Christoffers aka Savory Knitting. (Amy designed the ever-popular Pressed Flowers Shawl, a piece we have knit numerous times at Verb and simply adore. You can see her work on her website and on Ravelry.) She is designing a warm and cozy two-color cowl that can be knit using Bread & Butter Pretzel or Verb Horizon. Make a smaller version with two skeins, or a larger version with four skeins.

We invite members to join us for our daily 10 minute silent, virtual meditation. (Time to be determined.) Each year, this is a really wonderful part of the experience. 

Between now and late November when we ship your kit to you, we will be busy designing, gathering, and creating your gifts. This is our fifth year creating a kit like this and we love curating a collection of gifts for you! We have many fun surprises up our sleeve!

- Kristine, (Adrienne, and Team Verb)

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You will receive the following:

+ Yarn (select base and palette)

+ A scarf pattern designed by Amy Christoffers using the yarn included in the package. 

+ A collection of gifts to be opened each day leading up to the Solstice and on the Solstice.

+ A link to our Winter Solstice Experience Meditation. 

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OPTIONS

YARN

Choose between Bread & Butter Pretzel and Verb's naturally-dyed Horizon yarn. 

Bread & Butter Pretzel DK-weight yarn (130 yd / 50g) is soft, gorgeous, and a wonderful choice for garments and accessories. Its round, 3-ply construction makes it a wonderful choice for all stitch patterns: everything from stockinette to cables. Pretzel is made of U.S. merino and comes in a lovely palette of heathered colors. Each colorway has been blended by hand and milled in the Carolinas.

A Verb for Keeping Warm Horizon is a plush, soft DK-weight yarn (160 yd / 50g) made from organic Rambouillet wool, grown by sheep who are lovingly stewarded by folks in New Mexico. And spun by more lovely people, cooperatively, in Vermont. Horizon is naturally-dyed in our Oakland studio using leaves, bark, roots, and cochineal.

COLOR PALETTE

We keep the color as a surprise (if you would like to know more, please email us.) But we do want to give you a few hints, and to set the stage as to what you can expect. 

COLOR OPTION 1: Cozy Hearth - imagine sitting around the fire, a cup of tea in your hands, and making. A blanket is over your lap and your favorite pet is by your side. 

COLOR OPTION 2: Winter Walk - you are in the great outdoors, seeing the beauty of Winter Solstice nature, such as fir trees, a wisp of fog sits along the horizon, and the open sky expands above you. Dawn and dusk are never that far apart. 

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Amy will be working with Verb's Winter Hike option and Bread & Butter's Cozy Hearth option. 

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SHIP DATE: 11/24 - 11/28/2026

All items on your order for the Solstice Experience will ship together. If you are including non-Solstice items in your order and would like them sooner, please create two orders. 

CROCKING
When working with yarn dyed with indigo and with medium to dark shades of natural dyes (especially on slick fibers like mohair), it is common and natural for the dye to rub off on one’s hands while making. This is called crocking. Although the goods have been washed, it takes pressured contact to release the extra dye. Your handwork is part of the dyeing process. The dye can be removed with hot water and soap. From working closely with dyed materials through the making process, typically, the excess dye has been removed, and the crocking will cease.

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ALWAYS use pH-neutral soap when blocking and washing natural dyes.

Please note the fiber content of the material you are working with, and follow the applicable instructions: 

Cotton or linen - Machine washable on cool cycle. Lay flat to dry.

Superwash Wool - Machine washable on cool cycle, though hand wash recommended. Lay flat to dry.

Wool and Wool blends - Handwash only in lukewarm water. Lay flat to dry.

Yarn that has been pre-ordered and / or purchased can be exchanged within 45 days from when we contact you to pick it up (for curbside pickup) or from the day that we ship it for store credit only (less any shipping costs) as long as it is in its original condition (ball band in place). After this time period, yarn can no longer be returned for store credit. We do not refund original or return shipping costs. Please read our full policy here.

If you would like to add-to-order, please click here to review the instructions. We cannot refund shipping charges.

If you would like to apply a discount code, please click here to review the instructions. We cannot refund discounts.

Please click here for our shipping rates and policies.

Curbside Pick-Up
To pick up your order at our shop, when checking out, under shipping method, choose Pick up at our Oakland store - 6328 San Pablo Ave.

You will receive an email when your order is ready. Orders placed Tuesday-Saturday are typically ready within 24 hours. To pick up your order, come to the shop between 11am - 3pm, Tuesday-Saturday. Knock on the front door and give us your name. 

Pre-orders
Pre-orders will ship on the date listed on the product’s webpage. If you ordered additional items, all items will be shipped with your pre-order. If you would like those items shipped separately, please place two separate orders.