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Our 2026 Winter Solstice Experiences are available for preorder! Join us at early bird pricing and save!

Our Solstice Experiences are 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 for a week surrounding the Winter Solstice (December 21st).

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.

There are two versions: a knitting experience and a stitching experience!

This year's featured designer for our knitting experience is Amy Christoffers (@savoryknitting). She is designing a warm and cozy two-color scarf that can be knit using @breadandbutteryarn Pretzel or @avfkw Horizon. Choose your kit size to make a smaller version with two skeins, or a larger version with four skeins. Your kit will include the pattern and the yarn to knit it.

For our stitching experience, this year's project will be a handstitched eye pillow, using naturally-dyed fabric and thread from the Verb studio. Our inspiration is night and dreams. As always, we will look to our natural environment to guide and inspire the colorways you will receive. And we will give prompts for thinking about your dreams and relaxing before bedtime.

Each experience will receive a collection of curated, hand-made gifts to be opened over seven days. Sign-up for both for two full weeks of treats, textiles, and coziness!

Get all the details and preorder your experience now at the link in our bio! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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The Pro-Verbial Yarn and Fiber Club is open to new members! Sign up during early bird pricing to save $20 off the regular membership price!

We are so excited to share this year's designers with you:

Jeanette Sloan / @jeanettesloan
Lindsey Fowler / @larkspurknits
Serenia Qiu / @ozukoknits
Maaike van Geijn / @breielaar

We will collaborate with these four talented designers over the next year to deliver quarterly installments of beautiful hand-dyed yarn and exclusive shawl or scarf patterns to you.

You will receive 4 seasonal shipments per year: November 1st, February 1st, May 1st, and August 1st - the order the patterns and yarn will be shipped is a surprise!

Members will receive A Verb for Keeping Warm yarn in a mix of classics and exclusive club colorways. There are many exciting possibilities, including classics like Annapurna, as well as specially milled yarns! Please note that this year one (very lovely) design will be a mix of Verb and Bread & Butter yarn. In total, you will receive 9-10 skeins during the year. (There is also a fiber option for spinners!)

Plus, members receive 10% off all regularly priced yarn, fabric, fiber, sashiko thread, and embroidery floss online and in-store, throughout the year.

We hope you will join us for a year of fun patterns and beautiful yarn! Sign up now at the link in our bio! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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2 months ago

✨ SACRED SHEEP VENDOR ✨

Kristine & Adrienne of @avfkw are some of the sweetest & kindest makers we know. We cannot wait to see what they will be bringing to Sacred Sheep this year!

Kristine & Adrienne naturally dye unique high-quality yarn, fabric, fiber, and threads to make textiles, clothing, and art. They embrace possibility and creativity and are based in Oakland, CA. by @avfkw

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Have you started a project for the Harvest Make-a-long yet? Cast-on and post a photo by October 15th and be entered to win gift cards!

Swipe through to see the list of Verb and Bread & Butter colors that are included in our color-based Fall MAL.

Need some inspiration for your project? Here are a few ideas (swipe to the end):

1. Andie by @cocoknits, knit in Soft Current in Passionflower
2. Foggy Morning Wrap by @cocoknits, knit in Wild Bloom held triple in Mollusk, Passionflower, and Quartz
3. Swoop by @romidesigns, knit in Floating in Indigo Blue Sky and Frond in Oasis
4. Cerulean Sour 2 Vest by @theacolman, knit in Pretzel in Clear Night

We can't wait to see what you create! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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This is a Persicaria Tinctoria leaf. Inside of the leaf is indigo pigment. We grow this plant in our backyard. We use this leaf to make this blue color.

This yarn is named Shimmering Tussah. It is lace weight, made of 100% tussah silk, weights 100g, and includes 1092 yards.

This is a new colorway this year titled Water’s Edge. Add this limited colorway, grown with California sun-power, to your collection now! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Our fourth and final designer to introduce for this year's Pro-Verbial Club is Maaike van Geijn (@breielaar).

Maaike is a Dutch knitwear designer and workshop teacher based in Schoorl, a small coastal village in the Netherlands surrounded by sea, dunes, and forest. She grew up between the United States and Haarlem, studied fashion and theater costume design, and earned a Master's degree in Theater Studies.

Maaike's love of colour is expressed in her work, in which colour and motifs play together. Her intention is to translate traditional knitting techniques in a contemporary way. While she strives for a certain elegance in her designs, she also wants her work to be playful in both form and colour. Above all, Maaike wants her designs to offer a pleasant knitting experience, allowing knitters to truly enjoy the process.

Maaike's work has been published worldwide in books and magazines – including Laine Magazine, Amirisu, John Arbon Textiles, Kate Davies, Erika Knight, and La Bien Aimée. She is also a sought-after workshop teacher, giving workshops in yarn shops and at festivals throughout Europe.

Maaike will be one of four designers creating an exclusive shawl pattern for Year 17 of Pro-Verbial.

Members will receive four quarterly shipments of exclusive patterns and hand-dyed yarn over the course of a year. Plus, save 10% on all yarn, fabric, fiber, and thread at Verb the whole year long!

Sign ups are now open! Join us! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Today is the last chance to preorder your Winter Solstice Experiences at our discounted early bird pricing!

Choose from the knitting or the stitching experiences.

Knitters can choose from two bases - @breadandbutteryarn Pretzel or @avfkw Horizon - in warm or cool tones, to knit a new, exclusive cowl pattern designed by @savoryknitting.

Stitchers will receive hand-dyed threads and fabric and instructions to stitch an eye pillow to support dreaming and sleep.

Both experiences receive a curated collection of gifts to be opened on and around the solstice, handmade by our favorite makers and artisans.

And we invite participants to join us for a daily, 10-minute silent group meditation on Zoom.

Kits will ship out the first week of December.

This is our fifth year creating these experiences and we cannot wait to put yours together! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Now that we have a new batch of Flock from the mill, we've finally restocked bundles for Nine Patch by @cocoknits! This fun, scrappy project, knit in lightweight homey Flock, is a lovely piece for this end-of-summer weather.

Nine Patch is a fun, quilt-inspired, intarsia cardigan. Deep in the pandemic, feeling the need for serotonin-inducing tiny bursts of color, Julie began playing around with little swatches of leftover Verb yarn. Inspired by a patchwork sweater she designed in the 90s, she began to create a new rendition. And in predictable Julie-fashion, one rendition led to three variations!

The three variations Julie designed are shown here and are available as kits. You can choose to knit this sweater with elbow-length sleeves or as a vest - instructions for both are included. All kits include enough yarn to knit the version with elbow-length sleeves.

Flock is cozy lightweight yarn made from American wool and milled in Vermont at Green Mountain Spinnery. It is made of a single strand of yarn giving it a rustic, handspun homey feel. Flock is wonderfully soft.

Reserve your bundle now at the link in our bio! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Say hello to our third designer for the upcoming Pro-Verbial club year: Serena Qiu of Ozuko (@ozukoknits).

Serena's patterns are made for hand-knitters who want to make clothes that are gender-playful, color curious, and that love on their bodies.

Knitting shares brainspace with stories from Asian diasporas, East Asian garment design, Serena's training in art history, and the work of folks who play & slay with their fashion. They design with natural materials from people of color, womxn, queer maker communities.

Serena wants their patterns to function like templates for you to experiment with your own sense of color & pattern. Or leave you with some customization techniques that you can take to your future projects. Or inspire you to make variations and changes based on its single silhouette. They hope their patterns give you a sense of ownership of your knitting and skills.

Ozuko is a tribute to their yarn inspectors, Ozu (cat) and Kopiko (also cat). As you read this, they are chomping & chasing & napping on & staring at Serena's yarn.

Serena will be one of four designers creating an exclusive shawl pattern for Year 17 of Pro-Verbial.

Members will receive four quarterly shipments of exclusive patterns and hand-dyed yarn over the course of a year. Plus, save 10% on all yarn, fabric, fiber, and thread at Verb the whole year long!

Sign ups are now open! Join us! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Indigo dyeing today. Freshly dipped indigo Flock with Persicaria tinctoria (Japanese indigo plant). And a 2000 year old sculpture resembling Jasper.

#naturaldyeing taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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52 Weeks of One-Skein Knits - the newest title in @laine_magazine's popular 52 Weeks series - is now available for preorder!

52 Weeks of One-Skein Knits celebrates the joy and versatility of a single skein of yarn. The book’s 51 knitting patterns and one crochet design come from talented designers around the world, and each project uses no more than 100 grams of yarn. The collection includes hats, socks, shawls, cowls, collars, hoods, headbands, mitts and mittens, worked in techniques ranging from lace and cables to ribbing and textured stitches. There are plenty of approachable projects for beginners, too.

Small projects are satisfying to make and easy to carry wherever you go. They are perfect for making the most of your yarn stash — or for treating yourself to that special skein you have been dreaming of.

Laine's 52 Weeks series are published in beautiful hardcover editions that make gorgeous additions to your knitting library. Preorder your copy now at the link in our bio! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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Please welcome our second designer for this year's Pro-Verbial Club: Lindsey Fowler (@larkspurknits).

Lindsey has been designing knitwear patterns since 2017. A self-taught knitter, she is always learning, picking up new techniques, and finding something new to be curious about. She has self-published numerous knitting patterns, contributed designs to a variety of publications, and is the author of two knitting books.

Her favorite things to knit are shawls and socks, even though sweaters and socks are what she most loves to wear.

When she’s not knitting, Lindsey enjoys reading, listening to music from her extensive physical media collection, and playing cozy games. She lives in northeast Ohio with her husband, their twins, and Stephen, a one-eared ginger cat.

With kids who love space travel and aeronautics, family trips tend to revolve around air and space museums, air shows, and sheep and wool events.

Lindsey will be one of four designers creating an exclusive shawl pattern for Year 17 of Pro-Verbial.

Members will receive four quarterly shipments of exclusive patterns and hand-dyed yarn over the course of a year. Plus, save 10% on all yarn, fabric, fiber, and thread at Verb the whole year long!

Sign ups are now open! Join us! taken in A Verb for Keeping Warm by @avfkw

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