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For @sosuknits ' Dottie shawl, we dyed two colors on Annapurna: warm coral Winter Sunrise and sweetly variegated Garden Dreams. The original colors were sent to club members in late Winter, and so naturally we turned to the Earth for guidance to create something joyful and inspiring. We watched the days slowly get longer and brighter as they unfurl from the height of Winter Solstice. We began looking forward to our Spring garden filled with light, pops of color, and more warmth. The yellow moment of Garden Dreams was created with weld, conjuring the yellow centers of flowers we grow for dye, which are the landing pads for pollinators like butterflies, bees, moths, and hummingbirds. The watercolor-like lavender and blush pink are created with logwood and madder, hinting to the passionfruit vines and to the climbing roses we will see on our redwood trellis, welcoming guests to our home. Each skein is lovingly prepared by hand with great attention to detail and composition. An homage to the care we give our garden to fulfill our Garden Dreams. Annapurna is a super soft yarn made of Merino wool and cashmere, with a beautiful, smooth twist. A longtime Verb favorite, and the perfect match for Susanne's design. Bundles are available now at the link in our bio!

Say hello to Dottie by Susanne Sommer / @sosuknits ! Yarn bundles are now available for this delightful springtime accessory! Dottie is a midi-sized triangle shawl in garter stitch featuring large brioche intarsia dots and a bobble border. It is knit with Annapurna, a soft yarn made of Merino wool and cashmere, with a beautiful, smooth twist. Bundles include 2 skeins of Annapurna: one full size skein (112g / 385 yds) in the warm coral hue Winter Sunrise, and one half-skein (50g / 171 yds) in cheerfully variegated Garden Dreams. Susanne is offering 20% off all of her patterns for the month of May - hop over to @sosuknits to get the details, and then hop over to our website to reserve your bundle!

Floating 20g mini-skeins: perfect for when you need just a little bit of yarn. Add a little colorwork to a project, or combine with other stashed odds and ends for a scrapbusting project. Floating is our softest yarn, made of cashmere, alpaca, and silk. 87 yards to each 20g skein. These mini-skeins are now available in our Mother's Day color, Nana. Lavender, coral, and plum, with tiny speckles of hot pink, to honor the softness as well as the vibrant aliveness of mothering and care-taking. Pick up a mini-skein or two at the link in our bio.

A few years back for Mother's Day, we created the colorway Josephine + Michelle. We try to keep it in stock but to make it requires quite a few steps in the dye studio. Each color is mixed from a myriad of our plant dyes, and applied to the yarn. Then, speckles are applied by dusting a light layer of dyes over the surface. We can only dye a small quantity at a time but the result is worth it! To celebrate mothering and self-care, Josephine + Michelle is available today as single skeins on Floating and Frond, and in bundles for the Swoop shawl by @romidesigns (pictured). This color makes an amazing complement to Nana, our 2026 Mother's Day color. Nana would also make a beautiful Swoop - consider pairing it with Frond Lamb's Ear, Wisteria, or Kishu. Shop our Mother's Day offerings at the link in our bio.

Happy Mother's Day weekend! We have a new colorway in honor of the act of mothering: Nana. We create this color in honor of the grounded wisdom given and received via mothering and care-taking and is the name used in @adriennerodriguez 's family for the Matriarch of the family. A few years back for Mother's Day, we created the colorway Josephine and Michelle, inspired by the love Adrienne and I have for our mothers. A light wash of purple floats across the skein and is evocative of the sky at sun set; peaceful, lavender serene clouds float overhead as birds fly overhead. Tiny flecks of hot pink speckles dance across coral pink are met with a strong, glowing gold symbolizing the sun’s warmth, hugs received, and the act of nurturing and the resulting growth. This colorway embodies the aliveness of mothering and includes the cool softness as well as the bright vibrancy. Nana is very similar. Except in place of the gold, we added a moody, mystical, deep plum purple. Nana pairs beautifully with J&M as well as the entire line of Verb naturally-dyed colorways. Nana is available on 3 bases: + Floating - alpaca/cashmere/silk, our very softest yarn - both as 100g and mini 20g skeins + Rumor - merino/silk single ply with crisp stitch definition + Frond - mohair/silk, light as a cloud with a warm, soft halo We hope that these colorways bring you joy and the happy feeling of receiving a bouquet of fresh flowers. Reserve your skeins now at the link in our bio!

Just a quick highlight of some beautiful pairings... Floating and Frond make the perfect combination for just about any shawl pattern. Hold them together for a gently fluffy fabric, or alternate them in different sections to highlight Frond's airy lace. Pictured: Floating Sun-Dappled + Frond Citrine Floating Lemon Zest + Frond Lighthouse Floating Nirvana + Frond Indigo Blue Sky We put these combinations together as suggestions for a Charmeuse, but they would also be lovely for a Swoop shawl (slides 6 & 7, both by @romidesigns ). Peruse the full selection of Floating and Frond available at the link in our bio.

Last call is here for @romidesigns 's 2026 Mystery KAL bundles! We are rounding the bend in the dye studio! Now it is time for us to put the last pots on, complete the washing and labeling, receive the pins from Romi, and pack your shipment! So soon, you can cast-on and feel the soft yarn running through your hands, watching the mystery of the stitch patterns unfurl! This year we have created three sets of colors where the main, solid color is peaceful and grounding and then paired it with a skein that has bright and cheerful speckles reminiscent of little fields of flowers whose petals provide pops of color, galloping along, bringing joy. This pairing creates a beautiful balance. Choose your yarn base: Floating, Rumor, or Doodle. And choose your colorway: Promise + Sunbeam, Sweet Bay + Oxalis, or Hyacinth + Aster. Select your favorite yarn and color combination, add it to your cart, and we will start dyeing ASAP! Preorders will be shipping May 14th!

Bundles for @romidesigns ' Charmeuse shawl are back in stock! An exploration of fiber, color, and fabric texture, Charmeuse is knit using one skein of silk-mohair Frond and one skein of Floating, made of ever-so-soft alpaca, silk, and cashmere. With sections worked in each yarn plus a center panel using both held together, the resulting diamond shaped shawl is a dreamy blend of softness and layered synergy. The delightful thing about Charmeuse is that it is more than the sum of its parts. Each yarn and color has its chance to shine: sections of gently textured Floating in rose-pink Lady Extravaganza, and airy sections of Frond in peachy Mesa. In the center, both yarns are held together for a panel of simple lace, which creates an elusive third color, the hue of a radiant sunset. One skein of Floating and one skein of Frond are all that are needed. Which means it is easy to create your own color pairings! A few ideas (pictured on the 3rd slide): Floating Sun-Dappled + Frond Citrine Floating Lemon Zest + Frond Lighthouse Floating Nirvana + Frond Indigo Blue Sky Of course, there are also many beautiful colors of Floating and Frond in stock to choose from. Hop over to the website and choose the combination that speaks to you!

Molly by @cocoknits is now featured in Pretzel! Molly has been updated for a wider range of sizing, and is now available as a standalone pattern AND as an on-demand class. The Molly pullover is a sophisticated take on a basic sweatshirt, with a rounded neckline achieved with short-row shaping. The simplicity of the pattern allows a beautiful yarn to take center stage. Version B, with a curved high-low hemline, is shown here in the color Minnows. This color is serene, soft, and calming. And there is a range of other beautiful colors to choose from! Knit your Molly in sky-blue Ballpoint, dark green Deep Valley or rich umber Coastal Redwood. Pretzel is DK weight, so is perfect for a layering piece. So no matter what color you choose, the combination of Molly and Pretzel will result in a sweater you will reach for time and time again. Choose your color of Pretzel at the link in our bio and get ready to cast-on for your new favorite pullover!

Happy LYS Day! We appreciate you! As a token of our appreciation, just for today, get the Simpatico Wrap pattern for FREE on Ravelry. The Simpatico Wrap is a large square-sized piece of fabric that, when folded in half, forms a triangle and gracefully wraps around your neck and shoulders. It can be worn a number of ways and knit out of virtually any yarn. And it is reversible! So knit in two different colors, based upon your mood, choose which color you want to show most.This wrap is the perfect way to keep cozy warm! This very simple pattern is the perfect way to play with color and texture. And it is easy to adapt to many different yarns! Use two colors of Floating to knit your Simpatico would be incredibly soft! Fairy Ring would make a sweet warm-toned version. Maybe paired with our marigold-speckled Sun-Dappled! Or maybe you want to make a woollier version to snuggle up in! In that case, why not use Nibble or Pretzel? Nibble is a rustic-spun fingering-weight yarn, made with 100% California wool. This extra-local wool comes from @cuyamalamb in Santa Barbara County, where the sheep graze alongside California's golden hills to mitigate wildfires. The perfect choice for LYS Day! For the ultimate snuggly Simpatico, Pretzel is a soft, squishy yarn made of U.S. merino wool. From serene Day Moon and Ballpoint, to rich Coastal Redwood and earthy Dove, you can't go wrong! To redeem your free Simpatico pattern, simply follow the link in our bio, add it to your Ravelry cart, and check out. Whatever you choose, thank you for being here!

Just added: our 2026 @bayareayarncrawl colorway Fairy Ring is now available on Frond! Fairy Ring has been dyed with one of our favorite, local mushrooms: Pisolithus tinctoria. The spores of this mushroom are sprinkled over the skeins to create the dark chocolate-y speckles - but as Pisolithus is quite hydrophobic - it has been tricky to understand how to get them to set correctly! On Frond's fluffy mohair wisps, the speckles appear much softer and gentler, but still prominent. Beneath the speckles, madder, cutch, weld, fustic, and a hint of logwood purple come together to create a shifting landscape of color across the whole skein. Frond has 459 yards per 50g skein and is made with 64% kid mohair and 36% silk. Use one skein to knit an ethereal shawl like Grainwise by @yamagara , or combine with a skein of Floating to knit a Swoop shawl by @romi_designs . Hold it double with your favorite yarn to add a radiant halo to a sweater! Our 2026 BAYC colorways are back in stock on Floating, Nibble, and Frond. Reserve your skeins today at the link in our bio.

@laine_magazine 's summer issue is now available for preorder! Laine 29, Damson, includes 15 beautiful knits well-suited for warmer seasons. The patterns are worked in a variety of techniques, from intricate cables and modern openwork to cosy brioche and meditative stockinette stitch. Issue 29 includes 15 knitting patterns: 4 sweaters, 1 cardigan, 5 t-shirts/tops, 1 dress, 1 pair of shorts, 2 shawls, and 1 pair of socks. Designers featured in this issue: Pauline Fanguin, Joanna Filip, Saysha Greene, Kaori Katsurada, Marija Korać, Sarianna Lehtonen, Sara Markkula, Paula Narkiniemi, Sari Nordlund, Anne-Sophie Nørby Velling, Serena Qiu, Camille Romano and Lis Smith. Plus a variety of articles, interviews columns, product reviews, and more! Preorder your copy now for the release date of May 7th, 2026, at the link in our bio.