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, 2024 through the Solstice (December 21st, 2024).
As December can be quite hectic, this experience is designed and intended to cultivate a little bit (or a lot) 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.
When thinking about inspiration for this year's solstice experience, I envisioned a cushy, soft, warm scarf wrapping you with comfort and love. Verb's sister company Bread & Butter's yarn is squishy, soft, and thick, making it the perfect canvas. You will receive 10 mini-skeins -- or as we call them: Bonbons -- of Verb naturally-dyed yarn (such as , , and ) to hold with the Everyday. The combination of yarns via color and texture will result in a beautiful, marled, one-of-a-kind scarf.
Don't know how to knit? Or want something more simple and straightforward? Make pompoms! A few years back, I began making pompoms in December, and fell in love with the process. Making them is easy and it is so nice to focus simply on color and texture. Plus, they are so fun and festive to decorate with! Make them into a garland, attach them to the scarf you are making, give them as a gift, or use them as an ornament to decorate your tree. A Loome pompom maker will be included with your solstice kit.
Want more yarn? And to create a larger shawl-sized wrap? Or many more pompoms? Choose the deluxe version! You will receive four skeins of Everyday and 20 Verb bonbons!
We invite members to join us for our daily 10 minute silent, virtual meditation. (Time to be determined.) Last year, this was 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 second time creating a kit like this - last year's kit was a hit! We have so many fun surprises up our sleeve!
- Kristine, (Adrienne, and Team Verb)
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You will receive the following:
2 skeins of Bread & Butter Everyday yarn (200 yards / 100g / worsted-weight): In 2022, we released a new yarn brand named Bread & Butter. Made of U.S. merino wool and milled in the U.S., this is a new way for us to bring the Verb experience to a wider community. This yarn is so soft and cozy; perfect for the chilly Winter season.
There are two choices of colorways: Light or Dark.
(Light / Dark describes the color of Everyday you will receive. The Bonbons will be in a myriad of colors.)
10 mini-skeins aka bonbons of Verb yarn - natural and naturally-dyed colors
A scarf pattern designed by Kristine Vejar, co-owner of Verb using the yarn included in the package.
Loome pompom making tool
A collection of gifts to be opened each day leading up to the Solstice and on the Solstice.
If you choose Deluxe, you will receive all of the above and:
2 additional skeins of Everyday
10 additional bonbons (mini-skeins) of Verb yarn
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SHIP DATE: 11/28 - 12/1/2024
All items on your order for the Solstice Experience will ship together. If you would like your non-Solstice items sooner, please create two orders.
