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Weird dark bookish yarn colors dyed by a former librarian 🧶📖 https://exlibrisfibers.myflodesk.com/signup
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two new bases, black totes, sticker my brain wouldn’t be quiet about, Poe & Jane Eyre colors, and tons of your favorite colors 💞
Holographic sticker held in front of yarn drying reads “move slow fix things read books fight evil” exlibrisfibers.com Lilac screen print on a big black cotton bag with a cute illustration by Rita of ex Libris fibers reads Bury me in books and Yarn Colorful yak silk dk yarn inspired by Jane Eyre Colorful yak silk dk yarn inspired by Jane Eyre
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Show color Do You Hold the Dream in Your Hands? to help you celebrate Ursula K. le Guin’s birthday (Oct 21)
Yak sock and yak silk DK dyed up in eerie forest colors inspired by Ursula K. le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Friday: You, me, bookish yarn, Hudson Valley!

Indie Untangled is almost here and there‘s so much to see in the Ex Libris booth. Here’s a preview. exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...

#indieuntangled
Edgar Allan Poe mini skein sets of indie dyed yarn
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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lots lots lots lots 🫠 and more lots happening behind the scenes for Indie Untangled in October!!

A few new Poe colors on a new U.S. worsted base🕯️ and event exclusive Ursula K. Le Guin color 🌲 on two yak bases(!)

Indie Untangled tickets: shop.indieuntangled.com/collections/...
Moody autumnal worsted weight indie dyed yarn inspired by Edgar Allen Poe. Midnight blue and green and lilac indie dyed yarn inspired by The Word for World is Forest
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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very excited to bring Ex Libris Fibers back to Nash Yarn Fest in 2026!
April 17 + 18, 2026⁠📍The Fairgrounds Nashville

90+ vendors and a happy horde of fellow knitters and crocheters 🧶

Tickets are available now! www.nashyarnfest.com/pages/tickets
Nash Yarn Fest 2026 Tickets on sale now at www.nashyarnfest.com text shown among colorful ticket illustrations
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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You should come to the Bottlerocket Bookfair tomorrow in Pittsburgh and/or Knitter's Day Out next weekend, because I'm bringing this exclusive, Arsenic in the Blackberries. She's very pretty.
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Pop up today at Yarn Bits and Bobs in Pittsburgh, 11-5!
A moody autumnal crawl-exclusive shop color awaits in shop & I’ll be bringing lots of new and old favs on sock, dk, yak sock 🖤

#steelvalleyyarncrawl #indiedyedyarn #yarnbitsandbobs #pittsburghyarn #yarnseason
Yarn Bits and Bobs exclusive color Yellowjackets in superwash DK merino by Ex Libris Fibers The Picture of Dorian Gray indie dyed yarn color by Ex Libris Fibers
August 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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P.S. Sent a big bunch of spoopy to brand new buddies Underground Yarn and Books in Hershey 👀 undergroundyarnandbooks.com
Many finished bookish hand dyed yarns in a shipping box
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Steamy dye pan summer continues with a vengeance! 🔥

Lots of bookish yarn happenings upcoming for the Heartland Yarn Adventure & Steel Valley Yarn Crawl: exlibrisfibers.com/pages/upcomi...
Ex Libris Fibers summer events graphic. See full listing at https://exlibrisfibers.com/pages/upcoming-events
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Apologies for being terrible at the internet! Getting lots ready for various yarn crawls, Victorian Ghosts...and an online restock tomorrow for you! 😘
black and red indie dyed yarn on a drying rack. The colors are Mina Murray and Aniline Black.
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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*insert your Type O Negative soundtrack of choice*
Emerald and black indie dyed yarn damp on a drying rack. Colors are Ex Libris Fibers The Green Lion and Aniline Black shown on yak sock, sock, and dk bases.
June 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A friend who doesn't use social media shared their finished project using The Catcher in the Rye color! (pattern info in alt text & yarn info in 2nd image)
A close up view of a finished Storm Shawl, a lacy knit shawl pattern by Joji Locatelli, knit up in Ex Libris Fibers limited banned book fundraiser color inspired by The Catcher in the Rye A skein of dramatic dark red and paper colored yarn with black speckles sits next to a copy of The Catcher in the Rye. Part of Ex Libris Fibers Indelible monthly limited color fundraising yarn series; a percentage of sales benefit ALA's Unite Against Book Bans & the Queer Liberation Library
June 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Victorian Ghosts is this year's mini skein Halloween countdown, with a ghost story reading list to enjoy 13 spookiest days to Halloween through yarn & haunting tales 👻

Preorders are open today & box ships late September!
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Ex Libris Fibers Victorian Ghosts Halloween Countdown: An Autumnal Yarn & Reading Tradition. Text over a Victorian ghost story illustration and ornate details mimicking a Victorian book cover.
June 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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@weirdsistersyarn.bsky.social and @tworiversbooks.bsky.social are hosting a Banned Book Challenge and ALA fundraiser this summer, starts June 15!

We came up with 2 exclusive mini sets inspired by Banned Books to stitch with while you read: tworiversweirdsisters.com/products/ex-...
Moody mini skeins inspired by the covers of 5 classic banned books A rainbow of mini skeins inspired by the covers of five contemporary banned books
June 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The tuxedo boss and I have been getting lots of stuff ready for Saturday at Fayette County Fiber Festival!
More ice dyed totes, Dorian Gray & Dorian deconstructed, and lots and lots of bookish mood for your stitches
A small tuxedo cat defiantly rests on a pile of ice dyed tote bags that need to be ironed Yarn skeins and sets inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray damp on a drying rack in a dark basement Promo graphic for the Fayette Coutny Fiber Festival showing text Saturday June 7 Fayette County Fairgrounds, Dunbar PA sponsored by Youghigheny Yarns. 10 AM - 4PM https://fayettecofiberfestival.weebly.com/ Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are rumpus pages open on top of matching indie dyed yarn
June 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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“The vampire live on, and cannot die by mere passing of the time.” - Dracula, Bram Stoker

…though these colors will also live on, preorders for any Undead color (on multiple yarn base options!) close end of Sunday June 8

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#indiedyedyarn #draculayarn #gothyarn
Graphic with text showing vintage bats in belfry illustration and nine indie dyed yarn colors inspired by vampires. Text: ex Libris Fibers Undead, Nine Colors inspired by classic literary vampires. Preorders open through June 8. Www.exlibrisfibers.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Very excited tomorrow to bring Ex Libris back to the library for the Greater Pittsburgh Book Festival! Find a few good bookish yarns & totes & stickers under the vendor tent 📚

The book festival is free & full of amazing author talks & more, all held at the best historic library building in the city
Ice dyed Bury Me in Books and Yarn tote bags illustrated and dyed by a human, Rita Infographic for the Greater Pittsburgh Book Festival, May 31 2025 at Carnegie Library
May 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Bringing a very Maurice Sendak mood to a few Pgh area events in the next few weeks 🧌🌴
Dark variegated earth tone indie dyed yarn hangs to dry in a dark basement workspace
May 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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“Amongst the monsters, I am well hidden; who looks for a leaf in a forest?“ - Angela Carter, who would have turned 85 today
A person holds a paperback copy of Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter, trees in background, while in a forest during a quick break from windowless basement work
May 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The yarn guardian.

#tuxedocats #catsky #catsandyarn #wipwednesday #catswhoknit
Small black and white tuxedo cat sits next to eight wound mini cakes of indie dyed yarn and a set of wooden circular needles. On top of the cat is a handknit blanket, also small.
May 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Fresh off the needles is an AquamarLite just in time for #showmeyourknits DK week! One wear in and it already feels like a favorite 💘
A blue and black handknit sweater with puff sleeves is flat on a white duvet in artificial lighting. A person smiles in front of a wall of yarn and wears a handknit sweater with puff sleeves, faded top to bottom in three indie dyed yarn colors (Ex Libris This Insufferable Darkness, Timewalker, and Hangsaman)
May 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Or if you need your flowers a little darker…there’s this mood

(Dollanganger mini sets also coming with me Friday!)
A hand holds a vintage paperback copy of Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews in front of damp indie dyed yak sock yarn in moody floral colors
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Little bouquet for your Tuesday morning 💐

Wuthering Heights is a regular and so is Renfield, but the middle kid below (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) is just for #yarncentrick on Friday 🧶 can’t wait!

#yarn #indiedyedyarn #yarnbouquet #springknitting #springcrochet
Three indie dyed DK weight yarn hanks in moody spring colors, held in front of a shelf of old books.
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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It’s dark & spooky underground this week 🦇🩶

Taltos, Dark Alchemy, Haunting of Hill House, Dollanganger, & Fin de Siècle mini sets getting ready for Friday at Yarncentrick!
🧶 @yarncentrick.bsky.social

#yarndyer #miniskeins #gothyarn #bookinspired #yarncentrick #yarninspiration #workspace #knitsky
Mini skeins in darker book-inspired colors hanging to dry in a dark basement
April 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Good morning ☕️ One last round of minis for yarncentrick (& working on some wholesale!)

#handmade #yarndyeing #weekendplans #workspace #makersgonnamake #yarnlove 🧶
A giant skully mug of coffee is held, ready to face a dutiful row of yarn dye pans, in a basement workshop whose walls are gently and unintentionally decorated with dye drips
April 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM