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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 23/02/2026

sorta-Spring events, coming your way! 3/6 - RCYC Trunk Show at Weird Sisters @weirdsistersyarn.bsky.social Apr. 11-12 - YarnCon @yarncon.bsky.social Apr. 25-26 - Salem Fiber Witch Festival @fiberwitchfestival.bsky.social (tix on sale!) 5/1 - Yarncentrick @yarncentrick.bsky.social (tix on sale!)

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 15/10/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 15/10/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 15/10/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/09/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/09/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 19/09/2025

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.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 03/08/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 23/07/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 23/07/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 12/07/2025

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.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 15/06/2025

*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.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 13/06/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 10/06/2025

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! exlibrisfibers.com/products/pre...

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.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 10/06/2025

@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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 05/06/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 05/06/2025

“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 exlibrisfibers.com/products/pre... #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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 30/05/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/05/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 07/05/2025

“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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 03/05/2025

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)

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 29/04/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 29/04/2025

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.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 28/04/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 27/04/2025

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

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 26/04/2025

🌙 “Beneath the trees it was not dark as a room is dark when the lights are put out, the artificial darkness which comes when an artificial light is gone; it was the deep natural darkness which comes with a forsaking of natural light.” - Shirley Jackson #yarn #shirleyjackson #knitting #crochet 🧶

A twisted hank of Hangsaman indie dyed yarn color by Ex Libris Fibers held up in front of several untwisted hanks of the same color hanging on drying racks in an ill-lit basement. The yarn is dyed in a variegated and subtly shifting blend of black, dark magenta, bright aqua, and absinthe green.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 26/04/2025

Subtle color shifts make this sweater hard to stop knitting, and it’s bringing so much satisfaction to see the yarns morph together as it works up 🧶 & pattern in alt text #knitsky #knitting #sweaterknitting #aquamarlite #kniturday #yarncraft #knithappy

Two sleeves and a partial body are shown laying flat on a wooden table. Each is still on circular needles. The sweater pattern is AquamarLite by Park Williams using indie dyed yarn from Ex Libris Fibers in horror-inspired colors Hangsaman (black variegated), Timewalker (dark blue) and This Insufferable Darkness (bright blue)

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 25/04/2025

“I would much prefer their minds to be engaged in the deadly arts than clouded with dreams of marriage and fortune, as your own so clearly is!” - Jane Austen + Seth Grahame-Smith Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 🧟🪻find it at @yarncentrick.bsky.social next week! #yarncentrick #indiedyedyarn #yarnsky

A deep violet indie dyed yarn with darker accents of forest green, gray, and red-violet. Shown flat and twisted in hanks with Ex Libris Fibers wraps, next to a red hardcover copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/04/2025

#yarncentrick dye fest continues! 💜 🧶 ♾️ See you next week at @yarncentrick.bsky.social ? & promise I’m more awake than previous post before tackling the rest of today’s agenda ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ but readily accepting any good audiobook recs ya got!

A plethora of nearly-dry yarn, hand dyed yesterday, hangs on two very full drying racks in a disgusting yet functional basement workspace.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/04/2025

She doesn’t know what day it is (and frankly neither do really) I so let’s make it #FrankieFriday 🐈‍⬛ #catsofbluesky #tuxedocats #catsandknitting

A ridiculously small black and white tuxedo cat is wrapped up in a knitted blanket and stares intently at the camera

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 23/04/2025

Defying the “year of sad beige,” green has been flying out of the pans this spring 💚🌱🧌🐍📗 L to R: The Green Lion, Ashmole 782, Renfield, Lord Ruthven 🧶 #yarnlove #greenyarn #sockyarn

Five twisted hanks of varying green indie dyed yarns lie on top of more green yarn in front of a green book.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 22/04/2025

Lots of double dye shifts, basement drear, & an ill-timed equipment failure this month 😮‍💨 staying sane by working on an Aquamarlite in daylight when I can! #knitsky #knitting #aquamarlite #sweaterknitting

Two sweater sleeves being knit on one circular needle. The yarn fades from a variegated black and neon cool tones, to dark then light speckled blues. Ex Libris Fibers colors, from top to bottom: Hangsaman (forthcoming, inspired by Shirley Jackson), Timewalker (inspired by Discovery of Witches), and This Insufferable Darkness (inspired by Nosferatu); Carson base superwash DK Merino wool

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 22/04/2025

Happy Tuesday to you from The Little Prince 💫 + Iron Gall Ink 🩶 #knitsky #yarn #yarndyeing

Damp indie dyed yarn in sock, yak sock, and dk weights, on a drying rack in a poorly lit basement. the color on top is a variegated pink with spring pops and the color on the bottom is a cool blue-gray.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 20/04/2025

Speckled Space Socks were my first socks years ago - I had sworn I’d never knit socks. Seemed too complex. Is actually very satisfying and they’re so comfortable. Always have a pair on needles now!

Green speckled hand knit socks on feet, to the right of a black and white tuxedo cat who is furiously grooming her paw

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 19/04/2025

It’s pretty crumby. exlibrisfibers.com/products/pre... #bannedbookyarn #yarnofthemonth #booksandyarn

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 19/04/2025

last month’s limited banned book color inspired by The Bell Jar is en route! The next banned book yarn is up for preorder today through April 26

A monochrome image of a hand holding indie dyed speckled sock yarn inspired by The Bell Jar with Ex Libris Fibers labels

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 18/04/2025

Frankie asked if we could revive #FrankieFriday and since there’s a nice knit blanket and a feed-cleansing sunrise involved…let’s do it. #kitting #catknits #tuxedocats

The smallest black and white tuxedo cat naps on a heated blanket while covered in a knit blanket. In the background the sun rises outside while spring green begins to pop on bare trees.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 15/04/2025

Cauldron Bubble before and after! 🫧🧙🏻‍♀️

Swirls of pink dye in a dye pan with a reflection of a hand holding a phone to take a photo

Indie dyed speckled silk/merino sock yarn in aqua, pink, and gray in a dye pan

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 14/04/2025

Want to stitch with Anaïs base this summer? In any active Ex Libris color? preorders close tonight Apr 14🌔 & won’t open up again til 2026

A airy and lacey summer top, the Summer Solstice volume 2 pattern, being knit top-down hangs on a wooden clothing hanger on a black dresser. The yarn used is deep swirling midnight blue with randomly variegated pops of dark mahogany, and it’s a lustrous single ply silk/merino blend of indie dyed yarn.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 13/04/2025

And my most favorite, Love Magick!

Rita stands arms outstretched in front of a wall of yarn. She is wearing a gray Love Magick knit sweater with dramatic bell sleeves and lace details, knit in subtly variegated and speckled corpse gray, color is Exquisite Corpse by Ex Libris Fibers.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 13/04/2025

So #ShowMeYourKnits theme this week is GRAY!?! Hold my needles. Surprising absolutely no one…gray yarn is plentiful in my stash and projects. But usually the gray is full of color if you look close enough 🎨 🧶 and pattern info in alt text #knitsky

A person faces away from the camera with a gray knit shawl with a spring green moon phases motif, the Lunar Phase shawl. Yarn is Ex Libris Fibers Exquisite Corpse (gray) and Renfield (green)

A person wearing a gray knit hat with cabled details, the Kit Fancot pattern, yarn is Malabrigo Rios.

Rita shows off a gray and aqua Stephen West shawl, the Winter Lights shawl. Yarns used include Grenouille Co., Autumn and Indigo, and overdyed Junkyarn - one of them has stellina bits.

A knit bralette in gray with purple black and green speckles, the Framework Bralette, flat on a cedar chest, near a seltzer, planner, and sunglasses. The yarn used is Spun Right Round DK.

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 11/04/2025

Damp yarn and iPhone can never seem to agree on color, but trust me that she’s quite a nice mix of spring and decay

Damp indie dyed dark violet yarn with subtly variegated pops of navy and spring green spread on a drying rack

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 10/04/2025

Got an itch & started Summer Solstice tee v.2 by Dove Knits on Monday. On chonky needles with simple engaging lace it’s knitting up so fast and should be perfectly summer goth. #ShowMeYourKnits this week is work in progress - the real WIP is me trying to keep knitting every time I hit a purl row 🫢

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 10/04/2025

Thinking about Jane Austen and 🧟 for @yarncentrick.bsky.social which is coming right up and I cannot wait

A dye pan of dark shadow hued indie dyed DK weight yarn with floral color highlights

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 07/04/2025

(and thanks to this guy for lots of driving & putting up with way more woolspeak than he’d ever be interested in otherwise)

Rita & George stand together for a selfie in front of the YarnCon wall in Chicago

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