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Weird dark bookish yarn colors dyed by a former librarian 🧶📖 exlibrisfibers.myflodesk.com/signup

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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 26/02/2026
Five heavily-speckled hues inspired by concepts and characters from Frankenstein are the newest addition to the Ex Libris Fibers color library!
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Collection Highlight: Frankenstein
Speckled indie dyed yarn inspired by characters and concepts from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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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 · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween 🦇 the full reveal for Victorian Ghosts is up! exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...
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Victorian Ghosts Countdown Reveal: October 31
The final reveal of the Victorian Ghosts countdown! And more... October 31 On October 31 we read The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly by Rosa Mulholland, a thrilling little tale full of haunting imager...
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/10/2025
Counting yarn and unpacking this week - event leftovers will go live Saturday morning! exlibrisfibers.myflodesk.com/signup if you'd like a nudge in your inbox
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Notes from the Underground
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 22/10/2025
Do you have a fav story so far? Mine is Oct. 20's (Henry James The Romance of Certain Old Clothes)
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 22/10/2025
Reveals for the first three mini skeins in the Victorian Ghost Stories countdown are up on the blog! exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...
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Victorian Ghosts Countdown Reveal: Oct. 19-21
We're counting down to October 31 with ghost stories and yarn! The Victorian Ghost Stories mini skein countdown was available for preorder in June 2025 and includes 12 mini skeins, each inspired by a ...
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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.comLilac 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 EyreColorful 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
Also of note if you preordered Victorian Ghosts Halloween Countdown: they're shipping soon & they're so good!! Please let me know if you have had an address change since June 💌 exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...
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Victorian Ghosts Shipping Information
If you pre-ordered the Victorian Ghosts Halloween countdown, it's almost time!! Your haunted yarn has been materializing all summer, and your countdown box will be ready to ship this month. Have you m...
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 19/09/2025
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September Event Exclusive
On September 21, 1962 Shirley Jackson’s haunting masterpiece of psychological suspense (and social commentary) was published.  Merricat lives with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian in an aging...
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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 · 30/08/2025
The yarn is back! Just uploaded so so much to the online shop - sock, yak sock, & DK in some swoon-worthy bookish colors exlibrisfibers.com/collections/... #indiedyedyarn #booksandyarn
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August Restock
The yarn is home! A post-summer event restock awaits with much superwash DK, Yak Sock, and Sock!
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 22/08/2025
Deep in dyepots this summer 😮‍💨 but taking a little above-ground break for book & craft supply swap (& few skeins for sale) tomorrow in Pittsburgh @ Greenfield yard sale! Bring usable books/craft stuff to swap or just come browse if your shelves/stash are in need exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...
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Book & Craft Supply Swap
Have you got books that could use fresh eyes or craft supplies in usable condition that you'd love to swap out for new stories? Bring them on over to the Ex Libris Fibers tent on Coleman Street during...
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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 FibersThe Picture of Dorian Gray indie dyed yarn color by Ex Libris Fibers
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bojomc.bsky.social @bojomc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
@exlibrisfibers.com Finally got my shrug in Where the Wild Things Are completed and ready to wear!
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 23/07/2025
Oh WOW!!! Absolutely stunning work! 💙
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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
And in Harrisburg: escape and learn new stitching secrets plus a killer marketplace @ Knitter’s Day Out in September, class registration open now! knittersdayout.org
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Knitters' Day Out
Knitters’ Day Out promotes the enjoyment of knitting, excellence in knitting design and craftsmanship, and to provide educational opportunities for the knitting community in the annual day and a half ...
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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
(exlibrisfibers.myflodesk.com/signup for first dibs + subscriber coupon!)
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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 · 11/07/2025
oh they really are perfect all together! Can't wait to see what you make with them! ♥️
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 01/07/2025
Preorders for next round of Indelible, a limited banned book yarn of the month-or-so, are open through July 5! Inspired by Fun Home; mood board in link (or preview in listing if you’re not into mystery yarn) #bannedbookyarn #funhome #yarnofthemonth #booksandyarn exlibrisfibers.com/products/pre...
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PREORDER -- Indelible: Fun Home
The Indelible Collection is a series of indie dyed yarn colors inspired by banned & challenged books.
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Terry Matz @terrymatz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Happy Birthday to M. C. Escher born on June 17, 1898. Also commemorated as World Tessellation Day in honor of Escher's iconic tiling and morphing art. 🧶 Celebrate with knitting patterns inspired by Escher's artwork like these on my Escher knitting post intheloopknitting.com/escher-knitt...
Collage of knitting projects: Two people holding a knit blanket of tessellated seahorses. A closeup detail of On the Shore Blanket
inspired by Escher's art of interlocking tortoises, ducks, and fish. Woman wearing a sweater of tessellated cats in black and white. A sweater inspired by M. C. Escher’s woodcut Sky and Water I of fish morphing into birds. One Fish, Two Fish Socks with a tessellating fish pattern in blue and red. Sweater of interlocking graphic ducks in various colors.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
AI is not useful.
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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
If banned book yarn is your thing too, stay tuned! The next round of the Indelible monthly colors will go live before the end of the month 📚
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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 RyeA 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 · 11/06/2025
the luckiest daughter! It’s gorgeous 😍
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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 booksA 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 ironedYarn skeins and sets inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray damp on a drying rack in a dark basementPromo 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, RitaInfographic for the Greater Pittsburgh Book Festival, May 31 2025 at Carnegie Library
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 24/05/2025
more about those events & this coloooor - exlibrisfibers.com/blogs/margin...
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Pittsburgh area events
Find Ex Libris at two upcoming events - a pop up in Pittsburgh and a big fiber fair just outside of Pittsburgh! May 31, 2025: check out the vendor tent at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! Thi...
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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 · 08/05/2025
I never actually finished Chainsaw either 🫣 i have Buffalo Hunter Hunter on my holds list and am optimistic
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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 · 07/05/2025
oh my goodness 😍 HELLO Nova!
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meerbuschknitter.bsky.social @meerbuschknitter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Update! I've reached the point on this yoke where every row takes forever. I'm having fun with it though. 🧶 #knitting #dansemacabre
Knitted sweater yoke with dancing skeleton motif
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 07/05/2025
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.
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 07/05/2025
Love! colors and pattern are a perfect match!
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 05/05/2025
Thanks! It was about 72% luck and 28% plan
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Ex Libris Fibers @exlibrisfibers.com · 05/05/2025
🩵 thanks Liv!
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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 · 01/05/2025
Almost time to invite Dracula into your inbox: draculadaily.substack.com
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Dracula Daily | DraculaDaily | Substack
Get the classic novel Dracula, emailed to you in real time as it happens. Click to read Dracula Daily, by DraculaDaily, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 28/04/2025
"One more time for the folks in the back: it’s not about the books." The latest roundup of book censorship news courtesy of Book Riot. bookriot.com/operation-ca...
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Operation Caged Bird Seeks to Unban Books from Naval Academy: Book Censorship News, April 25, 2025
Old Fox Books in Maryland is offering books banned from the Naval Academy to Midshipmen free of charge. Plus, more book censorship news.
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