I’m going to just start the week off with an apology. I know I’m going to put you over the edge this week with the Sneak Up and …. well, I’m sorry. There are way too many beautiful colors and yarns and choices and I have no idea how you’re going to decide which ones need to come home to live with you. How do I know this? Because I took too many of them out this week to put in my own stash. That’s how I know. I didn’t plan it this way. We always have so many things on order that I am never sure exactly what will show up week to week. This week – too many good choices. (What’s going up? Well, Yarn Pirate, Perchance to Knit, Seacoast Panda, and all of the lace yarns. Overload.) So I hope you enjoy browsing and shopping and know that I feel your pain. (Zoe advises everyone to just take a nap, while awaiting this week’s Sneak Up. Honest – you can see her mid-sentence in the photo.)
I wanted to answer a couple of blog questions – one was, “What is a Sneak Up?” That simply refers to us putting new yarns and products on the website each week. Once in awhile I will re-stock yarns and coloways as the UPS gal brings them, but most of the time I do all of the updating at once, each week. The time and day change from week to week, just because I have learned that it helps make for a more pleasurable shopping experience if not everyone has planned to be on here shopping at the same exact time. 🙂 Although it’s kind of funny to watch how quickly the word gets out when the Sneak Up has taken place. I think some of you take turns monitoring the site for your whole knitting group, based on what I have heard and seen! (Personally? I’d place my own order and then go spread the word!) Another question is about The Loopy Ewe Seasonal Sock Club and whether or not we still have spots available. The answer is unfortunately, no. Our sock club sold out overnight and ended up being 3 times bigger than I expected, so we’re definitely full this year! However, we would sure love to have you sign up next year and I will give plenty of notice for that. I already have some fun things in mind for the next one. The last question: Why did the numbers go away under your different website categories? Well, because that is one of the things that slows the website down when so many of you are shopping at once. However, with our move to a bigger server and a little re-vamping by Web Guy, we were able to put them back up and we don’t think they will affect the speed to much from now on.
Speaking of fun things – let’s do the April Blog Contest. Tell me your favorite color combination for socks. Not the brand, not the weight, not the price – just tell me what 2-5 colors would make up your very favorite colorway. (And if you want to add “best name for a sock colorway ever”, I think that would be fun, too.) My favorite sock color combination would be hunter, cranberry and mocha. Although I’m fairly certain that after I read your entries, I will have changed my mind a few times. Best sock name ever? The one that is on the Loopy Ewe Summer Sock Club yarn – it’s too fun! Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll use the random number generator to pick a winner next Monday, the 30th for the winner of a fun Loopy Loot package. (And maybe we’ll turn some of your favorite color combinations into new colorways here!) I think maybe I ought to go through more of WH’s flower photos for some good color combo ideas.
Sheri IstartedknittingmylaceshawlthisweekendwithHandMaidenSeaSilk&loveit!
Ah-ha! A new server! Now you’re big time!
I just love blue and white. As a quilter I gravitated toward it and maybe an ultimate sock yarn would be “Blue Willow ” (for the old pottery pattern) with a couple of deep blues and a bright white. Not the most original, but…yup, that’s one I like!
My favorite colorway would be rose, mauve, and light gray… name ‘At Last Sunset.’
My favorite colorway would be pink, black and spring green, which colors you may know very well as they are the colors of an exclusive colorway to the loopy ewe. I just finished the first sock and the colors are so amazing I can’t get over it! I have been wearing the one sock around the office at work (under my desk) and admiring the colors when I am supposed to be working!
I love pink and spring (almost lime) green together. I also love pale blue, or spring green, or pink with brown together.
I keep calling to give you my Amex security code but it’s not going to the answering machine. I have no idea what’s wrong! 🙁 I’m going to email it to you tonight after a nap..
But as far as the ultimate colorway it would have to be cream with touches of pink and green. I’d call it “Budding”.
Fav color combo at the moment is red, white and sterling silver, as my Detroit Red Wings try to bring back Lord Stanley’s Cup. Go Wings!
My favs are teals and browns of any shade or variety. YP’s “hannah” comes pretty close. I am a real sucker for teal.
Ah, I’m a sucker for blue, purple, and turqoise with some white thrown in.
It reminds me of the sky late in the summer evenings. Yes, Summer Evening Glory.
I would like a colorway with denim blue, yellow, pink and cream. This could be called “Spring Buds.” I love all of the colors of spring. Not enough time to knit, but you can always dream!
I’d say: Sockilicious Sunshine, with sunny yellow, lime green, sky blue, and some touches of candy pink and orange sherbert.
My favorite sock colors aren’t too crazy, just various shades of greens and blues. But I’m currently in a stripes mood.
Fun contest!! I like teal, light purple and a silvery gray, I’d call it silver flash.
I think turquoise, brown, and white would be fun!
I love dark red and light blue. And mint green and purple. Favorite sock colorway name has got to be Mr. Roper from Duets. Perfect for that colorway.
I would like dark and light cranberry and a chocolate brown… of course it would be “Cherries Jubilee” 🙂 Yum!
One of my favorites is green, purple and lilac. I would call it Tequilla Sunset. Kind of like the colors you see when closing your eyes after you have a couple of shots.
I love color and can’t wait to see everyone’s choices. I know i have a hard time picking sock yarn when you have all those glorious color ways.
Greens and browns! Bet you couldn’t guess that one, huh?
I’d name it “Ferns ‘n’ Toadstools.”
My favorite combo of colorways: pinks and browns with a little bit of white, and browns and turquoise.
Royal blue, fuschia and jade green and I’d call it Jewels. Can’t wait for the sneak-up…
How about Old Growth for rusty (redwood color), deep green, pale green and a smidge of sky blue.
Okay, I have two favorite colorways. First: bright pink and bright green. Second: chocolate brown, light pink, cream.
Lately I’ve been hunting for more neutral colors. Boring? Maybe, but I’d wear it more than anything. Just a subtle variation of creams and tans, just a tiny touch of brown. It would go with so much of what I wear, and my favorite shoes, I could make my everyday socks.
This week isn’t a sneak up. This week is a big whack upside the head! There goes my blood pressure. But that’s ok. It is sooooooooooo much fun!
Creating my own colorway would be a deep red, navy and cream becoming khaki. I would call it “Patriot”. After that I think I would combine a buttery yellow, chocolate and black and call it “Labs”.
Fun!
BRIGHT pink (fuschia) and BRIGHT green and darker pink and a mellow purple all swirling together, maybe some black for depth and texture, maybe some deep brown.
Since those are the colors that make my head kinda buzz when I see them I would call it BrainSong. (And to think, before I had children I wore black exclusively. What has happened? Did I lose it or gain it? or both?)
Dark cranberry and chocolate brown! and I would call it “Raspberry Truffle”…yumm! are you drooling yet?
No wait! I would call it ColorBuzz!
favourite colours would be:
cobalt blue, orange and yellow.
looooove.
have no idea what i’d call it–something after a fish likely.
I like bright colors combined with one earth tone. Like lime green, bright purple, and gray. Name? Well, “Forward Motion” of course.
Hmmmm….I think my favorite would be black with bright purple and turquoise. Favorite name…..Probably “Proudest Monkey”!
Chocolate brown, deep dark red, that smoky dusty rose pink that old timers call “ashes of roses”, and maybe just a tiny hint of chartreuse green. (Just happens to be the colors I’m using for my wedding, but dangit it’s a great combination, and I’ve never seen those colors together in a skein of yarn yet – and I’ve been looking!)
How ’bout some really cutesy pinks called “Loopy Schmoopy”? Or a man-friendly green and brown called “Oh, Ewe Brute!”? Miami Dolphins teal and orange: “Dan Merino”?
“Sheepless in Seattle”? “It Had to Be Ewe”? “Sheeping Beauty”?
Okay, sorry, sorry – I’m done.
I am currently in love with dark dark brown and shades of cool blue. I think of it as Siamese cat coloring. 🙂 My favorite sock yarn name is Socktopus from Blue Moon. I love a good pun.
I think sky blue, gold and a little white in between the two would be very pretty together.
Pink, cream, and chocolate brown. Pinks, greens, and white all swirled together I would call Alligator. Ice blue, khaki, gray, hmm, can’t think of a name. light gray, dark gray, a touch of brown I would name Elly after my schnauzer.
My favorite colorway would be called Hyacinth Blue and consist of periwinkle, spring green, pale yellow, lilac, and pink. Yummmm!
A new server…..I did notice a few changes on the site that were pretty nice. 🙂
I don’t have to worry to much about this sneak up. If it happens before the 1st my wallet and sanity will be safe. No shopping for yarn before payday. 🙂 Of course it will be a bit of a bummer too but I already have some yummy Yarn Pirate and several skeins from PTK. Enough to keep me busy. Now the lace is a different story. 🙂
I think I would go with reds, pinks, and yellows, it could be called “Roses in Bloom” after my 3 favorite roses that I had to leave behind when we moved.
I’ve been knitting mostly with variegated yarns but lately I’ve been thinking of different shades of greens & pinks together – I’d call it “Kermit & Miss Piggy.” (Kind of like Christa above)
I’ve also been thinking of making wide-ish striped socks with just shades of green – true Kermit socks.
I’m excited to see all the lace yarns – hope I don’t miss the sneak up! Even though I am absolutely on Restriction – capital R.
My favorite colorway is bright greens and yellows, with a bit of white – a hopeful burst of spring colors tucked in my winter boots. Call it Secret Garden, after my favorite kid (grown up?) story!
I hope I don’t double blog. My finger slipped. hehe
Inspired by the many cacti I’ve seen blooming lately I will say hot pink and medium green and call it ‘Pretty Pink Cactus’. I am think of a bunch of cacti at a house I often see that look something like this photo … http://64.176.83.189/escobaria_hesteri.htm.
Tell me… doesn’t this remind you of the Abominal Snowman in the Rudolph program? http://64.176.83.189/escobaria_chaffeyi.htm
And I just hafta say Sheri that YA KILLIN ME! I want some of that Hand Maiden Sea Silk in the worst way. I am stalking the Ewe.
After reading the comments, I see that other ladies like the same colors as me. Miss Ann-Marie MacKay and Margie are women after my own heart.
I would have to go with a pure orange, royal purple mixed with a little grass green to tone down the brightness. I would call it Zippy Zinnia!
I love purples, blues, and teals together. Not sure what to call it–Blurple? 😉 Can’t wait for the Sneak Up!
When it comes to sock yarn the wilder the better. I am noticing I am liking some Martha colors lately. I think the one I seem to be searching for is a bright bright pink, red and light pink and white. I would call it Candy Cane probably. I am also in love with purple and bright lime green call it Frankenstein.
For sock yarn I would choose pink, yellow. and purple and call it Happiness in a skein.
Can’t wait for the sneak up!
Favorite color combos: pink, orange, red, greens, with browns showing through the overdyed spots and a good name would be ummm……Summer Desert
Can’t wait to see all the new stuff!!! Waiting with baited breath….
My favorite colorway would be muted denim blues to wear with jeans.
Alyson, you cracked me up! LOL!
Let’s see…pale yellow, gold, and brown = “Burned Popcorn”. My real favorites are purple, lavender, teal and some green, which would be called “Floral Festival”. Or cream, pale pink, and tan which is “Sugar and Spice”. Burgundy, navy, green and gold = “Jewels”.
Not very imaginative I know, but I worked overnight the last two nights, and my brain is frozen….zzzzzzzzzz
Teal, aqua, purple and pink with just a splattering of lime green – called Island Time.
I would love to see light pink, mauve, burgundy, cream & with touches of leaf green. It needs some kind of flower name.
Looking forward to the sneak up, though I think I’ve missed the opening insanity of the other ones.
“Happy paws” for a mauve/cream/brown & denim blue colorway, “Tiptoe thru the Tulips” for reds. “Head over Heels in Blues” for smokey blues/greys/natural. “Dang Dawg” for an unusual mix. “Love-in-the-Mist” for pinks/pastels. “Street Walker” for a flambouyant mix. “Power surge” for a hot blend. “Dance the Night Away” for marine blue/dark red/silver grey mix.
Oh dear, I’m on a goofy roll…probably wake up in the middle of the night with a few more doosies!
Mangrove surprise – grey green, golden brown and the blue of the Florida Everglades on a warm spring day. If I could match the colors of the mangroves I would be a happy woman.