Over the past several weeks, we have added a few more indie dyers to the group here at the “Loop”. (That must mean they’re “The Loop Group” – hee! I crack myself up.) I get so many emails asking “Are you getting this line in?” or “Are you getting that dyer in?” or “When will you have more of this line?” and so once in awhile I like to keep you updated on what is coming, even though – especially with the indie dyers – the orders are awhile in coming because our orders are so big. So here are a few fun new lines coming up that you can look forward to between now and the fall months, plus an update on the other regulars. (And remember – our indie lines are always on order, due back in as soon as they can dye more up for us.)
1. Yarn Nerd – Adam is an electrical engineer by day, and a yarn dyer by night. The colorways are beautiful and the yarn is a base that you all love. I’m particularly happy to have our first GUY DYER! We will have this in by the end of September, if not before. I love this colorway that he sent – the colors just flow back and forth.
2. Sheepaints – Sabine and I have been emailing for awhile and I’m so looking forward to sharing her yarn with you – all the way from Germany. I love finding international indie dyers, as it’s interesting to see different color combinations that come from different parts of the world. We’ll have lots of her yarn here mid-October.
3. The Regia Kaffe Fassett line – So many of you have asked for this, so of course we’ll have it for you. Fassett is a long-time knitting and textile designer known for his use of color, and the colors in these new yarns are going to make you want to knit up some socks. We’re hoping to have this yarn within a couple of weeks.
4. MacKintosh Yarns – Liz is a Loopy customer and blog reader and it turns out that she has this fun line of yarns that she is willing to do up for us. (Many are Harry Potter inspired colorways, but not all.) Liz is a college student, so now we have our first COLLEGE DYER! Liz has worked for a yarn shop near her and has much experience in all things yarn. I am very impressed with her beautiful colorways. We will have this in 6 weeks or so.
And a reminder about the new ones that I have already mentioned in previous blogs but that we’ll have up in the next couple of weeks – or months – as well:
ShibuiKnits – shipped last week, due in any second, Fiesta Baby Boomerang – shipping today – yeehaa!, Austermann Step, Trekking, Sockina Cotton – all three are here and waiting to be photo-ed. Here are pictures of the Sockina Cotton colorway I’m knitting up, and the first Austermann Step that I am going to knit.) Schaefer Heather, Classic Elite Alpaca Sox, Oceanwind Knits . I know I’ve been promising 
All Things Heather, too, and it’s just a matter of photo-ing all of it. I think we have 30+ different colorways here. (Heather moved cross-country and we benefitted from her “I don’t want to move all this sock yarn so how much can I dye up for you?” mentality. We took it all! Here is a photo of the two skeins I had to take for my own stash, right off the top: Chocolate Kisses and Bandana.) We also have Addi Turbo needles (regular and lace) 
and we’ll have Wendy’s exclusive sock patterns here very soon! Have you been watching them transpire on her blog? She has come up with some really fun ones. 🙂 And for those of you who keep asking about Dream in Color – we have plenty of that shipping to us, hopefully within the next week or two, as well. Plus more Fleece Artist Somoko, Fleece Artist Merino, and Zen String have arrived. (Edited – someone asked about Wollmeise. It’s due to ship out to me the last week in August and you know we’ll get it up asap!)
Thank you for your tremendous response to the J. Knits Anniversary Yarn! We’re all out of it now, but I may offer it in their Lace-A-Licious base in the future. (What do you think?) I know you all are big fans of J.Knits yarn. I love their colors and also how soft the yarn is to work with and wear. We’ve always planned to carry all of their colors in stock, but, um ….. you all buy it faster than Julie can dye it and we can stock it! So we’ll keep doing what we’ve been doing, which is rotating the colors we have and going through the whole line over several orders/months, and you can catch your favorite colors when they come up. How’s that?
Lastly, I continue to get emails every week about the Loopy Ewe Seasonal Sock Club, wondering how to get in or when the next sign-ups will be. We had 150 slots fill overnight when we first started it last winter, so needless to say, it’s full full full! It does seem like everyone has jumped on the sock club bandwagon, doesn’t it? We will continue to work hard to make ours fun and inspiring for you as we go along! Sign-ups for next year’s club will be in late January. I’ll announce it ahead of time in the blog and via our monthly customer email newsletter. We’ll be sending packages to you every other month next year: March, May, July, September, and November. I have some awesome designers and dyers all lined up already, anxious to participate! (Guess what? One is Wollmeise!)
There. I think you’re caught up on most things “Loopy” around here. Of course I always keep a FEW secrets that I’m working on, just to keep you guessing. 🙂
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soyoucancomevisitTheLoopyRoominperson!Wannacome??
Yes I want to come! What great news – I was thinking of getting some Trekking, so now I’ll wait till you’ve got that up.
A loopy retreat – sounds like heaven!
Of course I want to come see The Loopy Room…but I guess that means I am going to have to figure out how to knit socks before then…just the push that I need to finally learn. I am particularly excited that you are getting yarn from that Yarn Nerd as I am NerdGirl…I am destined for that yarn.
I would so come Sheri. Do you get grandfathered in for the next sock club??????
Loopy Retreat? Count me in please 🙂
Yes, Sheri. I would love to come!!
How fun! The problem is, you might not get all of us to leave! We will be expecting lots of fun yarn and samples of all your great recipes!
Yay Loopy Retreat!!!
I don’t know how the online feeding frenzy and cart jumping skiens would translate to real life. I think it might be *tense.*
You might have to do a lottery for the orderof access into the loopy room. Or maybe get those number tags like at the deli counter…
And maybe it’s just Harry Potter withdrawal, but I am totally down with doing a set of socks for each house of Hogwarts. Sign me up!
I am already having anxiety about the the sock club next year. I just know that however many you put up there, 150, 250, 500, they will sell out overnight while I am sleeping.
Love the idea of a retreat! Here’s a question….the sock club sign ups coming for next january? Does that mean we have to sign up new every year and stand a chance of not getting in this time?? I don’t think I can get out of my chair right now!
Loopy Retreat?!? I am there!!! No kids allowed, right? Oh darn, the boys will have to stay home with Hubby!!
A loopy retreat would be great! I’d love to come. Can’t wait for Wendy’s patterns – thanks for collaborating on those!
Ahh. Dreams. Sadly, my best friend from high school is going to school in Cairo for her Masters (Can you believe it? Cairo!), and that means I’ll be flying out to Egypt next spring to visit her (Pyramids? Here I come!). Which means the last little bit of time off I had just got eaten.
Why, oh why, can’t the Loopy Room be closer?
That being said – you are trying to kill me with yarn. YARN NERD? YOU’RE GOING TO CARRY YARN NERD?! Let me tell you, if I ever find a man in person who is not only an obvious geek, but dyes his own yarn – I am going to marry that man.
Squee! Loving the MacIntosh yarns–I have a skein on order from her now!
Now, if only I could make up my mind about what I want to get from a Sneak Up BEFORE the stuff I want is gone…sigh.
And there can never be enough yarn road trips. Never. 🙂
I am an Electrical Engineer, too (by college degree) and I have been secretly coveting YarnNerd for a while, but just never made the leap. I’m so glad you’re going to be carrying it now!
Get the Circuit Board colorway. That one just totally geeks me out.
A knitter’s retreat? Somwhere within driving distance of Podunk Junction? I already have my bag packed.
Thanks for the glowing introduction Sheri, I’m excited to be offering Yarn Nerd at the Loopy Ewe! Now I just have to finish dyeing it all! I think between work, grad school, knitting and yarn dyeing, I might just have to cut sleep out of my life. I think I’m having too much fun to miss it anyway!
Oh and Julia? Interested in making a trip out to Albuquerque? You know, so you can meet me in person? 😉
You KNOW I definitely want to come to a Loopy Retreat!! I really like the idea of checking out the Loopy Room and of course, meeting other Groupies!! Thanks for the updates – I always enjoy them – helps me scheme, er, plan a little bit better. And, I sooo want to be a part of next year’s sock club!! Must start my “stayuplatetrainingsessionsoIdon’tmissout” over the next several months! And, Woolmeise as part of the sock club?? YOU ROCK, Sheri!! Thanks for making my world even better! : )
Of course I wanna come! The Loopy Room? In person? What kind of question IS that?
I just saw the YarnNerd’s yarn on Ravelry the other day. As an engineering school drop-out (long story and not by choice) anything techy appeals to me.
I second what Julie said! 😉
Oops. JULIA. I second what Julia said.
Cool Yarn Nerd – I love his stuff! You just had to throw that Wollmeise in there, dint’cha. 🙂 Now I’m going to have to get all crazy during sign-ups to make sure I don’t lose my spot. I have already mentioned the retreat to my kids. My son (16) does request that you have it during baseball season. He is only willing to hang out with the family if he’s ensured at least one ball game. He’s a huge Cardinals fan 🙂
A retreat? Wow, I will be there.
With all of us that want to come you will need to rent out a stadium. I could even drive there which makes it nicer. i will be sure to bring my big truck so i can bring home everything i want.
Gawd…I’d LOVE to come. I may have to just be there in spirit, but I’ll be there with youse guys just the same. I’ve never heard of Yarn Nerd before and WOW! what a reaction he’s getting. Very very intriguing. I did love the pic on your blog of his blue yarn, though. Beautiful. I’d like to join the January sock thing..but I have a feeling it’s going to be tough to sign up for. Someone on Knitty.com said that buying a certain kind of yarn when it came up was very difficult because it’s like “a shark-chum” episode and I’m pretty sure signing up for your next Sock club will be just the same. But I’ll still try!!
Wow, I think I am overwhelmed with all the yarny goodness. I have a few skeins of the ShiBui, I have yet to knit with it, but it is in the que, and I am happy to know I can get it from you now.
I didn’t see Wollmeise mentioned as being in, will it be in the next sneak up?… oh I do hope so 🙂 That is some yummy yarn.
Wannacome??? Of course, we wannacome!! I’d give my right arm for a go-round in the Loopy Room. I’d better start saving my pennies now! And, like the commenter before me, I’d better bring the BIG truck.
Can’t wait for the Trekking and, of course, more Wollmeise. I see the Harlot herself was also one of the lucky ones last sneak-up. 🙂
Also can’t wait for sock club signup. This year I’m bound and determined to make it in. Geez, Sheri. Your post today has been pretty much like Christmas for all us Loopies!
Oh my gosh!!! I am so excited. You’ll have Sheepaints, too!!! Wollmeise and Sheepaints are two yarns I’ve been admiring for quite some time! And The Fiesta Sock yarn!! I know where all my spending money is going to go for the next month!!!
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Do I wanna? If I can travel comfortably, you betcha! Save a number or space or a basket or whatever for me in the Loopy Room, m’kay?
I’m so glad your getting the Kaffe Fassett! I saw it in an ad and I’m dying to try it 🙂
Oooo, I’m an electrical engineer (by degree) as well!! I can’t wait ’til that yarn goes up!! And, um, *yeah* wanna see the Loopy Room!!
Yes yes I wil come…..also, I have held off getting any Kaffe yarn because I KNEW you would get it……..are we allowed to buy when we come for the retreat????
Sheepaints! I’ve been drooling over her colors. And Wollmeise in the next Sock Club? Sheri, will you adopt me? Or, can I adopt you? And when you started The Loopy Ewe did you ever imagine it would be this successful. It’s a good thing I’m back working a few days a month. I “need” that money to feed my yarn/fiber/Loopy habit.
Yes! It would be great to have lots of notice, so I can buy yarn AND plan a trip across the country for a retreat– how many of us will fit in the Loopy Room? Whoa, what a loaded question,huh? Some of us are loopier than others C: hee hee
I would SO love a Loopy Retreat – How much fun would that be?? Oh, and Baby Boomerang on the way?? I don’t know if I will be able to stand the wait! You know I will be blog/Loopy Ewe stalking around the time of the sock club…and have my pennies saved up beforehand…I really have to get a slot on that one…Sounds like it is going to be a great year in Loopy Land!
I wanna come…I just need a heads up so that I can get the loads scheduled for that area, although I-70 i MO shouldn’t be a problem. A knitting retreat at the Loopy Ewe….I can’t wait.
A retreat!?! I wanna come!
I love finding all these new dyers you come up with. So much great yarn……so little…..money!
A Loopy Retreat would be soooooooo cool! I’ll bring an extra suitcase for all the yarn I’m sure to buy! And a sock club – I am so there!
In a word: Yes. And may I have a skein in every color to tide me over until the retreat? 🙂
Yarn Nerd – I have Adam to thank for my desmise into hand dyed yarn. Adam was my first hand dyed yarn enabler. Ah, Bamboo Grove, yum!
A Loopy Retreat! That will fill faster than your sock club.
YES!YES!YES!
I agree with Theresa, this is better than Christmas. I can’t wait for the Harry Potter themed yarns and I soooo badly want to be in the next sock club. How many spots will there be next year? And I would come from Canada for a Loopy Retreat, just don’t do it in March while I am on vacation okay? I think this was the best update ever!
I was feeling a little sniffly that yet AGAIN the yarn I wanted sold out before I could get there. I am admittedly slow on the draw. Hearing the news of a retreat makes me dance! Sign me up! I’ll even be your helper should you have need of such a Minion!
Do I really need to answer that question?!?!?!
You are definitely going to make your customers happy all the way round. Glad to hear that you will be getting some Sheepaints…mari silk perhaps?
Thanks for the update!
Whee! I’m excited for the new yarns. I actually took a little peek at the Macintosh skein. Very nice.
I already heard bits and pieces about your planning that retreat over on Ravelry. It’ll be fun to meet the people who are receiving all those boxes.
oh my, I think I’m going to go broke. Wait, I think I am already:(((, But pay day is friday so not for long. Sherri, You have made me a crazed yarn stalker :))))
Talk about one stop shopping. 🙂 I Can’t wait to see what you all get in.
Oh I have to make sure that I make it into the sock club again! Wished I could make it to the retreat but my budget wouldn’t like that.
OOOHHH–a Loopy Retreat!! You made my day, Sheri!! A few days of just sock knitting sounds like heaven to me!!!
If you’re going to have a Loopy Retreat, you better find a BIG place to have it in! I think you’ll have more sign-ups than you think! I’ll sure be there! I’ve been knitting in a void forever — I would LOVE to meet other sock-addicted knitters! Thanks for having such a great store and blog!
Of course I want to come to the retreat, and I want in on next year’s sock club, and I am very excited about the new yarns and dyers, and very, VERY sorry I missed the J. Knits anniversary yarn, but you do know that I’m starting lace and…
You seem to inspire me to write run-on sentences. 😉
Wow. I probably couldn’t make it out to a retreat this year. And given my rotten luck I’ll won’t make it into the sock club either. But I’ll happily enable you. 😉
I was out at the Michigan Fiber Festival this weekend. and bought some scrumptious sock yarn. Not until I got home and looked them up did I discover they were local vendors (for me).
Still, both deserve more exposure.
http://www.yarnhollow.com/
She’s got all the major types of sock yarn – superwash, tencel blend, bamboo blend. And fabulous colors.
And this one:
http://www.briarrosefibers.net/
Her palette is a bit more controlled, but really nice yarns. And three pretty sock patterns.
I’m just sayin’….
You’re fabulous. Can’t get enough Loopy Ewe! Can I get on a waiting list for the sock club? And how do I sign up for the newsletter!
Wow, this is awesome having my yarn mentioned on your blog Sheri. Thanks sooo much! I can’t wait to get dying for these ladies. =) Hopefully they’ll love MacKintosh Yarns like all the others. Btw, HI ADAM! I wanna try your yarn as well. Perhaps we could do a swap. =) Thanks again!
don’t tempt me! st louis isn’t THAT far away from omaha! (i could drop the boys in KC to visit their grandmother, and just slide on over to SL!