I love this new Mara Shawl. In fact, I’m such a fan that I have wound up another color of Madelinetosh DK/ Light Worsted (Thunderstorm) to make another one. You know, in between all of my other knitting that 
I want to get done. My favorite part of this shawl is the pleated edge (which I did as a K3, P2 instead of what the directions say. Because I can’t leave well enough alone. But I do like it like this.) The color is Cedar and will be perfect for the holidays. That’s another thing I have decided – shawls of varying colors are needed for different seasons.
Here’s Susan modeling her very first shawl! She did the Multnomah and it turned out beautifully. (Please note, Susan has been a scarf and hat knitter up until this point. I have yet to get her to do socks. So this shawl was a first step towards other things!) 
She did try to tell me “not for the blog” when I took her photo but I just laughed. (And watch – someone will leave a comment saying, “Sheri, I didn’t know you had colored your hair black and were wearing it short.” All of you blog-picture-scanners crack me up. This is Cute Elf Susan. —->)
We will be taking Thursday and Friday off this week for Thanksgiving (that means no in-person shopping hours this week), but of course the shop is open online, 24/7 as always. In fact, not only is it open online, but we have some fun things going up on sale for you as well. From late Thursday afternoon through Saturday at 11:59 pm (Central), you’ll find 30% off all Cherry Tree Hill, Creatively Dyed, Indie Dyer, J. Knits, and Opal. You’ll also find 20% off all Earthly Hues, All Things Heather, Sknitches, Sugar Bunny Blvd, Noro and Schaefer. *The prices will all change to reflect the sale, so when you see those prices go from black to colored, you know the sale has started.
We have a full team of Elves working on Monday and Tuesday of next week, to make sure that we can get all of your weekend orders out. We’ll also be adding the Monday Update/Sneak Up sometime later than usual on Monday evening.
Tomorrow we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the U.S. When I make my list of things I’m thankful for, all of your names appear there. We love partnering with you on great yarn, fun patterns, and much encouragement, inspiration, and support. You all keep us on our toes and there’s no place we’d rather be. So consider this a big HUG and thank you to each one of you from each one of us here at Loopy Central. We think you’re just the best, and we wish we could sit down with you in person tomorrow afternoon for some pumpkin pie and knitting!
This month’s contest: Tell us one (or two or three) things that you’re thankful for, whether you’re in the U.S. and celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, or not! We’ll draw names from the comments for fun prizes next week.
Back to shawls – how can you not love those pleats? Just too fun. I hope you make one of these for yourself.
Sheri headingoutforlunchwithCollegeGirlbeforesettlinginforsomeknitting
andmoviewatching.aaaahhhh…. Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful for my family and my health. Looking forward to having my parents and one of my brothers at our house for Christmas this year for the first time!
I’m thankful for my family and my health and for having a creative passion that I can express with my knitting and spinning. 🙂
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I am thankful for family and friends and the health we all share. The ability to continue knitting and sharing with all my knitting friends. Most of all I am thankful for the fact that those I love are not in harms way through the sacrifice of so many of our service people.
I am thankful for FIVE children, all of whom love wearing handknits!
Happy Thanksgiving
Even though money issues get beyond tight I have so much to be thankful for! I have two very amazing now grown up kids. The rest of my family are wonderful and supportive. Without them I’d be undone. I’m thankful for my cats who keep life lively and love me. And for my man-friend, who is definitely bringing joy to my life.
I am very grateful for the way we are created to touch, feel and see in order to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us….and of course all the gorgeous yarns and colors!
I’m thankful for knitting; the ability to make something beautiful, to work with my hands, enjoying the materials, the process and the finished result. It calms me. gives me introspection time and restores my soul.
I’m thankful for three beautiful children and a wonderful husband (who let me sleep in this morning!)
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Happy Thanksgiving Sherri, the Elves and everyone!
I am thankful I can spend this day with two of my three children (I miss my knitting daughter in St. Louis and my granddaughter), my DH, my grandson, my 91 year old mother, the dear girlfriend of my son, and my gorgeous 16 month old grandson. And I am VERY grateful because my husband is doing half of the cooking!!!
I am thankful for my health.
Eight years ago this week, I celebrated making my goal weight with Weight Watchers after being overweight my entire life and losing 80 lbs.
I’ve kept it off for these eight years and managed to beat impending type 2 diabetes.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for good food, good friends, and most of all my family!
I am thankful for family and friends, and feel so blessed to have a stable job in these tough times – a job that allows me to shop at your wonderful store! And I’m also thankful to have a few days off to spend baking, relaxing, and catching up with family.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
I can’t begin to count all my blessings! I’m thankful that my mom is still with me, that I have a job I love and a boss who understands how I work, that I have good friends and family to celebrate with, and especially for knitting. It has saved my life and my sanity many times over.
I’ve been on a diet for the past 3 months(lost 19.5 pounds!) so I’m going to be thankful for mashed potatoes and lemon meringue pie. Also I’m thankful for the love of my family and YARN!
I am thankful for my parents and my friends and my dog. Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful that our whole family is together for the holiday and we’re all healthy!
I’m thankful that my family and I don’t have to worry about having enough money for food. And, I’m grateful that I’m healthy enough to work today. Oh, and that I have a job to go to!
1. Air conditioning
2. Flush toilets
3. Clean hot running water
(Well, of course I’m thankful for a healthy family and plenty of food and shelter. It’s just that the three above things are extremely important to me too!)
I’m thankful for so many things: my husband, yarn, having a warm home, being able to afford healthy food, yarn, living in a beautiful town, our wonderful cats, and yarn!
Hmmm…I’m thankful for my husband and cats, and my job (even when it’s frustrating)! For my many friends, my stash (which I plan to knit from this year), and even my UFOs!
I am thankful for this 4-day weekend! And for seeing another birthday next week (and having a 5-day weekend for it). I am thankful that it’s not too cold here, yet.
And I am very thankful for my hot little yellow 2-seater convertible, which is probably too much fun to drive for my own good!
I’m most thankful for my boys, 2 healthy active sons and my husband, always supporting me and putting up with my antics! It’s wonderful for us to have these 4 days together to just relax and take advantage of the beautiful Fall weather. I’m also thankful for my sister-in-law who gave me a knitting start-up gift 2 Christmases ago. Who knew what all it would spark in me!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am as always, thankful for my sweet husband and very large family and friends. I am also thankful to knitting teacher Peggy who just over a year ago said “really socks are easy – take a class!” I am pretty sure she knew what she was creating…
Happy Thanksgiving!
The shawls are lovely (as always)!
I’m thankful for my boyfriend and his family, who always welcome me into their family during the holidays. I’m thankful for my true, be there always, love me no matter what friends, too. I’m pretty thankful for knitting and sock yarn, too, since they help me keep my sanity!
I’m thankful for good friends and my family and the ability to knit and distract myself when things aren’t so sunny!
I am (always) thankful for my friends who take me as I am. I am (at this special moment) thankful that a complicated situation at work including some colleagues and me turned out better than we had expected.
Gorgeous shawls! Of course!
Always thankful for my kitties who help me knit. They prefer bamboo needles and any wild color yarn will do.
We don’t have Thanksgiving here, but that doesn’t stop me from being thankful for the many blessings in my life. I’m thankful for all my friends and family for being there during the ups and downs of life. I’m thankful for all the little things and the bigger things that have been a positive influence in my life too.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all and may you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
I am thankful for my family, friends, good health, and of course, knitting!
today I’m thankful for my family and friends supporting me in many of the new directions I find life pulling me in. And knitting. And spinning.
I have so many things to be thankful for. I am thankful that I have a roof over
my head. I am thankful that my children have homes and food on the table.
I am thankful that I have five heathy grandchildren and one great grandchild. I am
thankful that I have friends who come in and help me because I am not well.
I’m even thankful for your blog. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a good
weekend.
I am thankful I work here in Kuwait, supporting the troops who are sacrificing for the good of our country. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to provide for my family. I am mostly thankful for my friends and family, who stand by me no matter what.
And of course, I am very thankful that Loopy Ewe is able to ship to my APO with such wonderul product, so I can gift them to my family.
I’m thankful that my family is healthy.
I’m thankful to my husband – he’s is supportive and thoughtful.
I’m thankful to all my friends and family for the many different ways they enrich my life.
I’m thankful to the friend that taught me to knit….you all know why!
Thanks for: family, friends, home, job, health, freedom….
I love that shawl – dont NEED another one, but….
always thankful for family, friends, and rights as a woman! (I’ve been reading circa 1900 literature, and boy, do we have a lot to be thankful for now!)
nice shawl, and thanks for being such a great business for all of us!
I’m thankful for family, friends, good health, a job, and learning how to knit ten years ago so I can handle anything with equanimity!
Thank YOU for all you do!
I have *so much* to be thankful for!!!
I’m thankful for my wonderful parents, who in their “golden years” love me enough to offer me a place to live and all the necessities, plus a few luxuries of life—things I can’t provide for myself due to poor health.
I’m grateful for HOPE which allows me to believe that my life is wonderful just as it is and that rainbows appear only after the storm.
I am thankful for my ever growing circle of knitty friends who always seem to say and do the kindest things just when I need them most. I am grateful for pretty lace shawls and warm wooly socks 🙂
I’m thankful for wonderful family and friends!
I’m thankful that I have the chance to be with my son for Thanksgiving in the most beautiful state – Colorado. I’m also thankful for the wonderful vets who are making my 2 labs the healthiest they can be (we take care of the happiness part). And I’m thankful for my daughter and her 3 daughters who I hope to see soon.
I’m thankful for the good people in my life. For my cats, for good yarn, and for a job! I’m thankful that I know no matter how tough things get, I do have good things in my life. And I do my best to remember them! Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
“This too shall pass” Is my Thanksgiving thought. I’ll be happy when present circumstances have changed, so I’m grateful for change and time.
I’m thankful for good friends; my new baby granddaughter; and for our good health.
Thankful too that we’re “doing OK” through this recession.
I am thankful for my 2 wonderful kids and that I have the means to pursue a hobby.
I am thankful for my family, friends, knitting, and Ravelry and SO MUCH MORE! Have a Happy one all!
I am thankful for my two wonderful daughters, who I am so lucky to have. I feel so incredibly privileged in every area of my life. If I started listing all the particular people, experiences, dogs, etc. for which I am thankful, I think I would not be able to stop! So, I won’t start. ’nuff said!
I’m thankful to be alive and healthy! (same goes for my family!)
most of all, i’m very thankful for our new baby boy this year!!
I’m thankful for all the love in my life. I’m thankful I get to wake up each morning and do what I love. I’m thankful for my health and for all the people who have helped get and keep me healthy over the years. (Ooh — I’d better thank the dogs for that too, since they insist I get daily cardiovascular exercise!)
I’m thankful for yarn, and, this year, specifically thankful that I scored my first skeins of Wollmeise (from the Loopy Ewe, so that makes me extra superduper thankful this year for the Loopy Ewe!). I’m thankful I finally finished the WWI Red Cross pattern men’s socks I have been knitting for a friend’s husband who collects WWI and WWII memorabilia. I’m thankful most of the socks I knit don’t involve that much stockinette stitch! I’m thankful I’ve finally gotten comfortable with Kitchener’s stitch.
I’m thankful for chocolate, I’m thankful for the beauty of nature, I’m thankful for great food, I’m thankful for a roof over my head. I’m thankful my cousin Joe survived three tours of duty in Iraq. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody at TLE!
I am thankful to be alive, for 4 beautiful grandchildren, a loving and supportive husband, and very thankful for a great fiber hobby.
KarenB
Gananoque,ON,Canada
I am thankful for my family, my friends and a stable job that I enjoy in this rough economy.
I am thankful for my daughter getting married to a wonderful man a month ago, and for my son to get engaged to a very sweet young woman. I am thankful that my husband still has his job in this economy and I can stay at home . martha
Eventhough I lost my Mother a couple of months ago, we are Celebrating Thanksgiving with full Heart. Mom shared with us to live each day fully because we do not know if tomorrow will come. Mom is here in spirit and we are eating well even though Mom didn’t cook this year. We are eating well today because she shared her recipies.
I am thankful for good friends, good conversation and good food. And after dinner, I get to sit down and enjoy some knitting.
I love your Mara shawl–can’t wait to get mine on needles. And Suan’s shawl is quite cute too (I’m working on my Multnomah right now.) I’m so very thankful for my DH as he is the love of my life. He takes such good care of me. I am thankful for my career as it affords me the opportunity to buy all of the LE’s wonderful, wonderful yarn and accessories. Afterall, I’ve decided that I need to collect as much as possible from now through the next 10 years so that when I retire, I won’t retire with nothing to do!! Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless.
Great job Susan-way to go!!! Go for the socks, they are much easier than you think. I love the Mara shawl, I have some Lorna’s Lace worsted in Black Pearl that will work great-I think I have enough 🙂 Hmmm, I might have to place an order!
I am thankful for so many things, my wonderful family, dear friends, my faith, my church family, my job and OF COURSE The Loopey Ewe staff, just to name a few!
Blessings,
Laura