As I mentioned in Monday’s blog, we’re celebrating our fourth anniversary this month! To celebrate, we’ve put together our annual Loopy Ewe Anniversary Kit ** to share with you. (Would you like to see the ones from years past? First Anniversary, Second Anniversary, and Third Anniversary.) The one for this year has to be my favorite so far, because we have included things that you haven’t seen before. Very special yarn, an extra special tumbler, and of course a great anniversary pattern.
The Yarn – You’ll be the first to get a brand new yarn base from Dream in Color called “Smooshy With Cashmere”. It’s luscious! This fingering weight yarn is 70% Superwash Merino (in the regular Smooshy twist/ply), 20% Cashmere, and 10% Nylon. We had them dye this color to match the happy blue paint color that you see when you walk into the shop. Since it makes us happy when we get to work in the morning, the colorway is called “Joy in the Morning”. It has turned into one of my very favorite colors.
The Tumbler – Are you familiar with Mary Hadley Pottery? This 70+ year old pottery company has used specially trained artists to hand-draw the fun, whimsical figures in their line since Mary Hadley first picked up her brush. We thought the style would lend itself very well to Loopy, so we had him “Hadley-ized”. Isn’t he cute on
there? Since each one is hand-drawn by an artist, they may differ slightly from one to the other. The artists have also hand-drawn “The Loopy Ewe” in our font on the back of the tumbler, and look what’s at the bottom of it: Baa. 🙂 These tumblers are lead-free, and are microwave and dishwasher safe. You can use them for hot beverages, cold beverages, or knitting needles, notions, pens and pencils. The stoneware is made from clay, and then painted, glazed, and kiln-fired at 2100 degrees fahrenheit, making it highly resistant to chipping and scratching. Due to the time involved in drawing on each tumbler (and the large number of tumblers we ordered), 
the Hadley artists have been working on this order since February for us! (The Spring Flingers may have gotten a sneak peek in April….)
In keeping with tradition, we sent our anniversary yarn to Debbie O’Neill who came up with another great anniversary pattern for us. The semi-solid colorway lends itself to this beautiful pattern that creates the look of movement across your feet and around your ankles. You’ll have fun knitting this up.
The kits are available for purchase here. We have lots available, but if we run out, we may be able to pull together a few more. We’ll keep you posted. For our international customers, we’ve ordered special boxes to ship this kit to you. We can’t guarantee no-breakage in transit, but I can tell you that these are heavy-weight tumblers (hard to break) and between that and our packaging, I don’t anticipate any troubles.
We have a couple more things in the works with those Hadley artists that we’re excited about, too. We’ll keep you posted!
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**Edit: because these sold out in 24 hours, we will put together a few more for you. I’ll announce on the blog when the last batch is ready. Thanks so much for such an enthusiastic response to them!
The kit looks wonderful!! I just ordered mine and cant wait to get it. Once again, Happy Anniversary and thank you for all you do!
YAY!!!!! I’ve been waiting since Spring Fling for this since I fell in love with the Hadley Tumbler (it sadly couldn’t sneak out in my shirt, lol).
Happy Anniversary Loopy!!!!!!
I’ve ordered mine! I love collecting the mugs.
I love the kit!! I placed my order and will be watching for it to arrive. Happy 4th anniversary with appreciation for your hard work!
Way tooooooooo cute! Thanks & happy anniversary again.
I’ve ordered mine as well, now just have to wait for it to arrive!
Just ordered my anniversary kit. Sheri, you may have outdone yourself this time. I love it all. Can’t wait to get my hands on the new DIC base with cashmere. The Mary Hadley mugs are way too cute. And Debbie O’Neill designs great socks.
Happy Anniversary! And many more!!!
I am SO excited about a Smooshy w/cashmere yarn! Does anyone know when the general release is expected? Great kit!
I love this kit — the colorway of the yarn is lovely and I must have that tumbler!
I’ve got my order in, too! (Along with a few other things that sneaked into my cart. It’s all good, though, I had a Loopy credit just waiting to be used!) I love the kit! And since this is your 4th anniversary, that means it’s just about 3 years since my first TLE order, and how fitting, since one of the items in that order was a skein of Smooshy. 🙂 Congrats on 4 years (!!!!), and thanks again for everything you do for us!
Thank you Sheri! I just ordered mine and then went back and read about it. Smooshy is one of my favorite yarns – can’t imagine how wonderful it will be with cashmere added. Absolutely love the tumbler as well. Happy Anniversary!
What a fun kit! I placed my order!
I love the colors. I didn’t plan on purchasing this but……. All my kids had plates and cups from Mary Hadley Pottery. I love their pottery. You did it again Sheri.
This kit is just right — I love the color of the yarn, and the tumbler is going to sit on my office desk to stay safe and hold all of my pens (and perhaps a few DPNs). Looking forward to trying the Debbie O’Neil pattern — it looks challenging yet not impossible to knit up. Happy fourth-iversary, Loopy Ewe!
Just ordered my kit!! And Happy Anniversary to you and the elves…we all appreciate what you do for us! I love the idea of the Mary Hadley tumbler!! I love their pottery…even have a few pieces to call my own and can’t wait to add Loopy to the collection. You are the best!!!
I ordered mine, so excited.
Oh the poor, poor mailman.
I had totally forgotten about the Mary Hadley Tumbler. I can not wait to get mine. I have mugs, dishes, and bowls of Mary Hadley pottery.
Thank you for getting this stoneware. Looking forward to seeing what else they will be doing for you.
Happy Anniversary!!
I’ve been waiting all day for the blog entry! I agree with you that it’s the best anniversary kit ever — and placed my order immediately. Thank you, Sheri!
Thanks! When my kids were little they all had sets of Hadley plates, bowls, and mugs. We got it on vacation in Hilton Head, SC…in a little shop that carried walls and walls of it. Love the Loopy Mug!
Happy 4th Anniversary, Sheri! You’re amazing! May the Lord give you many more wonderful years at TLE! 🙂
So pretty!!! Who could resist Joy in the Morning?
I love the kit, and I LOVE Hadley Pottery! It was my mom’s kitchen dishes (I may have mentioned that before), and I have a set with my name on it that I’ve had since I was a baby. It’s wonderful stuff!!
I am soooo excited about this anniversary kit! The Hadley tumbler is adorable, but DIC yarn is to die for! This is my favorite color of blue, and I just can’t imaging Smooshy with cashmere! Can’t wait for mine to get here!!
LOVE this kit!!!! Just ordered mine and can’t wait to get it in the mail 🙂 Oh the poor mailman ;)=
I just ordered mine and I can’t wait to get the kit! I love pottery but I especially love the yarn! Happy 4th Anniversary.
Congrats Sheri and elves. So nice to know your business is thriving…. Shouldn’t have, but had to order. The mug is too cute to pass up.
My order is in! I didn’t even finish reading the post as soon as I saw the yarn picture and the words anniversary.
Congratulations on your anniversary and many more! (And yarn for all!)
Fabulous!! I LOVE the color of the DIC yarn and the tumbler is great. As always I know Debbie’s pattern will be great too. 🙂
All it took was one look at the color and I knew I had to have it! The pattern and mug are super bonuses but it’s all about the yarn baby!!!
Happy Anniversary again! I ordered my kit. That yarn!!!
Hugs to everyone.
I ordered mine too! Just LOVE the colorway of the yarn 🙂
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Thank you Sheri for picking my favorite color for your anniversary yarn!!! Oh and how I love the Loopy mug and sock pattern too! 4 years of anniversary kits have made it into my home and I plan on there being many more!! Continued success to the best yarn shop ever! We love Loopy and YOU!
This is gorgeous…but I anticipated nothing less! Mine is ordered. Happy, happy, happy anniversary! Continued growth and success.
I’ve ordered my kit too!! I’m so excited! Happy Anniversary, Sheri!
WOW!! You have outdone yourself with this anniversary kit!!!! Love the tumbler!!! And the yarn color!! Thanks!! Many more years of success!!
Happy Anniversary!
I love this kit.
Congratulations on your anniversary. I love the mug, and the yarn, of course. And PICK ME PLEASE!
Ida
The kit you’ve put together this year is great! The color is beautiful and the pottery piece is adorable!
happy happy anniversary! and congratulations too!
Happy anniversary! LOVE the kit.
The kit is wonderful! Now the big question, when will you have this yarn base in stock in all the wonderful DIC colors? 🙂
What a great little kit! I’m looking forward to seeing and *feeling* the sock yarn — the color looks refreshing, and 20% cashmere — yum! Will additional skeins of the yarn be available for purchase (thinking of another Traveling Woman or Multnomah or…)
Thanks and Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to all at Loopy Ewe! Hands down, my favorite yarny place to shop. I am looking forward to the kit, and trying that new yarn!
Cute kit! Funding will not allow me to order one this time, but maybe next year… and My B-day is still too far off…
Happy anniversary!
Just ordered the kit, can’t wait till it gets here. Happy Anniversary and thank you.
So cute–love the color and the CASHMERE! And it didn’t hurt that I had a Loopy credit either!
So glad to see you using the Hadley Pottery. I have loved this stuff since I was a kid, it always brings a smile to my face.
This kit was too hard to resist–so I didn’t! Happy Anniversary!
Oh Sheri, it’s just a lovely set.
The yarn color is so pretty and the name is really special, especially with your dad having painted the wall. It made me smile.
Congratulations!