Last night was our late-night shopping hours evening. We’re open later the first Thursday of each month. Some Thursday nights are crazy busy, and other nights are calm and laid back. Last night, we had a great group of knitters pop over from Illinois to hang out, shop, and knit. In that group there were experienced knitters and brand new knitters, which is always fun. Some of them were just learning to knit socks and were being encouraged and instructed by the more experienced knitters in their group.
But the unique thing about this group? Some of them were the very first in-person shoppers to visit The Loopy Ewe. Here’s a photo of their first trip, back when Loopy was just a teeny tiny corner of shelves in my basement. They could stand in the middle of it and reach any shelf and any skein of yarn. (I’m not exaggerating.) The thing is, I think they had just as much fun on that first visit as they did on this visit (and all of their visits in between). It doesn’t matter how many shelves of yarn you have – just getting knitting friends and yarn together pretty much guarantees that fun will follow.
I made up a couple of extra Spring Fling Goodie Bags, just so I could share them with you in a blog contest! This year’s bag was a clear vinyl tote with shoulder straps, that came with a yellow-checked Loopy Ewe Mug, a sample of hand lotion, a Loopy sticky note set, and a skein of Wollmeise in a variety of colorways. Would you like to win one? Just leave us a comment below and answer this question: How many years have you been knitting? We’ll draw for the Goodie Bag winners next week.
Sheri hopingyourweekendbringsyourelaxationandsometimetoknit!
Over 50, but who’s counting?!?
I’ve been knitting for almost 8 years now. And I love it more now than ever before.
I’ve been knitting for almost 7 years now! I learned in high school from a friend, but my knitting has really taken off over the past three years while my husband has studied his way through law school. He’s done now (graduated Saturday!) but I won’t stop knitting ever.
I’ve been a knitter for 35 years, but I’ve been a Knitter for almost 10 years.
My grandmother came to live with us after my grandfather passed away. She taught me to knit. That was over 40 years ago. I can still lose myself in my knitting and forget all the cares of the world. What a wonderful legacy from my grandmother!
My hands were sooo cold, my college roommate taught me to knit mittens the way her mother did. (Toasty warm) That was forty years ago. Sometimes no knitting in the years between but now I have sheep and spin wool for my mittens! J.
My mom taught me to knit at an early age and I pretty much turned my nose up to it. I would pick it up off and on through the years, but the last about 10 years it is absolutely my #1 favorite hobby/passion. So I’ve officially been knitting about 40 years, but really knitting about 10. 🙂
Learned to knit 49 years ago, but I’ve been knitting ‘real’ projects for 30 years.
I started knitting 4 years ago after I told a friend that I couldn’t figure it out. I figured my grandmother couldn’t knit so I definitely couldn’t (she had taught me to crochet when I was very little). This challenge in hand my friend taught me to knit in just a few lessons and I’ve been enjoying it since!
I started knitting while I was pregnant with my oldest daughter. That means that I have now been knitting for 12 years and counting.
i have been knitting for over 50 years
learned from my mother and nana
can remember going to the yarn shop as a little girl while the “yarn lady” harriet-wrote out the patterns-a little bit at a time to keep you coming back next week-that was after waiting for your turn-maybe an hour sometimes-but we all waited
I’ll celebrate my 5-year knittiversary this June!
4 1/2 years on this round. Do 3 years in the 80’s count?
I have been knitting for only 1 1/2 years, but I am addicted!!!!
My Irish grandmother taught me when I was 17… That was 23 years ago!!! I inherited all of her knitting stuff since neither my mother nor my sister knit. I think of her often when I knit…
Almost 30 years! And there is always something new to learn!
I want that package!! pretty please
I started knitting in the 90’s after seeing a how-to book @ Walmart. Internet was just beginning to bloom & the age of information hadn’t fully kicked in. But I had my first book & its been yarn love ever since.
i taught myself when i was in high school… so… since maybe 14? that makes it 26 years!
And last year i started fairisle… so there is always something new and iteresting to learn
Almost 6 years as a serious knitter, have been dabbling for 14 probably (when I knew how to knit and purl, but only occasionally knit)
Knitting for 10, Crocheting since I can remember! My new addiction is spinning on a spindle! 🙂
I have been knitting for about 10/11 years. And I won’t be slowing down anytime soon!
I have only been knitting about 3 years now. I crocheted about 20 years before ever learning how to knit, but knitting is my passion now. I love it!
4 years!
I’m game for a contest!
I started my first project in May 2007, so I’ve been “a knitter” for four years now. Coincidentally, that’s also about how long I’ve been a lapsed quilter!
I have been knitting for 25 years.
I’m not quite sure, but I think 8 years. Crochet is still a mystery to me. 🙂
I’ve been knitting for 20 years. Which is no mean feat, considering I am 24. Mum taught me when I was 4 because I kept pestering her while she was knitting…I guess she figured if I learned, I would keep to myself and she could finish her projects. 😉
I have been knitting on and off since around 1999/2000. I didn’t get really in to it until after I finished school and had more free time. It was like I didn’t know what to do with myself so I just knit more.
I have been knitting for 5 years. It was the socks that really drew me in.
I learned when I was about 10 , but became serious about knitting in my 20’s, so I’d have to say I’ve been knitting around 35 years!
I’ve been knitting for about 5 years now, but it feels both longer and shorter, depending on how well my current project is going! 😉
I learned how to knit from my mom when I was eight or nine so that means that I have known how to knit for about fifteen years.
I’ve been knitting since 2004, so for about 7 years now. It just keeps getting better, the more I learn.
I learned from my mother 58 years ago but it seems like yesterday and still gives me great pleasure.
I taught myself three years ago, right before my son was born!
I have been knitting 40 years yesterday, as I learned to knit when I was 13 🙂
almost 7 years!!!!
I have been knitting for 5 years. My knitting birthday is October, 2006.
What a fun contest … I’ve been knitting since 1993, technically, though I didn’t start knitting seriously until 2006. So technically 18 years (gosh), but really more like 5.
I’ve been knitting about 35 years.
How exciting is this. I have been knitting for the past 2.5 years. I’m still a newbie.
I’ve been knitting for 40 years. I was introduced to knitting earlier by a friend’s mom, but really learned to knit at a small yarn/craft store in Killeen, TX, as a new bride.
Five years…and getting better!
I’ve been knitting – knitting seriously – for 43 years, and don’t think I didn’t check that number, kids. I learned as a child, but didn’t start knitting with an awareness of making fabric and shaping garments until I was in junior high. Now I wish I hadn’t done the arithmetic.
Now to go look at some colors….
It came as a total shock to realize I learned to knit 50 years ago! Mother taught me the basics when I was 7 years old and we lived in England.
I learned to knit when my sister found out she was expecting my nephew, who is now ten!
My sister taught me to knit 53 years ago with 2 nails and a piece of string.
I started knitting when my mother taught me nearly 60 years ago. I knit off and on through my teens. Knit two sweaters for my husband before we were married (we still have them), knit sweaters and blankets for our young children and so on. I always knitted but started up again with a non-stop fervor about ten years ago. Now I knit every day and, when I am not working or knitting, I am thinking about knitting.
I have been knitting off and on since the 7th grade. That would be 41 years. (Geez, that makes me feel old!)