…. so many things! But I’ll give you the ones that (mostly) relate to The Loopy Ewe:
1. I’m thankful for all of YOU. We would have no business without you. You keep us on our toes, and you make stocking the shop fun. You’re at the top of our list and we’re always happy to have you here.
2. The indie dyers who trust us to represent and showcase their beautiful lines. Such talent in that group, and we’re grateful to share their art with you.
3. The “big” yarn companies who are so wonderful to work with. (Big is in quotes because even though they are big, most all of them work hard to be personal and friendly in all of their dealings.)
4. Coffee and chocolate. There might be a little stress going on with this cross-country December move of ours, and coffee and chocolate are helping. (I know that I should say knitting is helping, too, but my knitting time is going to be limited for a bit….). Coffee and chocolate are staples in our Loopy kitchen.
5. The St. Louis Loopy Elves. They’re forever a part of the Loopy family (meaning their impact here will last forever, but it also means that they get a Forever Loopy Employee Discount, and a forever free place to stay when they want to visit Colorado in the future. Also? A forever job if they realize that they’re tired of the St. Louis humidity next summer and want to move to the mountains. I keep hoping.).
6. The moving company that will be taking all of Loopy’s earthly possessions and driving it cross-country in a week or so. If you see a bright yellow Exodus moving van in Missouri/Kansas/Colorado the first weekend in December, you might want to ambush it and plunder the yarn. (On second thought, don’t plunder. Let’s make sure it arrives safe and sound in one piece.)
7. Your patience. I know you don’t like No-Update Mondays. I don’t either. But we are stockpiling a bunch of great yarn for our first post-move December update here in Colorado, on the 12th!
8. Stash enhancing. Ok – beyond the coffee and chocolate stress busters, I’m also picking yarn to add to my stash. I might not be able to knit for a bit, but I can still dream about future projects in wonderful colors. And I do have cases and cases of yarn sitting at my house, waiting for your next Monday Update. What’s a knitter to do?
9. The Colorado Loopy Elves. They know they have a lot to live up to (because they know you all love the St. Louis Elves) but they are ready for the challenge. I promise you, they are bringing their own kind of awesome to The Loopy Ewe. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
10. A long holiday weekend with my family. Nothing is as refreshing as spending time with the people I love the most. I hope you’re doing the same!
In honor of my Top Ten Gratitude List, we’re giving away 5 prizes. I’ve picked out 5 skeins from 5 different indie dyers and we’ll pick five winners. Will you be one? Leave a comment and let us know what you’re thankful for, even if you’re not celebrating an official Thanksgiving holiday this week! Prize winners will be announced on Friday’s blog (where we’ll have another Gratitude Week giveaway).
We have five winners of a copy of the Skinner Hat from Monday’s blog, and I’ve emailed the winners. Congratulations to Analiese in NY, Anna in WA, Lael in WI, Sarah in AL and Lisa in VA!
Sheri wishingthoseintheU.S.aHappyThanksgiving!
(P.S. So that the Loopy Elves can enjoy a long weekend with their own families, we won’t be shipping orders today, Thursday and Friday. You can still place orders 24/7, and we’ll ship them out on Monday and Tuesday of next week.)
Above all, I am thankful for the freedom to give thanks for God, for each and everything in my life. God continues to bless us in many ways. We cannot count them all.
Thanks The Loopy Ewe for being a great LYS for so many of us.
Ruby
I am thankful for my life–my family, my home, my dogs, my job, I am thankful as well for knitting, as it keeps me sane.
I am so very thankful for my family and especially my Dad who has helped me with advice over many years, for my friends near and far who have laughed and cried with me, for the many different life experiences that I have enjoyed and those that I have not enjoyed but learned something beating my way through and finding a path out, for the skills that were gifted to me, for the music that surrounds each of us (we just have to listen), for the German Shepherd dogs that I have lived with and the ones that I have yet to spend time together, for the warm days, the raining days and especially the sunny days, for a roof over my head, food in the fridge and wine in my glass, and last but not least for being an American and living in this Great Country!
I’m thankful for well wishes from my family even though I can’t be with them over the holidays.
I’m thankful for so many things big and small around me. Life has it’s ups and downs ……I’m glad that God is watching over me and guiding me. Also, .I’m thankful for the support of my family, friends through sad and happy times. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Good luck with the move, and a shout out to the St Louis Elves – you guys are awesome!
I am happy that I don’t have to travel for Thanksgiving and that someone else is making dinner this year.
I’m thankful for my family– my grandfather passed away this week, but I will be with most of the extended family for thanksgiving where we’ll be able to celebrate his life together.
I’m so thankful that 10 years ago I stopped a coworker and asked her where she got her sweater :). She showed me the basics, and knitting has become a huge part of my life since then!
So very thankful for my family.
I am thankful for my husband and daughter and our new little one on the way. Of course I’m also thankful that I have hands to knit with.
I am Thankful for my wonderful family and this week when we all gather in Milwaukee.
And I’m thankful for knitting and all the beautiful yarns I have.
I am so thankful for 1. knowing Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour 2. my husband and children 3. my parents and sister 4. being able to be a homemaker and teacher 5. the ability to knit and sew 5. lots of friends who put up with me.
I’m thankful for YOU, Sheri, and for The Loopy Ewe, and the elves. I love explaining to people that my favorite yarn store is in St. Louis (now CO). 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
i’m thankful for having the entire weekend off for the first time in 16 years. i’m thankful that all my furry family are healthy. many of my good friends have lost theirs lately and it makes me cherish mine all the more.
I am thankful for my family but equally thankful for those that I consider family. Not being able to travel this year makes those friends that are “family” doubly important. Hope everyone has a healthy and happy Thanksgiving with people they care about nearby!
I am thankful for my family, my friends, the start of my new business, and for knitting! Combined, they give me love, support, camaraderie, income and peace! And, of course, I am immensely thankful for Sheri and the Elves for bringing so much joy into my life!
I am thankful for my family and friends, my ability to knit and stash acquision beyond lifetime quest
So thankful for my family and I get to see all of them this Holiday! Also we’ve added to the family this year and welcome a son-in-law. :^)
I’m thankful for the new job that took me out of the very nice, but gloomy northwest to the sunny southwest- goodbye SAD-, as well as the financial security and the new knitter friends I’ve found here. I’m also thankful for Pepper the cat- she’s a firecracker and a lot of fun!
As many others have said before, I am thankful for my friends and family and that I have a wonderful with great co-workers. I’m also thankful I have off the next four days, whoo hoo!
I’m thankful for my husband, sister and family. I’m thankful that we are now both gainfully employed – after a couple rough years of layoffs.
I have a lot to be thankful for….my family, especially my one and only grandson! I’m greatful to be employed, to have a roof over my head and for my cat. Oh wait…and for my great stash!! 🙂 Well??!!!!!!!!!! lol
I’m thankful for my wonderful home in Colorado, soon to be enhanced by The Loopy Ewe, and that even tho’ I’m not spending the holiday with them, all my family back East are well and happy and having the traditional big family dinner while I go hiking!
I’m thankful for family, pets, electronics, wine, and YARN! I’m especially thankful that TLE has moved to Colorado. Happy Thanksgiving to all the St. Louis elves, and the new elves, and to you and your family, Sheri!
I’m very thankful for my family and the wonderful people I work with each day.
I’m so thankful that my husband is recovering nicely from his surgery.
I’m thankful that I’m home at 3:30 on a Wednesday and that I have no obligations for the next two days.
I’m thankful for my family, that they’re all healthy and happy. I’m thankful that I have a job working with wonderful people and that I sometimes have extra money to buy yarn. I’m thankful for the person who taught me to knit so many years ago and I’m thankful for all of the fantastic people that I’ve met because of knitting.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, enjoy your family 🙂
I’m thankful for my husband and son, my health, home and job. Oh yeah, and cashmere!
I’m thankful for all the wonderful knitting friends I met on line…and many of them from the Spring Fling!
I’m thankful for all of my Ravelry friends, for TLE and for my family. Also for my knitting which keeps me sane. 🙂
I’m most thankful that both of my sons will be coming home for Thanksgiving.
I’m thankful for my family near and far, they are all close in my heart. And for an extra day off for knitting!
I am thankful my wonderful husband who has been to one grocery store or another many times this week, picking up ingredients for all the things I wanted to make for Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for a wonderful job where they let leave early on the day before Thanksgiving, so I have more time to cook. I’m thankful for a deep and interesting stash of yarn, so I don’t have to worry about what I want to work with next.
Everything, life is good.
I’m thankful for all the sock designers and sock yarn suppliers in the world.
I’m thankful that my oldest son will be home from college tonight to share Thanksgiving with his younger brother, his dad and I. It will be nice to have everyone sleeping under one roof, even if it’s only for the long holiday weekend! 🙂
I’m thankful for knitting blogs.
I’m thankful for the people who love me. They aren’t many, but their quality more than makes up for that. Seriously, someone who’ll take you to the first half of the fourth “Twilight” movie when they haven’t seen any of the movies or read any of the books? That’s love.
I’m also thankful for a clean fridge. It was a science experiment in there.
And I’m thankful for you and the Elves and your awesome family. You’re wonderful people who turn everyday commerce into an act of love. Give yourselves a round of hugs from me!
I’m thankful for my kids, my husband the house daddy, my job when so many others don’t have one, and the Internet for letting me get “real” yarn!
I am thankful for family & friends and to live in our wonderful country
i am thankful for all my friends and family that i can count on. i am also thankful for my work family since they can put up with me!!
I am thankful for so much. Our pastor said one Sunday what if all you had was the stuff that you thanked God for, it made me think that I don’t thank Him as much as I should.
I am thankful for my husband, my three wonderful kids that don’t mind when I am silly, the friends I have made through knitting and God. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving with your family.
I am grateful for my family…and as my kids race thru middle and high school, I am grateful fr every minute spent with them!
Even though my twins are currently ‘playing’ on their recorders while I am trying to listen to the news I am so happy to have them! Really!
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I am thankful for learning how to knit.
I’m thankful for my family, especially since there are two fewer of us this year, but I’m thankful for the love and time I spent with those who have passed on. And I’m thankful for yarn and knitting and the solace it can bring when the world is a sad, grey place.
I am thankful for a job, my mom, my pets, heat, warm jammies, good food,people at local establishments who know me, The Loopy Ewe, music, laughter, good friends, and modern medicine. Among other things… 😀
I am thankful for a stable job that I enjoy; my family and friends; and the ability to spend a little extra money on yarn to knit up gorgeous items for myself, family and friends.