We are celebrating 10 years of Loopy-ness this month! It seems like so long ago that we started The Loopy Ewe in a little corner of our basement. You can see just about the whole corner in this photo. Small but colorful, and we enjoyed lots of happy knitters dropping in to shop! Here it is in 2006.
After a few months, we had to take over the rest of the basement. At this point, our Loopy friend James coined the term “Loopy Elves” for the wonderful people that pull and pack your orders, and the name stuck. We have always had great Loopy Elves.
We had lots of boxes going out of the house. Sometimes they filled the front hallway. Other times we stacked them in the living room. Sometimes we called in my parents to HELP!!! with all of the orders, especially during Sock Club shipments.
After a year in the house, we moved Loopy out of the house and into space about 3 blocks away. It was so nice to have more room!
That lasted about a year, and then we needed more space, so they broke through a wall at Loopy and added in more space for us. We also added in the whole line of Cascade 220 and filled those cubbies before adding in all of the extra yarn shelves into that space. (We still have all of those cubbies filled with Cascade 220!)
In December of 2011, we packed everything up (and by “we”, I mean the movers) and hauled the whole shop out to Fort Collins, CO. Paul and I have always loved the mountains, and Fort Collins reminded us of the hometown we grew up in in Iowa. It took a huge moving van and part of another to get all of Loopy out there, but we were up and shipping again within the week. Loopy kept a close eye on things.
We had found a big, bright, cheerful space with a view of the mountains outside the windows. (I can hardly remember when it looked like this. It didn’t take us long to add in more shelves, move the packing station, and move the Sit and Knit area. But this is what it looked like at first.)
After three years of adding more and more shelves for yarn, we decided to also add fabric to the shopping options at Loopy, and boy, that has been fun as well. Once again we went through the knocking down of walls and adding in more space. It looked so empty in there before we got all of the fabric in!
Now our shop is full to the brim with colorful yarn and beautiful fabrics and lots of temptations. (Or at least I’m constantly tempted by things as I walk around the shop every day. My yarn and fabric stashes are out of control awesome!)
We have loved having all of you along for the ride with us these past ten years. Your support, encouragement, purchases, photo sharing and referrals have been wonderful and are always always appreciated. It’s why we have a Loopy Rewards Program year-round. We appreciate you 365 days a year! Our yarn companies and vendors often say, “You guys have the BEST customers!” and we wholeheartedly agree. You are the best.
Now we are looking forward to the next ten years of Loopy-ness, and of course sharing that with all of you. There is always something going on around here and we love sending you Boxes of Fun with new things for your projects and stash.
CONTEST: We have giveaways to celebrate our anniversary! New Kauni colors, a Loopy Swag prize, a Loopy Solid Series Bonanza, Loopy Gift Certificates, and more. We’ll announce winners next week. To enter, leave a comment below.
Did you pick up our Tenth Anniversary Kit already? We’ve shipped a lot out, but we ordered a lot so there are still plenty left. You will love the exclusive Knerd String skein and fun project bag. Also, we have a new Loopy Solid Series arriving this fall, so all current Solid Series skeins are in Last Call at 25% off. We need to make room, so get them while you can!
Sheri and The Loopy Ewe Crew
Wow! Congrats on 10 years! What an amazing journey and look forward to hitching a ride on any and all continued adventures you embark on.
Congratulations on 10 years of fiber goodness. Your products & staff are outstanding. Ten years ago a friend taught a group of ladies to knit, plunging me into a whole new world.
Congrats on your move. Hope to visit at some point! Looks terrific.
Congratulations to Loopy and Sheri! I can’t believe it has been ten years! I still have my skein of the very first Anniversary yarn! Seems like just yesterday! Hoping you’ll have many more years to come!
Happy Anniversary! You’re a great business and I love being a Loopy Ewe customer! Here’s to 10 more wonderful years!
Congratulations on a successful 10 years! I hope to visit your store in person one day. I visit my son in Denver for 2 weeks each year. I may have to plan a day trip to Fort Collins!
Happy anniversary and congratulations! You’ve built a wonderful shop!
Congratulations on 10 years!
Congratulations on your first 10 years! Hopefully many more 10-year anniversaries to follow!
Congratulations! You always have such a great selection and amazing service – it is a pleasure to shop with you!
Grats on 10 years!
I can’t believe its been 10 years either. I’ve been shopping with you almost that long!! You’re still my favorite on-line yarn store!!!!
I got to visit the shop for the first time this summer as we traveled back to California from Minnesota. Everyone was so kind and the yarn, oh my goodness! I hope to visit again. Congratulations on 10 years!!
Congrats to the best shop out there! 🙂
Happy Anniversary and congrats, love getting a fun box ❤️
Congratulations and many thanks for all the happy hard work the whole “extended family” has put forth through the past ten years. Everyone has participated in making The Loopy Ewe great. We all have encouraged each other to make wonderful artful love filled completed, yet to bet completed or…never to be completed projects and learning accomplishments. It is “all good” and “good” has been learned and felt by one and all. Together through “Flings”, camps, Academy, and gatherings and time in store there have been lessons learned, tears shed, giggles and laughter by means of virtual and real time moments. Ten cheers for all! Tim Tam Slam if you can! Keep on knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, sewing , quilting, felting, and so on.
What a great story! All of my LYS have closed their doors and I miss going in to squish new yarns or sit and knit with others.
I was fortunately able to get to shop ( although not long enough) at the Loopy Ewe the end of May.
You have a beautiful shop, and I’m looking forward to visiting again on my next trip to CO.
Congratulations on your 10th Anniversary !!! I love to go to your store and look at all of your yarns, colors and beautiful knitted items and all the supplies. Your employees are very helpful and very knowledgeable and very kind every time I have visited. My problem is I live too far away from you but since my daughters live there, I get to go there every time I am there. Keep up the good work.
Wow! Have you ever grown over the years. You must offer very good service to spread your name so well. Thanks for being a dependable shop.
Happy 10th!
Congrats on ten years!! I love seeing your emails in my inbox snd reading the blog.
Congratulations and happy 10 year anniversary!
Happy 10 years!
Happy Anniversary and thanks for all the fun! I wouldn’t dream of going anywhere else.
Congratulations on 10 years. Hope there are many more to come.
Such a great variety of yarn . Love to shop here.
I have been in awe of all you all for years. Congratulations on 10 years. !
What a transformation..your shop looks well organized. I will be sure to visit if I come by that way..thanks for being there
I am so glad that you moved to Colorado. I consider Loopy Ewe my LYS even though I am three hours away. Congrats on a great business.
I am so glad I found you all online! You have great customer service and fast shipping. I will continue to order from the Loopy Ewe for all of my knitting yarn and accessories.
Congratulations on 10 years! That is awesome.
I love that you’ve grown so much, but you guys haven’t lost that personal touch! I’ve been ordering since 2007 (and in fact I still have leftovers from one of those first skeins!!!) and I’ll be ordering for as long as you have yarn to sell! <3
Congrats from Westminster… still need to make the trip up I-25 to visit the store in FtC!
Congratulations! I hope to make it to see you in person before another 10 years goes by. Until then, I’ll enjoy your posts, emails, and online shopping!
Wow – 10 years. Congratulations and thanks for a chance to win
I loved the trip through memory lane. Here’s hoping that the next ten years are even better!
I wish I still lived in Colorado! I love the Loopy Ewe!
Happy Anniversary! Keep the great yarn coming!
Congratulations, although I have to admit once I started driving back and forth to NW Arkansas via St Louis you were on my list to visit. Unfortunately for me that was about the same time you packed up for Colorado.
So I will dream of making it to Colorado.
Congratulations of your anniversary! It shows dedication and love of the needle craft! Wishing you many, many more!
Congrats on 10 years! I wish you continued success and hope I will be able to celebrate another ten with you!!
Happy anniversary! Love your yarn and fabric!
Congratulations on completing 10 years. Which incidentally coincides with completing ten years in knitting.
I wish the best for you to continue growing in this wonderful artsy, craftsy field.
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Happy Anniversary! I am thrilled to (virtually) be here, your yarns are stunning and man-what an interesting timeline ya’ll have!
Congrats!
Wow! Ten years and still going strong. Congratulations on your success and hard work.
Happy Anniversary! May the next ten years be just as full and productive for you guys!
Always so nice to hear you enthusiasm for color, great yarn (and fabric), and a wonderful business. Congrats and best wishes for the next 10 years!
Happy Anniversary!!!! You are a great yarn shop. Keep up the good work.
Wow! You sure have grown a lot in 10 years! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your anniversary! And I hope you have as many more years as makes you happy
(Please don’t enter me for prizes as I have won a prize previously)