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Lorna’s Laces, Addi Sock Rockets, GoKnit Bags and More!

by Sheri BergerJuly 1, 2013July 8, 20153 Comments

We have plenty of fun new things for you to try in tonight’s Monday Update! We just added in:

Addi Sock Rockets – these needles were developed just for sock knitters. They come with extra pointy tips that are plated with the same shiny nickel that gives the classic Add Turbo its incomparable zip! Available in three different circular needle lengths – 24″, 32″ and 40″ and sizes 0 (2.0 mm) – 3 (3.25 mm).

Bamboo Pop – a new sportweight line that is 50% bamboo and 50% cotton, perfect for summer/lightweight knits, kid knits, and knits for people who are allergic to wool. Each skein comes 292 yards to the ball. Do you need some pattern ideas? Try the Sarah Top, Spring Break Trapeze Tank, Cotton Bam Boo Kudzu Shawlette, Looped Loop, or Uhura.

Lorna’s Laces – we have the new summer colors in several of the different bases, as well as re-stocks in Shepherd Sock and Pearl, and new colors in Haymarket.

Soak – a new kit from Soak! This one comes with an exclusively dyed skein of sock yarn from Lorna’s Laces, a great sock pattern designed by Fiona Ellis, a bottle of nail polish for your toes, a tub of Heel Creme in the Peppermint scent, and a small bottle of Soak for washing your handknits. The Grape kit is now available, and they have two more planned in the coming weeks (which we also have on order.)

Knowknits – a re-stock of the popular GoKnit project bags in all sizes and colors. The small size is perfect for socks and hats on the go. The medium size works well for shawls, stoles, scarves, and kids projects. The large size is for sweaters, blankets and afghans, or multiple projects. The drawstring close on the top insures that everything stays tucked inside, safe and sound!

Malabrigo – re-stocks on the Sock fingering weight base. We love the colors, and they are great for socks, but also very popular for one-skein shawls. You might try: Damson, Abyssal, Light and Up, Falling Water Scarf, or Scylla Socks.

Saki Bamboo – a self-striping fingering weight yarn that is made up of 50% Superwash Merino, 25% Bamboo, and 25% Nylon. The colors are fun, the bamboo gives the yarn a slight bit of sheen or liveliness, and the nylon adds extra strength for socks. You’ll have fun knitting this up!

Knitter’s Pride – all needles re-stocked for you!

Rowan Fine Art Collection – a wonderful pattern book full of 14 sock and accessory designs using Rowan’s new Fine Art fingering weight yarn.

Enjoy checking out the new things tonight, and we’ll get your orders pulled and packed up tomorrow. You know we love seeing what you pick out.

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The Loopy Ewe Giftables Club

by Sheri BergerJanuary 16, 2013March 4, 201320 Comments

Is it ever too soon to begin gift knitting for the next round of birthdays and holidays? We think not! To help you get some projects done and set aside for future gifting, we’ve developed our first Giftables Club and we’re excited to share it with you.

This is a 3 month club with shipments going out mid-February, mid-March, and mid-April. We’ve designed three projects that are perfect for gift giving (even if you are gifting it to yourself, which is perfectly acceptable). Each month you’ll receive an exclusively dyed luxury yarn (valued from $29.75 – $36.00), a pattern written just for that yarn, and a fun little extra tucked in. The cost of the club is $40 per month, plus shipping. Two of the months include patterns that are suitable for the gal friends in your life, and one month will include a pattern that will work for either guys or gals. If you’d like to be a part of the Club, we ask that you commit to purchasing all three months of it. We don’t need payment yet. You’ll receive an email each month when the package is ready to ship out to you, and you can pay at that time. If all that sounds good and you’re ready for 3 months of giftable kits with beautiful yarn, you can sign up by clicking here. (Now sold out! We will have another round of the Giftables Club this Fall. No worries.)

We hope you enjoy this as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it all together for you. Mid-February will be here soon and we’ll be sending the first package out to you!

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Time to Knit?

by Sheri BergerOctober 29, 2012March 5, 20139 Comments

We’ve been thinking about you East Coasters all day, and hoping that you stay safe and warm and dry. (The stash is in a safe place, right?) What a storm to ride out. We’ll stay on top of the news and do let us know that you’re doing ok!

It’s Monday, but we don’t have an Update tonight. (I know!) Although we have lots and lots on order, we just didn’t get much in last week to put up. Maybe the UPS and FedEx people got together and decided to stockpile our new shipments, to get a week off? Of course you realize we still have thousands and thousands of skeins of yarn nestled on the shelves here at Loopy, ready to hop in a package and fly on over to your home, right? So it’s not like you have nothing to choose from without a Monday Update. Since some of you are home-bound with Hurricane Sandy, I thought I’d take the time to start our holiday gift knitting discussion, and give you some fun possibilities. You might get some good knitting time in over the next week. (Maybe by candlelight.)

Teacher Gift Ideas: A cute stuffed apple, 3D Apple Bookmark, Apple Coasters, or an apple cozy in Cascade 220 Superwash 808 and 887. Of course you don’t have to make them something apple-themed. You could also opt for a fingerless mitts like Susie Roger’s Reading Mitts (in Cascade Eco Alpaca for soft mitts in neutral colors that go with all coat colors, or Dream in Color’s Everlasting DK for some color pop), or Cafe au Lait mitts (tucked into a new coffee mug with a Starbucks coupon, in Road to China Light, shown here in Carnelian), or the Cabled Pattern Wrist Warmers from Drops, which remind me of a favorite cabled turtleneck for your hands (perfect in Madelinetosh Sport).

Your favorite female friends and relatives: Besides those fun mitts patterns, you might also consider:

Cowls like Biscuit (done in luscious cashmere from Jade Sapphire’s line), or Abstract Leaves Cowl (in Lorna’s Laces Solemate, shown here in South Shore, which will help to regulate the hot/cold, and with the option of beads), or a Brighton (in your favorite multi-color from Three Irish Girls Adorn or Glenhaven), or a Byzantine (in The Loopy Ewe Solid Series colors).

Scarves like Falling Water (in Shalimar Breathless), or Favorite Scarf Ever (in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock), or Tiger Eyes (in Shalimar Zoe Sock), or the Rill Scarf (in Prism Lace).

Shawls like Cinnamon Toast (in Stonehedge Shepherd’s Wool DK), or Trillion (in Mountain Colors Bearfoot, shown here in Sapphire Trail), or Lightwaves (in Kauni Multi and Kauni Solid), or Topiary (in Madelinetosh Pashmina Worsted).

I know it would be helpful to start all of the gift knitting in January, but despite my best intentions, it never happens. Why? Because I scurry around and make gifts in November and December and then figure I want to knit something for myself, come January. One of these years I’ll learn (plan, execute) better. But not yet. Next week I’ll give you some pattern ideas for the guys in your life. Are you making a lot of gifts this year? And did you plan better than I did?

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