Well I’m still working on my June Camp Loopy Project (Knit Night out of Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere and beads). But some of you have finished and already submitted your photos! Here are just a few of the early finishers:
It’s fun to see the photos coming in and the projects being completed. Congratulations to all of you so far!
One thing we often say while packing up orders: “I wish it was required for them to send us a photo of the project when they’re done!” Because so often we just love the colors you’ve picked and we want to see what you’re doing with them. We have fun guessing! So Camp Loopy is extra fun, because we DO get to see so many of them in their finished state.
Just a reminder, Camp Store Week for July Camp Loopy ends at midnight tomorrow night (June 18), so get your projects picked and your orders in!
It always seems like we just started in on June Camp Loopy (and we did – June 1!), but remember way back in the second week of May when you picked your pattern and yarn for June? Well now it’s time to do that for July!
The July Challenge:
We are celebrating The Botany Lab, The Zoology Lab and The Entomology Lab in July.
Your project needs to reflect plants, or animals, or insects.
You can show this representation in the colors you pick, or the color name, or the pattern itself, or the pattern name, or the designer name.
You need to use a minimum of 600 yards of yarn, single knit or crocheted (not held double).
Have a pattern that you were hoping to do? Pick a flower color, or a plant color, or an animal color to knit it out of.
Have a yarn that you were hoping to use? Pick a pattern named after your favorite flower, or your favorite pet, or your favorite insect (Do you have a favorite insect??).
We want you to knit things that you love. As long as you can justify how your yarn or pattern or name fits the challenge, we’ll go with it. 🙂
July Camp Store Week: June 11-18
If you are participating in Camp Loopy, you are eligible for 15% off the yarn for your Camp project. You will need to leave us an order note telling us which yarn you are using for your project, so we know which one to apply the 15% Camp Discount to.
Reminders:
To be eligible for Camp Loopy Rewards, your July project needs to be started no earlier than July 1, 2020 and finished no later than July 31, 2020, with a photo of the finished project uploaded to our Camp Loopy Photo Gallery by midnight on August 1st. In addition, the project yarn used needs to be purchased from The Loopy Ewe June 11, 2020 or later.
Jump into the Camp Loopy 2020 Chatter thread on Ravelry or The Loopy Ewe Knitting Circle group on Facebook if you’d like to chat with other campers about your project ideas for July. On July 1, we’ll start The Botany Lab, The Zoology Lab and The Entomology Lab threads on Ravelry so you can keep up with others working on similar projects.
We have beautiful colors of yarn up for you today, and we hope it brings a smile to your face. It’s also Camp Cast On Day for our June projects. A colorful day all around. We just added in;
We also have Casapinka Kits available for Bronwyn’s new Hug Shot Shawl (free pattern with purchase – details on the blog). The Breathe and Hope kits also work for the new Hug Shot!
Today is Camp Cast On Day for Camp Loopy June projects
Did you start yours yet? I am starting tonight after work and can’t wait! It’s not too late to join in on the fun. Here is the blog post which details the June Challenge and Camp Loopy Rewards.
Loopy’s Periodic Table
To make things more fun, we came up with Loopy’s Periodic Table for you to fill out this summer! Email us a copy of your completed worksheet and we’ll enter you into a drawing for a Surprise End of Camp Box of Fun Prize!
We thought it would be fun to keep track of new patterns you come across as you see what others are working on, new yarn lines from Loopy that you’d like to try in the future, posting on one of our social media channels to stay connected to others, knitting for an hour or more for 30 different days this summer, and tracking your yardage on all three Camp projects this summer. Does that sound fun?
To fill it out: Add pattern names and yarn names you want to try in the left and right square sections. Add dates in the posts and days of knitting middle square sections. Mark off with x’s or colors the yardage squares as you complete your Camp projects.
Click below to download the pdf and start getting it filled out!
Did you hear about our Camp Loopy 2020 theme yet? We’re all headed to Science Camp this summer!
Loopy donned his lab coat and goggles, has warmed up the Bunsen burners and lined up the test tubes. He is ready to see what knitting concoctions you can come up with for your June Project. Remember – this is a virtual knitting camp, and it’s our tenth year of hosting it. Perfect for staying in, but also for staying connected with knitters all over the world.
We will be sharing monthly challenges for June, July, and August.
Click on this blog post, which gives all of the details. You’re welcome to join in for one month, two months, or all three months!
Ideas for the June Challenge
The June challenge includes combining elements to make something new. What does that look like?
Or you can combine two different yarn materials together. (Combine different weights, or combine different bases. Or add a different material like beads to your yarn project, etc.). Here are some ideas – From Ravelry: Ashbury Park Shawl, Imagine When (beads on points), Lily of the Valley Shawl, Morningstar, Calan Mai (combining two weights plus beads!), Charmayne, and Musicality (with beads).
Or you can combine two different patterns together to make something unique. Like taking the neckline from one sweater and adding it to another. Or the stitch pattern from one thing, and combining it with another pattern. Or the edging from one shawl to add to another. There are so many options with this one!
New Rewards this year
We have a fun new reward for Campers this year, and of course we have a Kids Camp version as well.
Pop over to this blog post: It’s Camp Loopy Time! There are more details on the challenges, finishes, and dates that you will need to know. The Camp Store Week discount ends Tuesday at midnight (but of course you can order Camp supplies any time after that without the discount).
Camp Loopy Summer Chatter
Join in on the Camp Loopy chatter via our Facebook Loopy Ewe Knitting Circle or our Ravelry Loopy Groupie group. It has been fun to see what everyone else is going to be working on, starting June 1. You can also watch our Facebook Live videos once or twice a week, where I’ll be sharing my Camp progress.
Get a cute Camp Button in your Camp order
Be sure to leave us an order note indicating which yarn in your order is for Camp. We’ll send along one of these cute little Camp pins to add to your project bag.
More Camp Loopy Swag
You might also want to order a Science Camp Bag Tag to help identify the bag as a Camp Loopy project. And if you need a new project bag just for Camp, our Vintage Camp Loopy Bag is pretty cool.
We have lots of fun plans for Camp Loopy this summer. I hope you’ll join us!
