Posts by Grant Webster
What the world needs now π΅
What does the world need now (besides a vaccine)? In a word: Yarn. Or to put it closer to the famous song…What the world needs now is love. Loops love! ππ If you’re reading this, you’re likely feeling grateful for your yarn and all the benefits that come with knitting. With so many stuck at…
Read MoreJoji makes a special appearance π€©
Since everyone could use some extra smiles and yarn in their lives right about now, we’ve put together a slightly extended version of the Scoop for you this week. Last Friday we revealed our new Hot Loops wall for spring – 12 new, pretty projects with yarns hand-dyed for us by Emma’s Yarns. We were…
Read MoreRe-opened, just in time π
While our Loops store remains closed to protect our loved ones, we’re shipping a whole lot of happy yarn packages around the world. And this tells us one thing: We all need our yarn right now, more than ever. And even more than that, we need each other. So we have decided to re-open our…
Read MoreMask and they shall receive π
By now, you know that our health care workers are running short on masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). We want to help! Join us in a make-along and help raise funds for PPE for our health care workers on the front lines. Fifty percent of all sales of this yarn will go to…
Read MoreA lifeline made of yarn π
Dear friends, All around the world, as we brace for the worst yet hope for the best… We have put together this little message that we hope will be a lifeline in the form of yarn. With resources and pretty pictures to help you pass the time more peacefully, immersed in your passion. Free Stars…
Read MoreFun, Fast and Free πππ
We know of a place… A place where knitters support…laugh…learn… A safe place to show off your creativity, and to be inspired. You’ve had the power to go there all along π – you just have to believe in yourself… And join us in LoopsClub! This week *only* we are opening signups for LoopsClub…it’s the…
Read MoreA Kit with Star Power! π
Six years ago, we started a little Club that’s become so much more than yarn… Itβs literally a whole world of of support for your personal yarn journey – wherever you might be on the path. π π Daily connection and 24/7/365 encouragement fromΒ fiber friends around the world… Concierge support from your favorite local-turned-global yarn…
Read MoreMystery Guests revealed! π₯Έ
By now, you might have heard that 8 knitting superstars will be attending the Grand Opening of our Knit Stars Flagship Store, Oct. 1-2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Weβd love for you to come too, and join us in the celebration!Β You can get more details and RSVP right here). But I bet you’re also wondering about…THE…
Read MoreTwo-color cables with Vincent π€©
This past couple of weeks, the knitting world fell in love with Tom Daley, the Olympic gold medalist and British diver who knits to calm his nerves between dives. At about the same time that Tomβs story went viral, I was in Atlanta filming with anotherΒ Knit StarΒ on the rise – Vincent Williams, the visionary behind…
Read MoreCome hang out with these 9 Stars π«π
βIf you build it, they will come.β Remember this line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams? In the movie, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he canβt ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. With the help of his wife, he begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield…
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