Have you had to forgo a vacation this year, thanks to world events? You’re not alone. We feel you. 💗 But there just might be an upside to that lost vacation – a little extra cash sitting in the vacation fund. Might we suggest turning that missed trip into your own personal Cashmere Vacation?…

Welcome to the Fall 2020 Hot Loops Wall! This weekend we announced our new indie dyer of the season… Drumroll pleaseeeeeeee… 🎉🎉 Kim Dyes Yarn! 🎉🎉 Kim has created a collection of bases and hand-dyed colors to wow and inspire us for the whole season, and the Loops Troops have curated and created perfectly paired…

Confession time: As a knitter living in a warm climate, I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with tweed. I LOVE how it looks – rustic, homespun, textural. I HATE how it feels – scratchy, itchy, rough. But finally, after all these years, a tweed has come along that I’ve fallen truly, MADly, deeply in Loops…

We’ve been dreaming and imagining and wondering…and just plain *jumping up and down* in anticipation of Knit Stars 5.0 this fall! Signups for the original, all-online knitting festival, conceived and created each year right here from Loops, are open now… (Have you watched the 2-minute movie trailer? We promise it will fill you with yarn-y…

Click here to meet the Knit Stars Fiber Artists….

Shelley came home from filming in NYC with a new cashmere obsession… The Clinton Hill Cashmere Company is the brainchild of knitwear designer Rebecca Kevelson. After almost a decade in the knitting industry, Rebecca launched the ultimate cashmere yarn company. This 100% cashmere yarn hails from one of the most prestigious cashmere mills in Italy.…

Do you have any of these people on your list? 1. Yarn lover 2. Creative person 3. Aspiring entrepreneur 4. Someone who needs hope 5. Someone else who needs hope 6. Yet another someone who needs hope… (Don’t we all, right now? 💙) Simply put, I wrote this book to give you hope. Hope for overcoming…

Have you been tempted to try the new Loops palette of New Tosh Tweed, but want to start with a super-simple project? This easy cowl is a great project to knit in your next Zoom meeting and makes a great gift… “Fake a Fade” is a signature pattern here at Loops! Holding two colors of fingering…

One of the most magical things about yarn… Sometimes a mere *1 skein* of a very special yarn can be enough to help you feel lighter…more optimistic…more cared for. Clinton Hill Cashmere just released a new 1-skein pattern for their Bespoke 100% cashmere yarn. “Mini Sophia” is an ultra-simple ribbed cowl that knitters of all levels will love…

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 👠 – you just have to believe in yourself… And join us in LoopsClub! This week *only* we are opening signups for LoopsClub…it’s the…

Often in this space, I talk about “effortless” projects. I’m a big believer. We can can pick them up easily, while juggling all the other balls of life. They widen the circle, allowing stitchers of all levels to play along together. Easy projects show off the yarn. And they’re wearable – simple is often the…

You’re a maker. You can make anything you set your mind to. So why stop at yarn? Why not make your biggest, most “impossible” dreams come true? They told me, because I had asthma, I’d never be an athlete. They told me girls couldn’t be creative directors. They told me, “You’ll never make a living out of…

As the holidays approacheth, Amano Yana yarn (can you say that 5 times, fast?!) might be just what you need this week… ☁️ Soft ☁️ 😊 Squishy 😊 ⏰ Instant jumbo yarn gratification! ⏰ Amano’s Yana XL is 100% hand–sorted 21.5 micron Peruvian highland wool, developed and spun in an extremely soft and light-as-Andean-air structure. Ruth knitted…

Back when this girl was knitting a sweater for her college boyfriend, could she ever have imagined… That she would open an ad agency and then a yarn shop… That she would have tens of thousands of Loops and Knit Stars friends all over the world… That she would write the story of her crazy…

This is a personal invite, from me to you, dear Scoop reader, to join my Tricycle Team. When I was 4, I begged my mom to let me go with her to the grocery. When I heard her keys jangle, I ran to the car… only to be told, nope, you can’t come with me…

It’s finally here. The LAST WEEK OF 2020 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 This is my favorite week of the year, every year. I call it my Deep Dive Week. A week to sink deeply into a project where I learn something new that I can apply in the New Year. Six years ago, my Deep Dive week led…

If you’re like me and most knitters I know, you don’t really need “resolutions.” We’re already driven. Goal-oriented. Productive. And often, more than a little hard on ourselves. Sound about right? So instead, I’m going to suggest that we begin this year a different way… Let’s start with a Party…and Possibilities 🥳 This Friday, January…

When things unravel, it’s a good time to take a closer look, an honest look at how you knit your piece to begin with. So you don’t keep making the same mistakes. Unraveling is hard. No one likes to go backward. But in the end, it’s really the only way to move forward. This Tuesday,…

Grab a cuppa. Take a slow cleansing breath. Caravan from Crave Yarn is a yarn that can’t be rushed: an extraordinarily soft, lustrous blend of merino, cashmere, camel, and silk. With a firm twist and subtle, sophisticated palette, Caravan is destined to become your go-to, “everyday luxury” choice when a pattern calls for a sport weight yarn. Melanie…

If you’re like me, your knitter’s mind is in a state of constant motions. The movement of our needles help still our thoughts… And drops us, blissfully, into the moment. Keep that movement in your needles and watch it reflected in Tif Neilan’s “Soulful Blanket Cowl.” This is a piece that stays in place, is…