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[SCOOP] New dyer love
Knit Stars
|This month we are welcoming Lichen and Lace to our February Pop-Up Shop! An independent dyer from New Brunswick, Canada, Megan has slowly grown her dye studio – from hobby, to passion, to art. Her colors have made her a favorite of knitters across the globe. To introduce Lichen and Lace to you, we chose their single-ply…
Read More [SCOOP] It’s not selfish if it’s yarn 😉
Knit Stars
|As we reach the end of “selfish knitting month” we have one more squishy-soft, instant gratification project to share, that you’ll probably want to keep for yourself…. This cowl has been a favorite at Loops. We love the combination of that speckled robin’s egg blue and mustard gold. And these bulky fisherman’s ribs stand up and say, “I’m…
Read More [SCOOP] Orange you glad…? 🍊
Knit Stars
|A few months ago, Shelley and her friend, Knit Star Gaye “GG” Glasspie, were chatting about their mutual love of cashmere – specifically, Bespoke 100% Cashmere from Clinton Hill Cashmere! GG was lamenting that Bespoke Cashmere wasn’t yet available in her favorite color… 🧡🧡🧡🧡 Orange! 🧡🧡🧡🧡 Well, Shelley loves a good surprise…so she called up…
Read More A Kit with Star Power! 🌟
Knit Stars
|Six years ago, we started a little Club that’s become so much more than yarn… It’s literally a whole world of of support for your personal yarn journey – wherever you might be on the path. 🌎 💙 Daily connection and 24/7/365 encouragement from fiber friends around the world… Concierge support from your favorite local-turned-global yarn…
Read More The cashmere we waited a year for! 😅
Knit Stars
|We’ve been waiting almost a year for this luscious, luxury yarn from Malabrigo to arrive! “Caprino” is Spanish for “goat,” a nod to the 20% cashmere combined with 80% superfine merino that makes this yarn next-to-your-neck soft. Loretta made “Doo Wop” by Lisa Hannes using 2 skeins each of Natural, Plomo, and Matisse Blue on…
Read More A Holiday Special Edition!!
Knit Stars
|In the midst of a very non-traditional Thanksgiving season, we’d like to continue a beloved Loops tradition… The kinder, more relaxed Black Friday 💞 It’s this simple: With any purchase of $50 or more from LoopsLove.com or the Loops store, we’ll include this super-comfy Knit the World Together™ mask free – now through Tuesday, or while they…
Read More emPower People purple DK yarn
Knit Stars
|Join the emPower people project and knit, crochet or sew your purple bandana using DK-weight yarn! You need 225 yards of DK yarn and size 7 needles. Find all the info and download the free patterns at this emPower People site. Manos del Uruguay Serenafrom $ 16.99
Read More Welcome to Loops Town!
Knit Stars
|What to do, see, eat, and pack for your big visit to Tulsa. You’ve always dreamed of a trip to the land of Loops…hand-dyed fibers, exclusive patterns, and friendly faces as far as the eye can see! But can you make a weekend of it? You betcha! Tulsa is a booming city full of green,…
Read More Hot Loops Fall 2020
Knit Stars
|$ 25.00 (Register here!) Join us for our signature virtual event, 7pm Friday, September 25th! We’ll reveal our 2020 Fall Hot Loops Wall, featuring one indie dyer, exclusive colorways…and the projects we’ll be showcasing for these fabulous yarns will take your breath away! Each one is curated to the yarn, on trend and knit or crocheted…
Read More Let’s Unwind together… 🏝️
Knit Stars
|Anyone feel a little wound up these days? 🌪 Not sure about you, but a shawl called “Unwind” is exactly what we need right now! 🤪 Tracy Millar from the Grocery Girls podcast designed this top-down triangle shawl “to help you unwind from life’s crazy days. It’s a relaxing and uncomplicated pattern repeating soothing and…
Read More Scoop: The shape-shifter 💡
Knit Stars
|Does your handknit wardrobe include a shape-shifter yet? Every knitter needs one. A piece that goes from shawl to cowl to poncho to sweater with a simple sleight of hand. Andrea Mowry’s Everyway Shawl is our dream shape-shifting piece…a quick-to-make exercise in movement and color that keeps your eyes moving across stripes and angles. 💡Drape…
Read More Free yarn movies to watch this week 🌟
Knit Stars
|The heart of the Loops mission is to spread joy and inspiration. We know that sharing smiles and fiber love can be a ray of hope shining though the clouds – and so we’re bringing it back… We are so proud of Knit Stars and what it has done to inspire and nurture knitters around…
Read More My get-through-this-together shawl 🌈
Knit Stars
|This was my first COVID project, in the earliest days of the pandemic when my mind could only handle something super simple. It turned out to be the perfect choice – easy, mindless, meditative and colorful. Each time I pulled it out, it put a smile on my face. I bet it could do the…
Read More An almost-edible shawl debut 😋😍
Knit Stars
|With a background in painting, knitwear designer Ambah O’Brien (shown above, left) has a passion for color and interesting design. Her designs are straightforward to make, size inclusive and oh-so-wearable! When not designing, Ambah can be found wandering about her vegetable garden, sewing, thrifting or going for a beach ramble on the coast in Southern Victoria, Australia.…
Read More Fresh scoop of freebies 🍨
Knit Stars
|We love each and every Looper out there…💙💙💙 Knitters that knit everyday. Knitters that knit when they can. Crocheters that always have a project on hand. And especially those of you that are dreaming of taking the next step. This Scoop’s for you! And because you deserve a treat, ALL of the patterns we’re sharing…
Read More A Constellation of Stars 💫💫💫
Knit Stars
|What makes someone a Star? Hard work. Dedication. Curiosity. Leadership. Passion. A Star is someone who breaks new ground and then shows us how to shine. And when we all have a place to shine, we can light up the sky. Our gaze if fixed on a stunning collection of designers and artists coming together…
Read More Scoop Special Edition 🖤🖤🖤
Knit Stars
|We all know there are much more important things happening in the world right now than yarn. We also know it’s so important to continue to support independent makers – especially BIPOC – during this time. So, while we did postpone the Knit Stars Season 5 yarn sale by a week, it’s happening – starting…
Read More We are all stitched together 💙
Knit Stars
|If you’ve had your head down knitting this week, and have missed the crucial conversation around George Floyd in your fiber community, please tune in, take it in, learn, and find a way to support. If you’re not sure where or how to begin, here are some suggestions: This very simple but powerful infographic series is…
Read More My dream yarn, your dream price 🥰
Knit Stars
|Dream a little dream today. You just never know when it will come true. When I started a little yarn store 15 years ago, I never dreamed that we’d one day have our own yarn brand. Never imagined I’d journey up into the mountains of Peru, hang out with these fuzzy fellas at 15,000 feet,…
Read More Scoop: my wrinkled sweaters 🙈
Knit Stars
|The wrinkles and little imperfections in these sweaters? Take them as a very good sign. These are my 3 all-time favorite sweaters in my personal hand-knit wardrobe. One is at least 7 years old. I wear these All. The. Time. And they’re all made from the same yarn: “Sparrow” 100% linen (link) from Quince & Co.…
Read More 🧶Get your needle life together
Knit Stars
|Do you remember when you first learned to knit or crochet, and you thought just ONE pair of needles or hook was all you needed? 🤣🤣🤣 Those were the days, right? Ignorance is bliss! Who knew you would amass so many tools…circulars, double points, interchangeables, all different kinds of materials from bamboo to metal to…
Read More 🧶 Nothing in the way
Knit Stars
|The funniest thing happened this past week, and I think it might hold a valuable little nugget for you. I took Charles Barkley out on an early morning beach walk like we usually do. It’s his favorite part of the day. Dogs are allowed on the beach in the early morning and late afternoon. So…
Read More 🧶The Sunday Yarn: Mattie’s Story
Knit Stars
|Last week I talked about a rollercoaster of emotions, but that was nothing compared with this past week. Wherever you may live in the world, and whatever your beliefs, no doubt you have felt the intensity of emotions in the wake of the US elections. So in this week’s Sunday read, I would like to…
Read More 🧶C’mon take a ride with me
Knit Stars
|On our first beach walk after flying back from Tulsa, Charlie just sat and watched the sunset. How’s your week been? For me it’s been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. 🎢 The day after I flew back home to Florida from Rhinebeck, I hopped on another plane to Tulsa, where my dad had just…
Read More 🧶How to take a compliment
Knit Stars
|My whole life, I’ve struggled with compliments. Not the giving part (I love love love making others feel good), but the accepting part. And to get really vulnerable for a minute…I’ve spent a lot of time in therapy over the years trying to understand why. My therapist has a couple strong theories, going back to…
Read More 🧶The most important one
Knit Stars
|This feels like the most important newsletter I’ve written all year. I really want to get it right…for you to feel what’s in my heart and for it to touch your own heart, deeply. So here goes… (deep breath)… This past week I met with some dear friends from around the world. We are a…
Read More 🧶The no that launched thousands of yeses
Knit Stars
|Pull up a chair and get comfy, because this week I have a little longer yarn that I’ve never shared publicly before. When was the last time you had to build up your courage for weeks to ask something of someone you really admired, and they told you no? Or even worse, just ignored you?…
Read More 🧶Revive your whole wardrobe
Knit Stars
|Happy Sunday! Is there one compliment you love getting more than any other kind? Over the past 9 years of producing Knit Stars Masterclasses, there’s one customer comment that’s my absolute favorite to read… “This workshop alone was worth the price of admission for the whole Season!” And of course I feel that way about…
Read More 🧶Is this a “crazy” idea?
Knit Stars
|This week, let’s talk a bit about “crazy” ideas. Knit Stars Season 5 was the high Season of COVID. I had planned the ultimate travel bucket list year, with plans to film in Australia, Japan, Mallorca, Copenhagen and points all across North America. It all fell away in a heartbeat as all the countries closed.…
Read More 🧶Join the inner circle
Knit Stars
|You know how last week I talked about dissolving the “nots” in our knitting? Well this week, it’s confession time. Because there was an insidious “not” that ensnared my first couple decades as a maker. I was NOT going to touch circular knitting! I made dozens of adult and baby sweaters, all seamed. I was…
Read More 🧶Goodbye, nots!
Knit Stars
|Lately I’ve been doing some deep thinking – about knots. You’re a Yarnie, so you know the feeling. You’re flowing along in the zone on your project, and all of a sudden you hit a dreaded knot. You have to stop, decide whether it can be undone or cut, leaving two more ends to weave…
Read More 🧶Your next capsule wardrobe
Knit Stars
|It’s that time of year when my WIPs begin that eternal battle with one another… Crank out one more crochet crop for those last dog days of summer…Or cast on a new knit sweater in fall hues??? Right now for me, the latter is winning out – especially after I took a peek at the…
Read More 🧶Do you wanna go faster? 🎢
Knit Stars
|The year was circa 1978. It was my first time visiting Bell’s Amusement Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I was nervous to ride Zingo, the big wooden roller coaster. So I decided to work up my courage on an easier ride first. “The Himalaya” was one of those rides where the cars fly around in a…
Read More 🧶A different kind of love story
Knit Stars
|I’ve been a dog lover for as long as I can remember. Our first pup as a young family was Lucy the Lhasa Apso. Longtime readers will remember my beloved Purl, who survived a horrific attack and went on to grace our home with so much love, wiggles and furry hugs, that before we knew…
Read More 🧶What a surprise!
Knit Stars
|Striking my best Olympic pose after finishing my new crochet top! Hey there, If you’re like me, now that the Olympics is over, you’re looking for your next escape. I’ve been thinking, and it’s occurred to me that every Knit Stars Masterclass is like three of my favorite escapes, all rolled into one. There’s the…
Read More 🧶Turn stash into kindness
Knit Stars
|Dear reader, this week I’d like to introduce you to a real life Soap Star. 🤩 Stacy Wiener is the founder of S.A.C.K. – Supporting A Community with Kindness. She was nominated by TWO of our Yarniverse members to be a Rising Star – and in the exact same month that I found out about…
Read More 🧶 Get to know Emma
Knit Stars
|I first saw Emma Fassio’s name many years ago, on a pattern my friend Gina Hills was working on. Many of you might remember Gina, a manager at our Loops stores for more than a decade. Gina was (still is) a style inspiration of mine, a big fan of iconic Italian fashion houses like Missoni.…
Read More 🧶Catching the Doodle bug
Knit Stars
|Jamie Lomax took up knitting in 2020 as a COVID hobby. She was working as a senior project manager for a large retail and food service company in Seattle at the time. “We all got sent home, and I was on Teams calls all day every day. I have ADHD so I was struggling to…
Read More 🧶Something new is blooming…
Knit Stars
|Happy Sunday, beautiful reader! Do you ever have those moments like I do, when you’re scrolling social media, and an image makes you stop and audibly gasp – causing anyone else in your household to run in and see if you’re ok? This past week I had one of those moments, and (after assuring said…
Read More 🧶Sprinkle that stuff on everything…
Knit Stars
|TW: This week’s newsletter includes sensitive mental health topics. Sending all of our love our beautiful readers, family and friends ❤️. “I had two options. I could either let it wreck me and disrupt my life, or I could inspire myself and others, share my story, and use it to help raise awareness.” These are the wise words of…
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🧶Get your needle life together
Do you remember when you first learned to knit or crochet, and you thought just ONE pair of needles or hook was all you needed? 🤣🤣🤣 Those were the days, right? Ignorance is bliss! Who knew you would amass so many tools…circulars, double points, interchangeables, all different kinds of materials from bamboo to metal to…
Read More 🧶 Nothing in the way
The funniest thing happened this past week, and I think it might hold a valuable little nugget for you. I took Charles Barkley out on an early morning beach walk like we usually do. It’s his favorite part of the day. Dogs are allowed on the beach in the early morning and late afternoon. So…
Read More 🧶The Sunday Yarn: Mattie’s Story
Last week I talked about a rollercoaster of emotions, but that was nothing compared with this past week. Wherever you may live in the world, and whatever your beliefs, no doubt you have felt the intensity of emotions in the wake of the US elections. So in this week’s Sunday read, I would like to…
Read More 🧶C’mon take a ride with me
On our first beach walk after flying back from Tulsa, Charlie just sat and watched the sunset. How’s your week been? For me it’s been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. 🎢 The day after I flew back home to Florida from Rhinebeck, I hopped on another plane to Tulsa, where my dad had just…
Read More 🧶How to take a compliment
My whole life, I’ve struggled with compliments. Not the giving part (I love love love making others feel good), but the accepting part. And to get really vulnerable for a minute…I’ve spent a lot of time in therapy over the years trying to understand why. My therapist has a couple strong theories, going back to…
Read More 🧶The most important one
This feels like the most important newsletter I’ve written all year. I really want to get it right…for you to feel what’s in my heart and for it to touch your own heart, deeply. So here goes… (deep breath)… This past week I met with some dear friends from around the world. We are a…
Read More 🧶The no that launched thousands of yeses
Pull up a chair and get comfy, because this week I have a little longer yarn that I’ve never shared publicly before. When was the last time you had to build up your courage for weeks to ask something of someone you really admired, and they told you no? Or even worse, just ignored you?…
Read More 🧶Revive your whole wardrobe
Happy Sunday! Is there one compliment you love getting more than any other kind? Over the past 9 years of producing Knit Stars Masterclasses, there’s one customer comment that’s my absolute favorite to read… “This workshop alone was worth the price of admission for the whole Season!” And of course I feel that way about…
Read More 🧶Is this a “crazy” idea?
This week, let’s talk a bit about “crazy” ideas. Knit Stars Season 5 was the high Season of COVID. I had planned the ultimate travel bucket list year, with plans to film in Australia, Japan, Mallorca, Copenhagen and points all across North America. It all fell away in a heartbeat as all the countries closed.…
Read More 🧶Join the inner circle
You know how last week I talked about dissolving the “nots” in our knitting? Well this week, it’s confession time. Because there was an insidious “not” that ensnared my first couple decades as a maker. I was NOT going to touch circular knitting! I made dozens of adult and baby sweaters, all seamed. I was…
Read More 🧶Goodbye, nots!
Lately I’ve been doing some deep thinking – about knots. You’re a Yarnie, so you know the feeling. You’re flowing along in the zone on your project, and all of a sudden you hit a dreaded knot. You have to stop, decide whether it can be undone or cut, leaving two more ends to weave…
Read More 🧶Your next capsule wardrobe
It’s that time of year when my WIPs begin that eternal battle with one another… Crank out one more crochet crop for those last dog days of summer…Or cast on a new knit sweater in fall hues??? Right now for me, the latter is winning out – especially after I took a peek at the…
Read More 🧶Do you wanna go faster? 🎢
The year was circa 1978. It was my first time visiting Bell’s Amusement Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I was nervous to ride Zingo, the big wooden roller coaster. So I decided to work up my courage on an easier ride first. “The Himalaya” was one of those rides where the cars fly around in a…
Read More 🧶A different kind of love story
I’ve been a dog lover for as long as I can remember. Our first pup as a young family was Lucy the Lhasa Apso. Longtime readers will remember my beloved Purl, who survived a horrific attack and went on to grace our home with so much love, wiggles and furry hugs, that before we knew…
Read More 🧶What a surprise!
Striking my best Olympic pose after finishing my new crochet top! Hey there, If you’re like me, now that the Olympics is over, you’re looking for your next escape. I’ve been thinking, and it’s occurred to me that every Knit Stars Masterclass is like three of my favorite escapes, all rolled into one. There’s the…
Read More 🧶Turn stash into kindness
Dear reader, this week I’d like to introduce you to a real life Soap Star. 🤩 Stacy Wiener is the founder of S.A.C.K. – Supporting A Community with Kindness. She was nominated by TWO of our Yarniverse members to be a Rising Star – and in the exact same month that I found out about…
Read More 🧶 Get to know Emma
I first saw Emma Fassio’s name many years ago, on a pattern my friend Gina Hills was working on. Many of you might remember Gina, a manager at our Loops stores for more than a decade. Gina was (still is) a style inspiration of mine, a big fan of iconic Italian fashion houses like Missoni.…
Read More 🧶Catching the Doodle bug
Jamie Lomax took up knitting in 2020 as a COVID hobby. She was working as a senior project manager for a large retail and food service company in Seattle at the time. “We all got sent home, and I was on Teams calls all day every day. I have ADHD so I was struggling to…
Read More 🧶Something new is blooming…
Happy Sunday, beautiful reader! Do you ever have those moments like I do, when you’re scrolling social media, and an image makes you stop and audibly gasp – causing anyone else in your household to run in and see if you’re ok? This past week I had one of those moments, and (after assuring said…
Read More 🧶Sprinkle that stuff on everything…
TW: This week’s newsletter includes sensitive mental health topics. Sending all of our love our beautiful readers, family and friends ❤️. “I had two options. I could either let it wreck me and disrupt my life, or I could inspire myself and others, share my story, and use it to help raise awareness.” These are the wise words of…
Read More