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…