You did it, dear readers. You did it! 💃🏻🕺🏆🎉 On our opening day of Season 10 Earlybird signups, you broke the internet. For the first time in 10 Seasons, there was so much enrollment traffic, our site went completely down, then as Season 10 Star Clara Parkes posted, “limped along while the people with passwords…

Dear friend, I’m writing this from Sa Pa, Vietnam, as Mallory, Brad and I prepare to embark on the long journey home from filming the first cinematic masterclass of the historic Season 10. By bus, air and car, the trip in total will take 50.5 hours – and that’s if everything runs on time! But…

I don’t know about you… But my whole life, I’ve listened to tropes, the stereotypes, the passive-aggressive digs. “Knitting? Where’s your rocking chair?” “Oh look at you with your yarn, that’s so cute. I thought that was a lost art.” “I could never sit still that long.” So, I AM READY. Ready to show the…

Our first look at the commemorative superkit Koigu is developing to celebrate Knit Stars Season 10. The final version will have sparkles too! This week I got a reminder that just when we think we know everything about ourselves and our own origin stories… We’re reminded of how intertwined our lives are with one another,…

Does it feel like there’s a stumbling block in your way right now? 🪨 If you’re like most of us, there’s at least one… So maybe this will be helpful to you. These past few weeks, my good friend and yoga teacher, Tina, was in Germany visiting her mom, so I decided to try out…

This past week, I’ve been having a ball photographing the yarns, kits, and bags for Knit Stars Season 10…all just with my phone, next to a window that looks out over the sea. It’s been awhile since I did this. In the first decade and a half of Loops, I did pretty much all the…

Lizzie Shriner, owner of The Mermaid’s Purl in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, wearing her “Girdwood” design by Caitlin Hunter. As you probably know, last year after almost 20 years of owning a yarn shop, I shifted my focus from “selling yarns” to “telling yarns” full-time. I am so grateful to get to live my dream…

Sherry, mom and rancHER of Mitchell Wool Co pictured with Luke, her son and “lifter of heavy things” at their family farm   Imagine this… You’re chugging along nicely with life when you read a book. And this one book makes such a huge impression on you that you decide to make a radical change and…

This past week, I flew to New York City to attend opening night of “Redwood,” the new Broadway musical starring Idina Menzel. The show was memorable in so many ways, from the groundbreaking technology used to create an immersive forest experience, to the airborne choreography – Idina was trained by Bandaloop, the same group that…

“Have a little fun every day.” My dear friend Karen’s husband, Rick, had this famous catchphrase. But it was more than a motto. By all accounts, he lived it – in the biggest and best possible way. I’m bringing this same energy into this year-long celebration of Season X: Be eXtraordinary. And you can consider…

I just finished listening to the book “Let Them” by Mel Robbins. While there were lots of great insights and “aha’s” for me in the book, only once did it move me to tears – at the very end of the book. After explaining in detail how to let other people be who they are,…

You probably know dopamine as the happy chemical messenger in your brain that affects movement, motivation, mood and memory. But did you know that anytime you check something off your to-do list, you get a natural dose of dopamine? Which instantly lifts your mood and motivates you to move forward to the next thing? When…