Welcome back to our holiday gift roundup! With Christmas drawing ever closer, this week we’ve chosen some beautiful treasures that make wonderful stocking stuffers as well as the dreamiest gifts for any knitter or textile lover. Enjoy!
Here at Loop our winter window is sparkling and the Christmas music is playing — the holiday season is upon us! This week is the beginning of our seasonal roundups, and today we’ve put together some ideas for luxurious gift-giving, from ready-to-make kits and indulgent yarn to handcrafted gems made by skilled artisans. So without further adieu, let’s get started!
We are very pleased to have in stock two of Lain’Amouree’s beautiful yarns! Naturally dyed by Pauline and her husband in Indre et Loire, near Tours in the Loire Valley region of France, these stunning wools would be perfect for everything from socks to sweaters.
Many of you will remember the Toy Competition we hosted last January. This week we are very pleased to present our winner: Lopsy Rabbit! With big, floppy ears and an oversized pom-pom tail, Lopsy melts all our hearts. Available exclusively as a kit, we’ve bundled together all the yarn you’ll need plus the pattern, ready for you to make a Lopsy in your choice of two colourways. We chatted with the designer, Thandi Pritchard, about how Lopsy came to be and what she likes to make this time of year — be sure to read to the end to find out how you …
We have such exciting news this week as we’ll be hosting Emily Foden of Viola yarns for the release of her new book Knits About Winter, published by Pom Pom Press!
This week we have a stunning new crochet kit designed by Mette Mehlsen for Loop! This beautiful kit is comprised of Mette’s, naturally dyed wools and exclusive crochet square pattern. All the yarn is dyed using plants, which are mostly gathered from around Mette’s home on Jutland, Denmark. You can read more about Mette’s extraordinary dyeing in our previous post about her.
This is an absolute must have scarf! Light, simple and warm, with beautifully soft, subtle colours. Perfect in it’s simplicity! The combination of colours and yarn is what makes Roulade so beautiful and light! The kit is made up of Lamauld from CaMaRose. We don’t carry stock of this incredible CaMaRose yarn ~ we’ve just got it for these special kits!
ITO yarns including Karei, and Shimo. New Tademi pattern and giveaway.
Sintra is the latest collaboration between Fiona Alice (designer of our free Mabel baby cardigan) and Loop. We’re delighted to add Sintra to our exclusive Loop patterns range. We love an easy to wear cardigan!
Introducing a new yarn to Loop ~ Skein Queen’s Tweedore. This soft but rustic looking yarn is 85% superwash BFL and 15% Donegal Neps and is exclusively retailed at Loop. We have two exclusive colours in a prize giveaway draw.