Big Bad Wool Weepaca
We told you to get ready for an Autumn of new yarns and here is our latest arrival – Big Bad Wool Weepaca! Everything you could want from a baby yarn – super soft, yummy colours and the most wonderful patterns to make treasured items for precious babes.
Developed by Donna Higgins, a yarn shop owner and co-owner of pattern distribution company Deep South Fibres, she felt there was a missing element in her baby yarn section. So she created Big Bad Wool and the gorgeous yarn Weepaca, a blend of superwash merino and alpaca. 
Loop stocks all 23 colours from the softest pastel shades to retro brights. With such a cohesive palette, the colour combinations are endless.
And they are shown off beautifully in the blanket patterns such as the Colour Wheel Blanket with a rainbow spiral.
Or the fantastically retro 70 Sunday Blanket
Weepaca lends itself so well to blankets as the yarn is so light yet warm. If you’re not sure on colour combinations then the Mini Purl Blanket means you can just choose your favourite and knit to your hearts content!
Big Bad Wool also have garments in their selection of patterns. Wee Cardie is ideal for a gift when you don’t know the sex of a baby as its is designed for a boy or a girl. Just change up the button band after knitting the simple raglan cardigan.
Also, you can’t get much more cuter than the Knotted Cable Cap! It only takes one skein (or just two for the larger sizes) and we love the little nubbin tie on the top to finish.
Many samples of these beautiful patterns have been loaned to us from Donna and are currently residing in our window as part our our new window display. Not only does it show off the colours of those blankets, it is somewhat mirroring this spring like weather we have been having recently for our Autumn!
We are giving you lovely readers the chance to win a skein in the colour of your choice – enough to knit the Knotted Cable hat or to start a new project…
All you need to do is comment below letting us know which colour you would choose – you can view all the colours online here. For extra entries you can share our Big Bad Wool Weepaca photo from our Instagram account ‘LoopLondonLoves’! Make sure you let us know that you did in a separate comment.
This competition will close at midnight GMT on Wednesday 8th October.
Good luck and Happy Knitting and Crocheting!
I love all the colours. But for me the ‘mustard’ really jumps out. I’m going through a mustard phase at the moment. Maybe it’s all down the autumn colours as the leaves turn yellow in fall. I’d love the try this yarn out for a pair of fingerless mitts :)
What an amazing range of colours. I would love a skein of fried egg and I would use it to add a crochet edging to a plain blanket.
Love Minty – but then Dreamcycle is equally dreamy… hmmm! …& then there’s Koi… Oh I love ’em all!
Ohh I love Tree Frog! I’d use it to crochet a soft edge of the balaclava I’m making myself to stop my nose falling off in winter.
Those colours!! Wow. Better than sweeties any day. I really love the water colour, so bright and chirpy and I’d crochet it into a little snood to keep my whippet warm on these chillier autumnal days… X
Tree Frog– green is my go to for baby knits, nicely gender-neutral, but still kind of soft and cheerful.
All the colours are gorgeous but I think “Water” is my favourite ❤️
Beutiful colours! and what a great colour wheel blanket!If I have to choose one, I’ll go for Coral, but the are gorgeous together!
I would love a skein of Blue Eyes to make a hat for my little girl. It’s gorgeous!
I think I would go for ‘Stop’ as something a little festive!
Such sweet colours and lovely names! I love the delicate pink noses…
Ooh the choice is almost too hard! Think it would have to be plum.
I’ve never done cables before but I think a skein of Mustard would inspire me to try that hat!!
Plum! For a hat :-)
such a fab range…but Blue Eyes for me,little hat and booties for a friend’s newborn!
I would definitely go with the Minty colour – so unusual and would be a lovely colour for a scarf with a big winter coat..nearly went for Girly Girl but thought I would stay away from pink for once!! ;)
FC x
Water is so cute and bright. Would be great for a little person’s hat.
I would use the raw white and butter for a lovely garter stitch stripey baby cardie
Difficult to choose – they are so beautiful – the pastel shades as well as the darker ones. I’d love Girly Girl for myself! However, as I have two boys, I would choose a lovely neutral colour for them – so Linen it is, please!
Gorgeous! Definitely a drop of ‘Water’ to quench my thirst to make one of those adorable wee hats!
I love koi. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
Just one? Really? Blue Eyes. No, Minty. Final decision … Teal before I change my mind again!
Love the bright fushia Girly Girl pink! Would crochet a vivid pink rose corsage to brighten up my coat on those dark Autumn and Winter days!
I could choose the colours just for the names … Pink Noses, Butter, Girlygirl, Fried Egg!- but I think my favourite colour would have to be Leaf, a lovely soft green.
It would have to be Dreamcycle for me as I’m really liking that colour at the moment along with any peachy cream.
Water would be perfect to make a hat for my baby boy for winter, although all the colours are gorgeous.
I like blue eyes, and pink noses, but I’m not certain if its just the colours or the way the names go together!
Definitely Blue Eyes – its lovely
The Teal has caught my eye- it’s beautiful. I feel some mittens coming on!
This yarn looks amazing. I love Girly Girl!
What lovely yarn. I love Coral.
Beautiful colours – I think a hat in Minty would look great with my winter coat!
These colours are all so fresh – love them! I would choose mustard if I had to pick just one :)
Charcoal for me… Pretty please! :) thank you for hosting this great giveaway!
They are all such beautiful colours but fried egg is a cracker.
My favourite is Dreamcycle, such an apt name for a dreamy shade of yarn!
I love the soft pink nose colour. But I wnt them all. Ha! Gorgeous colourways.
Thanks and hope I win!
I’d pick tree frog since my friend’s daughter is not finding out the sex of her baby this time so I need to knit generic colors.
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My son and his partner are having their first baby I’d whip up the knotted cable cap in Bleach White for them x
Ooooh lovely yarn, I think the mustard would make a gorgeous hat to brighten up a winters day:-)
What a beautiful range of colours….I would chose Tree Frog, one because I love the name and two because I love green….it would make a perfect little baby hat….with a little knot on top.
Plum! I love it!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Ooh the coral is such a beautiful colour!
What lovely colours. I would choose Ashes.
“Minty” is just calling out to be knitted into an ice-cream baby hat!
So beautiful, I think “Ashes” would make such a chic little coat for a wee man about town.
Leaf is calling me, with the idea that although I’d knit a warm cozy hat, I would so be thinking forward to spring, dreaming of warmer days!
I would like to knit in Girly Girl please because my brother’s youngest daughter is expecting a girl and my brother currently has five grandsons but no grand daughters!
It would have to be Water I think.
Would love a skein of Stop, perfect for the bubba I’m currently incubating
Wow even the photos look super soft! It has yo be Girly Girl fir me please.
I would love a skin of “leaf” as I have just heard that I will become a granny for the first time in spring and from now on I will knit in every free minute until March!!
Looks lovely and soft. I’d choose Lilac
OMG I would love a skein of Minty!!! I’ve been on such a mint kick lately :P
Lovely colours. For me it would have to be teal I think ….
They are all beautiful colors. I’d have to go with my favorite – water
Girly Girl, as the name suggests, the colour is totally feminine but at the same time would pack a punch as a knotted cable hat on top of my head!
Pink noses – my favourite colour and name!
Tree Frog “hops” out for me. Hope I’m lucky!
All look lovely, but minty is my favourite, wish I could feel them
I love Minty! It’s just my colour of the year…. Even my bike is called Minty :)
Coral. Im a yarn snob. I will be checking this all out….beware!
Hi, these colors have such a glow. They must absorb dye wonderfully. Well here is my pick- “Coral”. Thanks for the chance to win a skein, it looks nummy.
Fondly, Deb from MN
“Coral” is my color of choice.
I just pinned your store on Pinterest. I used the first picture on this page. “Coral” is my color of choice.
Deb from MN
Make this the second picture on this page. “Coral” would be perfect for this cold weather to come. Snow is expected tonite.
Deb from MN
It has to be fired egg for me. Although all the colours are gorgeous!
I just posted Loop Knit Lounge on these new fibers to your store. I pinned the first picture on this webpage.
Deb from MN
“Coral” is my color of choice. This is attached to the note on the first picture pinned to Pinterest.
Deb from MN
Hi again, you can tell how excite I am about this new yarn. I also pinned the second picture on this page, I love “Coral” in this new line.
Deb from MN
I hope this is the last comment I will make. I pinned a third picture, the last on this page, to Pinterest. “Coral” is my choice. Thanks for putting up with my mistakes in writing. I actually pinned the 1st, 2nd and last pics on this page as well as making a comment on how I feel about this new yarn!
Thanks for offer of a free skein to a lucky winner!
Fondly, Deb from MN
They’re all lovely but I especially like girly girl and blue eyes – thanks for the give away :)
These colours are beautiful. I would choose coral as that’s my favourite colour and I’d make something for my daughter Ronnie.
Love all the sherbet colours but coral would be my fist choice for autumn pull on hat for my grand-daughter.
I’d pick Ashed to make the little hat for my baby due in Feb! A perfect neutral baby shade!
Or even Ashes!
All my friends are expecting boys… So I’d probably go with Tree Frog :-) This yarn looks so soft and amazing!
I love the coral and would use it in an autumn snuggle blanket for the sofa!
I love Mustard -would be great for a hat for my little boy so I can spot him easily amongst the autumn leaves!
Love the Teal!
And at least 6 others!
Wonderful-looking yarn, can’t wait to work with it.
Hmm. Teal? Charcoal? Love them all but I think probably Tree Frog is my absolute favourite. So nice to see such a choice!
I’d pick girly girl for my nearly 2 year old not very girly girl who had just asked for a new hat!
I’d definitely go for Teal – it’s the name of my favourite childrens’ TV character, from ‘Abney and Teal’. I’d make a lovely cosy hat out of it!
I fell in love with Koi!
I love all the colours but especially like the Teal! Xx
Definitely Koi please
the teal leapt out at me straight away as I love this colour – I would love to make a baby jacket in 2 or 3 colours, blue eyes and charcoal would be so delicious
You display their palette to such effect! I would choose Leaf!!
Would love to win the Teal colour, tomake something soft and squishy for my soft and squishy new Great Nephew!
Would have to be Coral to knit up a baby hat and booties for a friend’s baby due this winter!
What stunning colours! Difficult to choose but I think Blue-eyes would be my choice. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to make the knotted cable hat in teal for my nephew :)
oh, butter butter butter
So many beautiful colours! But I think my favourite is Koi.
All of the colors are lovely! I would choose the raw white shade. Thank you for sharing the yarn and pattern ideas.
I would love girly girl! I’m in the mood to knit something pink! :)
Leaf – such a soft green, perfect for a baby hat
I love the coral color as it would be so beautiful on my granddaughter!
Utterly seduced by the subtle, yet confident, leaf; would be luscious for some lacy wristwarmers.
Love the ‘wee cardie’ pattern and I would love to knit it in ‘water’ which is my favourite shade!
I love the colours and the crochet blankets but Coral would be my favourite.
Fab colours and hard to choose but plum is a beauty.
I would choose Blue Eyes to make a cabled hat for my friend in San Francisco who is expecting a baby in January.
The vibrant yellow is my first choice but unfortunately I would want to adopt them all! :-)
All lovely, I will take one of each! I think I would like a ‘fried egg’ please!x
What gorgeous colours! They would all be a pleasure to work with, but I like Minty best!
I usually use blues or purples but that nice dark emerald green looks so rich, that’ll be my choice
What gorgeous colours! They would all be a pleasure to work with, but my favourite is Minty.
I love all colors but my fav has to be “Stop” it is like a ripple raspberry ice cream color ….fantastic …and the blend! Merino and Alpaca my two best friends :) CONGRATULATIONS!
I love the teal colour. Would be perfect to match a hat for my newborn with her teal coloured pram! :)
Mmm, I love Stop – perfect for a Christmassy hat for a new little one!
I’d have to pick Ashes…something neutral for my baby due in February!
It’s a toss up between Blue Eyes and Charcoal. Blue Eyes is gorgeous, but then Charcoal also is lovely *and* it makes other colours pop eg Water, Mustard . . .
I wrote a comment on Facebook to let them know of this new line for you. I hope this helps you out with the promising new line. ‘Coral’ for me!
Fondly, Deb from MN
I hope you are anxious as I am. Today, I had a response to the picture (first one above) saying that this is a nice burst of color for babies. I have never gone so far as I have for this yarn, It excites me and will definitely want to knit with this yarn.
Deb from MN
TEal for a fantastic hat!
Tree frog for me – it will go with my new coat!
I love green, so Tree frog would be my choice :)
For my lovely friend who is having her first baby. She is feeling very
overwhelmed so I think I would knit a Mini Purl Blanket in Minty to calm her jitters
Looks wonderfully soft. I love the colourcombination of the purl blanket…If I have to choose one colour I go for “coral”.
They look like my favorite sherbet colors!
Canoe or ashes!
I would choose Water – turquoise is a favourite, and Water is such a bright, encouraging colour for a little one.
This yarn looks so soft and snuggly, I’m sure its a dream to work with. I would choose pink noses to knit hat and bootees for tops and toes(es)
Dreamcycle is the perfect shade for neutral baby knits. Ideal for gifts for those friends who decide to wait until birth to discover if it’s a boy or a girl!
What amazing colours! Minty just tops the list for me.