We love every kind of stitching. If it uses a hook or a needle, it’s for us. But every once in a while, one type of stitching just totally captures our imagination, and right now it’s crochet!

There’s little we love as much as a shawl. These versitile, all-season garments are a joy to wear, and the rhythm of making them is always entrancing. So when a yarn is designed especially for making shawls, there’s a good chance we’re going to adore it.

One of our favourite things about the festive season is the opportunity to show those we love just how much we care with an extra special little something we know they’ll love. We’ve got some real beauties in our Winter Holiday Gift Collection!

Every crafter’s dream is to present everyone they love with a beautiful handmade gift for the holidays. Picking out colours and patterns that you just know those dearest to you will adore and imagining the joy on their faces becomes one of the most enjoyable parts of the festive season.

The daylight is dwindling, there’s a chill in the air, and everywhere we go around London twinkly lights are starting to appear hung on streetlights and strung across alleys. There’s no denying it: the holidays are here!

Last week we brought you a lovely Loop Postcard Book. This week, as our anniversary celebrations march on, we have a gift for you: an anniversary edition of the much beloved free Loop pattern called Otso the Bear — and this time he’s wearing a party hat!

What’s your favourite emblem of spring? Perhaps the songbirds returning to the trees, or the vibrant colours of everything in bloom? Lovely flowers, sweet little critters, happily buzzing bees — there’s just so much to love! And this week we have a bit of all of it in the shop.

There have been hints of the festive season for weeks now, but this is the weekend it truly arrives. Neighbourhood light switch-ons, Thanksgiving travel for our American friends, and a winter chill in the air can only mean one thing: the holidays are here!