Cute Crafts for Halloween Haunts!
Cosy season is truly upon us, and that can only mean spooky season is right around the corner. Luckily, our friends at Rico have come up with the perfect way to celebrate both!
Patterns
Getting Ready for Autumn Knits
Have you started to notice the first hints of knitting season yet? Those very subtle changes that herald the arrival of autumn, even though summer isn’t quite over?
Everything’s Coming Up Crochet!
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!
Lovely Things for a Little Less
One of the best things we get to do at Loop is collect the most gorgeous materials and handmade beauties from near and far and bring them all to the shop. We genuinely love everything we sell, so it’s a very easy thing to do!
One-Skein Projects for Winter Wonder!
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.
Festive Season Takes Flight at Loop!
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!
The Spirit of Giving in the Season of Knitting
One of the things we love most about this community is how much it loves to give back. By its very nature crafting brings us into contact with the physical world around us. The fact that we get to use our craft to improve the physical realities of people everywhere is just beautiful.
Autumnal Knits and Cosy Bits
September is a month that is always full of new beginnings, but it also feels tinged with tradition. This week, we’re focusing on a pattern does a stellar job of balancing the two, putting a modern spin on a Shetland knitting tradition.
Sophie Ochera’s “Original Sweater” Is All Grown Up
About a decade ago, Sophie Ochera started an eye-catching line of knitwear with a bright, playful sweater that paid tribute to textile traditions while carving a totally new path. Now that sweater is finally available as a handknitting pattern for adults, and we could not adore it more.
Anniversary Special #11: Sous Sous version two! And Julie Arkell Beauties
It’s hard to believe it was more than 10 years ago that Norah Gaughan first designed the Sous Sous sweater for Loop. Now, to celebrate two decades of Loop, Norah has designed a brand new version, and we’re falling in love with it all over again!