We always look forward to the publication of a new issue of Laine Magazine. It’s always so full of inspiration in the form of patterns, interviews, articles and of course gorgeous photography. We’ve talked about our excitement for the interview with mYak co-founder Paola Vanzoa and patterns using mYak Tibetan Cloud and worsted weight Woolstok previous blog, but there’s still so much more to explore. Today we’re delving into a few of the lovely patterns in this autumn’s issue.

Resilient Stitch:Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art

Claire Wellesley-Smith is an artist, a teacher , a writer and researcher based in West Yorkshire.   We have loved Claire’s work for a long time, and we have had some wonderful workshops taught by her at Loop. Her first book Slow Stitch is a beautiful book about the pleasures to be had from slowing down and valuing quality over quantity.

Hilja Mitts designed by Aleks Byrd. ©Aleks Byrd

You may have heard we are re-opening our shop on the 1st of May, this coming Saturday! We are super excited to welcome you back and have been very busy getting ready for your arrival. We have some more detailed information for you about shopping with us in person at the end of this post. In the meantime, we thought we’d share a little round-up of some lovely new things at Loop to keep us inspired and creating through the next few months and beyond.

Exciting news today! We are launching several gorgeous new kits for some of the shawl designs in 52 Weeks of Shawls, the latest book from Laine Publishing.  Each kit will come with all the yarn you’ll need to knit your shawl, beautifully wrapped and with a Loop cotton project bag. And we’ve even given you a 10% discount on the total cost of the yarn.