Susan and I made a special trip to pick up 10 copies of this extraordinary book yesterday. It has over 380 pages of the most amazing textiles, from Muhu Island, Estonia. It includes beautiful examples of knitting, with charts and techniques With beautiful historical and contemporary photos Embroidery, with details and charts Crochet garments, laces, and trims And much, much more! If I could only have one textile book, this would be it. My desert island book! I admit it is not cheap and weighing over 2kg, it will be heavy to order through the mail, but it is worth …

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Loop feature in Knitscene Fall 2011

  Fall magazines are coming in fast, with lots of great ideas for autumn knits. Get your copies of Interweave Knits and Knitscene while they last. We’re delighted to be featured in the fall 2011 issue of Knitscene. We are the only place in the UK where you can get the amazing new American magazine, Anthology. It’s not a knitting magazine but it is very stylish and interesting so we couldn’t resist carrying it.

This new pattern book by Gudrun Johnston, “The Shetland Trader” is a favourite at Loop. It has so many patterns that we want to knit. Most of us have our eye on more than one. I adore the lace cardi on the front, and would love to see it done in Madelinetosh Prairie, if it can make gauge. I must swatch! (BTW, if you haven’t seen the amazing new colours of Madelinetosh yarns that we got in stock at the beginning of June, you must check them out!) Another pattern by the Shetland Trader (not in the book) is the …

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