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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.

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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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We have so many new, exciting books coming into the shop at the moment! I’m very pleased that we have become a place where you can actually look at real books (as opposed to the internet). When Borders closed, there was nowhere to look at craft books any more. The other chains carry hardly any, as I guess they are too specialized to take up their space. Meanwhile, in our new shop, we have a comfortable area for browsing books and we are trying to get in the most interesting from around the world. Last week we got a delivery …

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