Hello and a happy New Year from all of us at Loop! The year has only just begun, but we already have so many wonderful things coming up in 2019 and we’re so excited to share them with you. We have some very special classes and events planned, new yarns arriving, and of course we have Edinburgh Yarn Festival to look forward to!
Loop is the host Sponsor for Pom Pom Quarterly’s fifth anniversary celebrations: Pomfest. To celebrate Pomfest, Loop will be having a special Pomfest Knit Night on Thursday July 13th, with Bristol Ivy. Bristol, who is joining us from the United States, is the designer of our beautiful Teazel cardigan pattern. The event is free from 6:30-8:30pm but we ask that you phone the shop (020 7288 1160) or email us (shop@loopknitting.com) to reserve a place, so that we have an idea of numbers. Refreshments will be served.
We have some exciting new workshops at Loop this Spring and Summer.
Here at Loop, we go out of our way to find you gorgeous, unique and extraordinary yarns from all over the world to satisfy your knitting and crochet needs, and the same goes for our classes. We are passionate about bringing you outstanding learning opportunities from the best people in the field, and this autumn will be no different. Here’s just a small taste of what’s to come.
New year, new classes! We’ve got you covered from your first steps as a beginner knitter to the final touch of finishing techniques- as well as lace, brioche, darning, continental knitting and everything in between!
King of colour and specialist stitch master Stephen West is coming to Loop in May! Stephen will teach two classes on the 9th and 10th May – Knit a Top-Down Shawl and Colour Play the WestKnits Way. We are also hosting a trunk show of his patterns accompanied by a book signing which will take place on the Sunday 4 – 5pm and all are welcome to join!
Coming up in June at Loop, we are excited to announce the dates of the Miga De Pan embroidery classes! Loop is honoured to host internationally renowned artist Adriana Torres, who is coming all the way from Argentina to teach and inspire. With three individual classes taught over the weekend, you’ll be creating different designs and learning creative stitch techniques. Each one is suitable for beginners and also for those with some experience wishing to develop their skills. We are also looking forward to hosting a mini Miga De Pan Pop-Up-Shop at the same time, 5th – 7th June!
Happy 2015! We hope you’ve all had wonderful holiday and are ready to kick start your wooly based resolutions into action! We have new workshops with inspirational designers, lessons in the basics of crochet and knitting (because this is the year you’re going to master those new techniques) and an exciting knit along for our gorgeous pattern Sous Sous! First, a little more about our Sous Sous knit along. This swingy textured jumper designed for Loop by cable queen Norah Gaughan was released late last year – and we’ve been in love with it ever since. To celebrate this special collaboration we will …
Ready to learn something new? Want to improve your knitting or crochet techniques? Or perhaps you are just looking for a bit of fiber based inspiration? Why not start that new years resolution early with our selection of classes and workshops. As well as our usual selection of beginners knitting and crochet, there also are technique master classes to perfect your skills. Plus we are thrilled to have several designers including Melanie Berg and Cirilia Rose, passing on their secrets of knitting.
We love holding classes at Loop – from guiding beginners through their first tentative stitches to revealing new skills to improve even the most experienced knitters techniques. We are also proud to have many talented designers visit from all over the world and very soon we are playing host to Kirsten Kapur. Teaching two classes, one on her classic pattern ‘Andrea’s Shawl’ and another on understanding Japanese stitch patterns, we were able to catch her for a quick chat to find out more.