Thanks to everyone who came out for Cookie A day, last Sunday. We really appreciated Cookie’s time, and Rachel and Laurie’s cookies! It was nice to see familiar faces as well as new-to-Loopers like Anne Hanson and her husband. We have a limited number of signed copies of Cookie’s book, knit. sock. love.,  in stock. If you order now you will get a signed copy. Loop Jumble Sale We have another event this Saturday, February 12th. All day Saturday Loop is having a jumble sale. We are clearing out old stock and samples very cheaply. Please pop by. You never …

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Don’t forget tomorrow ~Sunday, February 6th, from 12:00 ~ 2:00, Cookie A will be visiting us with samples of her socks and books to be signed. Come along and have some cookies, knit-chat and fun with us!

A new workshop has just gone up on our classes list.  Lucinda Guy, author of Crochet Designs for Girls and Boys,  and Northern Knits, will teach how to make authentic Scandinavian mittens using the traditional Swedish twined knitting technique. Lucinda will teach Tvaandsstickat, or ‘two-ended’ knitting, where the knitter uses both ends of the same ball of yarn and then twists the two yarns after each stitch, producing a uniform fabric of double thickness. This fabric which is smooth, firm, and less elastic than conventional knitting makes an ideal base for embroidery and is particularly suited to making mittens and …

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