Hippity Hop! Guess who’s coming? Easter is just around the corner, so we’ve rounded up a selection of our favourite Easter inspired treats, including a free crochet pattern for you! Yes, we sell speckled yarns, that look like Easter eggs… but we also have lots of lovely gifts, for unique Easter treats.
Have you noticed the beautiful plant-dyed yarn that appears in the banner slideshow for our online shop? We are very proud to be the exclusive stockist of Mette Mehlsen’s yarns, which are dyed with plants collected from western parts of Jutland, Denmark, where she lives and dyes. Susan (our lovely Loop proprietor) discovered Mette through her beautiful Instagram feed, and loved everything about what she was doing – from the natural dyes, the colours achieved and the use of white and grey wool native to Denmark right down to the beautifully simple wrapped brown paper bands. We’ve been carrying her …
The Grant Scarf, from Juju’s Loops, in three colours, is our ‘go-to’ pattern for a chunky chevron scarf. It was designed to use exactly 2 skeins of the Misti Alpaca Chunky and 1 each, of two other colours. Misti Alpaca Chunky is a very soft and seductive yarn. However, some men find that the fluff of the Alpaca is not ideal for bristly beard hairs. For them, we have redesigned Grant in hardy, chunky yarns. It’s perfect as a unisex scarf or for a quick knit to stave off the last of the chill before Spring fully kicks in. We’ve used Quince …