Back in the autumn we got a few skeins of Alchemy Kozmos. We didn’t get that many, because they were pricey, and we weren’t sure how well they would do. But they got snapped up pretty quickly, so we ordered more. When they came in the other day, Susan discovered they had a natural affinity with the Juno Pearl that we are so in love with.   Pearl Canopy and Kozmos mallard. Don’t they look pretty together?   I’m sure you play with your stash like this too. What should we do with them? Purlbee uses the Kozmos in a …

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Loop is having a bake sale, March 26th – 27th, to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. Everyone is invited to bring baked cakes and cookies to Loop, which will be on sale in the shop throughout the weekend. All proceeds go to the Red Cross. Any donations welcome. Please come by and have some cake with us!

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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