Continuing with our staff wishlists for Santa,  Rebecca, who likes to bake, read, and dream of a farm filled with animals, wishes for: 6 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted Weight in Forest to make… The Old Mill Hoodie by Cecily Glowik MacDonald. (What a good idea! I think I might add this pattern to my Christmas wishlist too.) 2 skeins of Malabrigo Lace in (Loop favourite) Frank Ochre to make Miss Lambert’s shawl from Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowersby. Rebecca, like many of us, loves the Hikaru Noguchi shawls and has asked Santa for a Snowflake and Stripe one in …

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Our next Christmas wishlist is compiled by Rachel, resident test knitter and Wollmeise junkie: More Wollmeise! Rachel doesn’t believe in too much of a good thing! She would like to make Chadwick from Stephen West’s new book with some of her lovely Wollmeise collection. Natalie Lete Silk Scarf. She also loves the Natalie Lete Cat brooch. Surely that wouldn’t take up too much room in her stocking, would it Santa? Stag Horn Button in Olive. (See the next post for a handy to turn this into a brooch. Haapsula Shawl book. (This is such a popular wishlist book!) Twelve skeins …

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It’s snowing here today, and the Christmas lights have been switched on in Camden Passage. This puts us in mind to start compiling our letters to Santa. We’ve all been good girls, at Loop, and we have very specific knitting desires that we thought we would share with you. We also share them with our friends and family via the Amazon Universal Wish List button.