We’re bringing you a post with two fantastic things in it this Friday! We are sharing the next instalment of our Meet the Maker series, and we’re also bringing you the news that today, Friday 1st May, is our first day having our online shop back up and running for you to place your orders! Read on to see the lovely video about Rachel Atkinson of Daughter of a Shepherd, and to find out more information on the re-opening of our online shop, and about what we have just restocked for you.

We have another wonderful short film from our Meet the Maker series, in collaboration with film maker Richard Jung, to show you today! Julie Arkell has been a long-time friend of Susan, owner of Loop, and of the shop. She has taught several classes a year for many years, and we also sell her beautiful handmade pieces in our London and online shop. Read on for beautiful insights into Julie’s work!

We’re bringing you the first instalment of our new video series ‘Meet the Maker’ this week! We are so excited about this project, which is in collaboration with film maker Richard Jung. Melanie talks about her life, her design process and how the knitting community and the act of knitting gives her and others such joy.

During these strange in-between days spending time at home, rather than at the shop, the Loopettes have been finding sources of comfort from many different places. This week we’re sharing some of those things – lots of us have been knitting, but we’re also stitching, cooking, gardening and reading to keep our minds occupied and our hands busy.

The Winter Suns shawl shown here in the small size © Laine Magazine

We thought that this week we would share some of the great things we’ve been seeing popping up online during these difficult times. We hope that, while our London and online shops are closed, you’ll be able to continue your creativity and find some wonderful things to occupy your time. Not limited to just craft but also cooking, cinema and theatre; some of our favourites are below!

A snippet from the window of Loop with handmade objects from Amanda Banham, Mette Mehlsen and Julie Arkell

Hello everyone – this week we’re very sad to bring you the news that we have had to close our online shop for the time being. We have the details here and a few lovely bright things to share too.

Wow! Lots of lovely things have been arriving at the shop the past few weeks, and we have been eagerly awaiting a delivery of the sweet little boulettes of sock yarn and merino singles from (Vi)laines. This week we’re showing you these little goodies!

We are so excited about the launch of the newest book from Cecelia Campochiaro – ‘Making Marls, A Sourcebook for Multistranded Handknitting’. Cecelia is the incredibly talented lady behind the ‘Sequence Knitting’ book that we have at Loop, and love!

This week we’re so happy to be able to bring you a little podcast of a talk that was held at Loop in November 2019. We held our ‘Darners in Conversation’ talk in the shop in November 2019 with Hikaru Noguchi, Celia Pym and Rachael Matthews. We hope you enjoy listening to this fascinating conversation.