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This new pattern book by Gudrun Johnston, “The Shetland Trader” is a favourite at Loop. It has so many patterns that we want to knit. Most of us have our eye on more than one. I adore the lace cardi on the front, and would love to see it done in Madelinetosh Prairie, if it can make gauge. I must swatch! (BTW, if you haven’t seen the amazing new colours of Madelinetosh yarns that we got in stock at the beginning of June, you must check them out!) Another pattern by the Shetland Trader (not in the book) is the …

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Jane Brocket is coming to lauch her new book, The Gentle Art of Knitting, at Loop, on Saturday May 21st, from  2-4pm. Once again, we will have lovely cake and cookies, milk and juice for you all (I’ll see if I can get my son to bake some more of his lemon drizzle cake with ducks eggs). To celebrate the book launch, on May 21st, there will be 10% off the cover price of Jane’s book and any yarns she has used in her book. This includes;  Madelinetosh Sock, Blue Sky Alpaca Bulky, Blue Sky Alpaca Sportweight, Blue Sky Alpaca …

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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 …

Amazing New Books! Read more »