Stocking yarn from Danish brand Isager has always been a pleasure for us at Loop – so many gorgeous colours and fibres make it easy to love! A couple of weeks ago, we showed off the stunning Pop Spots shawl in Isager Tvinni, which makes perfect use of those shades and textures. This week, we want to share the to-die-for collection from Helga Isager called The Bird Collection – a book with 7 designs designs for women and six designs for kids using Isager’s wonderfully tactile yarns. Take the Robin pullover, above – stylish, simple and great on a range …

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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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As I’ve mentioned before, we are building our range of UK independent-dyer yarns at Loop. We started carrying Juno Fibre’s Alice Lace weight yarn after meeting the dyer at Knit Nation, last summer. We loved the yarn so much, we got it in Sock weight as well.