Happy Halloween to all of you who celebrate it!  We’re having a sale that started at 11 pm last night and goes through Saturday at 11 pm (Central Standard Time). You can check out this post to see just what is included in the sale.  We’re busily packing orders and getting them shipped, but we won’t be able to get through all of them today. We’ll ship the other half of them on Monday. We promise to keep working quickly, though – no trick or treat breaks today!  I guess on Monday, I’ll also have to change our Halloween decorations to the Thanksgiving ones.  It’s hard to believe that November is just about here. (Wondering what that beautiful yarn is in the Halloween display? A new Wollmeise colorway called “Thriller”!  Our latest Wollmeise order has started to arrive – the first two big boxes so far. We’re waiting for the rest and then will put it up in increments sometime in the next couple of weeks. I still can’t figure out why the mail system can’t deliver the whole order at once. This always happens.)

We’re planning on having a great weekend. Want to know why? Because College Guy/Web Guy surprised us by walking in the door last night – he’s here for the weekend. I love surprises like that!  I think I mentioned in the blog that College Girl was home a couple of weeks ago for Fall Break, but College Guy took off on a Road Trip with four friends, so we didn’t get to see him.  (Here’s a photo of the Road Tripping group, visiting the Canadian side of Niagra Falls at sunrise.  They traveled 3000 miles, through 17 different states plus Quebec and Ontario, between Tuesday night and Sunday night of that week.  Remember college days when things like that seemed entirely do-able?  They packed so much into that trip and had a great time!)  I think the other reason that Web Guy likes to surprise us is so that I won’t have time to come up with a “can you fix/change/invent this on the website for me in the next two days?” list.   So, we’ll just plan on a fun, relaxing weekend, instead.

I made a chocolate cake last night to bring into Loopy Central today, and wanted to share the recipe with you.  The chocolate chips keep the middle gooey and moist, and it’s very easy to make. (It would also make great cupcakes.)  Here’s the recipe:

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

1 yellow cake mix
1 lg. box instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
8 oz. sour cream
1/4 cup water
1 (12 oz) pck. miniature chocolate chips

Sift together the cake mix and the pudding mix.  Mix liquids together, including the sour cream.  Blend this with the dry ingredients, adding chocolate chips last.  Spray bundt pan with cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.  Remove from oven, let cool in pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a plate.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with ice cream.

Have a great weekend and enjoy perusing the sale today and tomorrow!

Sheri whoisfinishinguptheMalabrigoSockthisweekend,toshowyounextweek

We know you’re trying to be good and will not be digging into the kids trick or treat bags after they go to bed. (Right?) And you’re not justifying going out and buying a big candy bar in honor of Halloween because you don’t have kids at home to go door to door for you. (Right?) And you’re positively going to bypass the Halloween candy clearance aisle on Saturday. (Right?) So we think you deserve a yarn-y kind of a treat for all of your discipline, and we have just the thing for you. Beginning at 11 pm on Thursday night (Central Standard Time), and going through 11 pm on Saturday night, we have a Trick or Treat sale going on. (Check out this fun Time Zone map I found, in case you’re wondering how many hours difference there is between Loopy and you.  We’re in the green GMT-6 time zone.)  So late Thursday night, you will find:

20% off all knitting bags (including Atenti, Offhand Designs, Namaste, Lawre’s Laine, Maruca, GoKnits, Ham’s Jam, 3 AM Enchantments, Mrs. Kwitty’s, and Loopy Ewe Totes.) We love bags, and everyone needs a bag for trick or treating. Or knitting.

And 20% off All Things Heather, Araucania, Beyond Basic Knits, Classic Elite, Farmhouse, J.Knits, Noro, Opal, Prism Kid Slique, Rio de la Plata, Regia, Rowan, Spindle City, and Sheepaints.

(This applies to items in stock at the time of the sale.)

We usually focus on giving back to you in appreciation of your business, by giving you Frequent Shopper Benefits on anything and everything that you purchase here. We like doing that, and we know you love that ongoing savings, too. But besides trying to bypass the trick or treat candy, we also figured that everyone has had enough of the economy woes and enough of the weeks and weeks of annoying political ads, and we thought you just downright deserved an extra treat this week. (And of course you’ll be earning Frequent Shopper Benefits on all of these purchases, too.  Always.) So we hope you enjoy a little shopping fun and that this will put a smile on your face!  We’ll work on getting the sale orders out on Friday and Monday. (And really – you can go ahead and raid the trick or treat bags, too.  We think that’s just fine.)

Sheri nokidsathometobebringinguscandy,
butmaybeaSaltedCaramelHotChocolatewouldbeinorder

You all know Romi – the designer of all of those beautiful pins and yarnball earrings that we keep ordering here at The Loopy Ewe. She’s also the designer of the “Ice Queen” pattern over on Knitty.com, which uses a skein of KidSilk Haze, this gorgeous “Waves of Grain” pattern which would be beautiful in any laceweight yarn, and the “Muir Stole” out of a silk/mohair laceweight. Today, you get to meet her in the Limelight!
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Loopy: Hi Romi!  We’re really glad you could talk to us today.  Tell us, how long have you been a jewelry designer, and how did you learn to do this?
Romi: I have been a jewelry designer since about the age of 7. I began beading at an early age and I had my first commission at 9! When I was in college, I learned metal smithing and I was absolutely hooked. Jewelry is something that has fascinated me throughout my entire life.

Loopy: A very young entrepreneur! That’s really fun.  How do you come up with your ideas?
Romi: I daydream and doodle a *lot*. I also joke that my bicycle is my other office, because so many ideas pop into my head when I am riding! I look at everything, absorb it, it all rattles around in my head, and then something will come to me.

Loopy: So you exercise for inspiration? That might be a good motivator, actually. And you also knit, right?
Romi: Yes! I knit, spin and crochet, too.

Loopy: How long have you been doing those things?
Romi: I was born into a crocheting family and my mother taught me crochet when I was 6. I begged and begged her to teach me how to knit. She finally relented when I was 9! I have knit on and off since that time. I learned to knit lace about 4 years ago, which is why I began making shawl pins. My shawls weren’t getting worn because they kept falling off my shoulders. I learned to spin about 5 months ago or so after resisting for a long time! My enabler, er, I mean teacher, says I was a spinster in another life.

Loopy: I’m sure she’s using “spinster” in the nicest sense of the word… Now, you also design patterns. Have you done a lot of that? And do you have a favorite pattern that you’ve done up so far?
Romi: Well, I haven’t really done *that* much designing. Yet. I have never been able to keep myself from changing patterns though, so I figured it was about time to start designing my own! I first began experimenting with knitted wire and jewelry and had two patterns published in Knitty: Venezia napkin rings and Bauble. I also have a book coming out from Interweave in late November of 2008 on Knit and Crocheted Jewelry. It’s called “Elements of Style: Knit + Crochet Jewelry with Wire, Fiber, Felt + Beads.” Meanwhile I’ve been pursuing my love of lace knitting and have had three patterns in Knitty (Muir stole, Ice Queen cowl and Waves of Grain scarf) and there’s a pattern just out on the Elann.com site: Liquid Silver. There’s another pattern coming out in the Winter issue of Twist Collective, and I also have more patterns kicking around my head! A few are off the needles and just need to be put in a format that others can use as well. I think my favorite pattern so far is a pair of wire and rose quartz earrings from my new book. I wear them all the time.

Loopy: Romi. Seriously.  You call that “haven’t really done that much designing”??  We’d call that “pretty darned talented in the designing field”.  Your book looks like it will be fun!  What would be your favorite part of your job, and your not-so-favorite part?
Romi: My favorite part is definitely that I get to do all the things I love and I can call it work! It is too cool to go hang out with fellow fiber addicts, pet fibery and sparkly things and still not feel guilty. And I’ve met some really amazing people! My not so favorite? I think that would be that there are not enough hours in the day to do everything that I want to do!

Loopy: Wouldn’t it be nice if we could petition to have a 36 hour day on Saturdays and Sundays?  What a nice weekend that would make.  Do you have other hobbies, in addition to all of the fiber-things you like to do?
Romi: I like reading, cycling and hiking/walking.

Loopy: And how about your family – would you like to tell us about those near and dear to you?
Romi: I am married and have two young sons. It’s a seriously male-dominated household, but Diva, the house rabbit backs me up on the odd occasion when I need it.

Loopy: I’m sure there are days when you just need to get away from the guys, right? What would be your favorite way to spend a day off?
Romi: Day off? What’s that? Heh. My dream is to hike out into Muir Woods with my knitting and sit under a Bay Tree enjoying the smells and sights, relaxing, eating crackers and cheese with grapes, and doing a spot of knitting. No rushing.

Loopy: That sounds like a wonderful day. We think you ought to take a day just like that, very soon.  Thanks for being in the Limelight!
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Sheri whoisusingRomi’sbeautifulpinstogivewithhandknitscarvesasgiftsthisChristmas

… Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate from Starbucks. Have you tried that yet? (Or their Hazelnut Hot Chocolate?) YUM.  Of course they didn’t put these square marshmallows in there – those are from Trader Joes.  What is hot chocolate without marshmallows? I’m also looking forward to the Peppermint Marshmallows that appear at Trader Joes in time for the holidays. So good in Peppermint Hot Chocolate.

… Going through your stash and finding a skein of yarn that is perfect for a project you want to knit up and get done in time for the holidays. It’s always fun to pay a visit to my stash, because there are things in there that I forgot that I had. (Sad.)  There was a time when I only bought “one project ahead”, but I got over that soon enough. Now I love having many different options when I feel like starting something new. (And many different options when the economy is tanking and I might not feel like spending the money to buy something new. We must insure that our knitting habit never suffers, right? Having a stash insures that we won’t run out of yarn to use.)

… Getting rid of things in your stash that you will never use. (And in fact, you’re not sure why you bought it in the first place, and you wonder what you were thinking?)

... Making your list of gifts that need to be knitted, and making sure you have everything that you need to finish each project. (Should I mention that we only have 62 days until Christmas? Or is that information that you just don’t need to know?)

… Finding a few new things to buy at The Loopy Ewe, to replace the space vacated by the stash you got rid of. (See, I’m not suggesting getting rid of stash so that you have less. Stash is a good thing. I’m just  suggesting getting rid of the stuff you’ll never use. Of course you have to fill in those empty holes. And of course you knew I’d say that!)

… Whipping up some comfort food for dinner this weekend. This is our favorite meatloaf recipe and I hope you like it, too!

Victorian Sampler Meatloaf

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 cup cracker crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup chopped onions (optional)
2 Tbl. chopped green pepper (optional)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce
4 oz. tomato sauce

Sauce

1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. mustard

Mix meatloaf ingredients in order given and shape into a loaf.  Bake in 1 1/2 qt. loaf pan for 1 1/4 hours at 350 degrees.  Remove from oven, drain, and pour sauce over the top.  Return to oven for another 15 minutes.

I just talked to my friend Janice, who is spending a weekend in Sedona, AZ. She said, “It’s beautiful here – 80 degrees and sunny!  What’s it like there today?”  I said, “Oh, it’s a beautiful day here, too.  Cloudy and cool and I just love it!”  She said, “You’re so weird.”  It’s a wonder that we’re friends…

So what is it a “perfect day for” in your neck of the woods?

Sheri wishingIwasgoingtoSAFFthisweekend-haveagreattimeifyou’llbethere!

There are boxes and boxes of Sanguine Gryphon Bugga! in transit, winging their way to your homes. (Well – hopefully not really winging, although each skein IS named after an insect.) I finished my first sock out of Oak Timberworm and I like it so much that I am going to do the second one pretty darn quickly. I want to wear them this winter. As you know, I’m pretty committed to single socks. It’s not that I don’t want to pair them up and be able to wear them matching, it’s just that there is always another yarn coming into the shop or that we’re contemplating for the shop, that I need to try out. I know many of you have offered to help test knit, and I appreciate that!  We do use test knitters when we’re working on patterns. However, I really like knitting with the yarns that we stock so that I can get a feel for them and get to know how they work up. It’s also important to me to spend time knitting, since I’m running a yarn shop and talking to knitters every day. And of course it’s a good excuse to get out of some things, because I can claim my knitting is “work” when necessary – like, “Sorry Honey, I have to finish this sock up by tomorrow – can’t start in on the laundry yet.”  But then on Sundays, which has always been a “no work day” in our house, I knit because “it’s relaxing and how I choose to spend my day off”.  So, conveniently, sometimes its work and sometimes it’s fun.) This pattern is “Take Flight” from Monica Knits. I thought that was a particularly appropriate name for a yarn named after a bug, and it was a very fun knit. As usual, I knit it toe up with a short-row heel and didn’t reverse the pattern – so if you use this one and knit it as written, yours will “fly” in the opposite direction. We have more Bugga! on order, including a double batch of Oak Timberworm, my favorite.

Now that all of the photos are officially posted from our Dream in Color Baby Knit-A-Long, it’s time to check them out and take a vote. The assignment was to knit something out of DC Baby, and there were a lot of different “somethings” that people knit up. Help us pick “The Knitter’s Choice” winner by emailing susan AT theloopyewe DOT com with your favorite by next Tuesday, Oct. 28th. We’ll tally up the winner and we’ll also draw one winner by lottery.  Both will receive a Gift Certificate from The Loopy Ewe.  Anyone who participated and had their photo uploaded in time, can claim a 20% discount on their next order of DC Baby.  Just tell us in your order notes that you had your photo up in the gallery in time for the contest.  Currently, we’re doing a Fourth Quarter Loopy Challenge and your goal is to knit some kind of hand covering (gloves, mittens, fingerless mitts, etc.) and post a photo in the Q4-08 photo gallery by 12/31. I figured that this would be a good way to get some holiday gifts knit up, in addition to challenging you to learn something new while you do it!

I’m halfway done with my sock out of the skein of Malabrigo Sock Yarn that my yarn rep sent to me. I’m anxious to show it to you, as it has been fun to see the colors mix. I know you all are waiting on this yarn, and I promise that I have ordered a whopping amount of it. We will get this just as soon as they are ready to ship U.S. orders out in November.  You’re going to love it. (I also have a whopping amount of Malabrigo Lace on order, so I’ll keep you posted on that. It’s fun to have our new space so that we can fill it up with “whopping” amounts of yarn!) We’ll have more DC Classy going up later today – the UPS gal just dropped it off – along with a re-stock of Claudia Hand Painted. I hope you always click on the “See What’s New” button when you visit The Loopy Ewe – we re-stock often.

I’ll leave you with a photo of Knitting Daughter and Casey-the-dog from last weekend. Casey is 12 years old and arthritic, but she still gets excited when she sees rabbits and squirrels in the yard, and when she sees her college kids coming through the door for a visit.

Sheri it’sfinallyhandknitsockweatherhereinSt.Louisandmyfeetarehappy!

Today we have Stacy from Tempted Yarns in the Loopy Limelight! Stacy has been one of our indie dyers since last spring and her line has been very popular here. It was especially fun to have her at our first Spring Fling to get to know her in person. (And I wish you all could sit and watch her spin. It’s almost as relaxing as spinning yourself!) Check out the brand new Tempted Cashmere/Merino roving that we just added to the website.  It’s amazing.
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Loopy: Hi Stacy!  Thanks for being in the Limelight today. First things first – how long have you been a knitter and who taught you to knit?
Stacy: I began knitting by accident about 6 years ago, shortly after the death of my sweet, amazing, talented and inspiring grandmother.  I was feeling a little nostalgic one day while doing my shopping at the local Super Wal-Mart and wandered into the craft section.  I had always been very interested in crafts and I love working with my hands and making something. This is a tendency of almost all the women in my family.  My Granny had tried and tried to teach me to crochet throughout my childhood but I just never could seem to get past a chain. In fact on a few occasions I think she was about ready to throw the hook at me – I was hopeless.  While I was strolling down the craft aisle I reminisced over some of my early memories of her, playing under her current quilt in progress, laying down on newspaper so she could trace me to make me a new play shirt, and playing drums with her knitting needles. (I know I bent a few).  I finally got to the yarn and saw a ‘Teach Yourself to Knit’ kit and got to thinking about all of the failed yarn attempts in my youth. But this was not crochet – this was knitting, so maybe I could do it! I bought some good old cheap yarn and the knitting kit and ran home to try.  I did fine with the stitches and since no one close to me knit, I started off with a scarf and attached hood for my 5 yr. old daughter. What a disaster.  I had absolutely no understanding of gauge or what yarns are appropriate for what project and I swear it might have fit a small giant (and the yarn was way too heavy).  Before too long I was introduced to a Yarn Store… OMG I think I walked around with my mouth wide open and drooling. I had no idea there were so many delightful, wonderful, yummy fibers out there.  I am from a very small town and if Wal Mart didn’t carry it we didn’t have it.  It wasn’t too long before I decided to make a pair of socks.  I had made sweaters and scarves but never anything in the round, and I had been totally self taught up to that point.  I think I tried for a week to cast on the cuff with no luck at all. Looking back on it I feel kind of stupid but I just couldn’t understand how to join in the round.  Finally I broke down and drove the hour it takes to get to the LYS and got help from the kindest woman.  I Got It!!!  I was off and running.

Loopy: I love that you were inspired by your grandmother. She’d like knowing that you are a knitter and spinner and dyer after all this time! What is your favorite item to knit now?
Stacy: That’s a tough one. I love the first sock of a pair but I seem to have a horrible time with the second one.  Right now I have ‘Linear’ by Norah Gaughan, ‘Frost, flowers, and Leaves’ shawl by Eugen Beugler, ‘Casablanca’ by Annie Modesitt , a poncho for my 1 1/2 year old niece and several pairs of socks – 2 by Wendy Johnson and 1 pair by Cookie A, all on the needles.  I am not a monogamous knitter but I love them all completely at different times.  I am planning my next project continuously.   I guess my answer is whatever is in my hands right now.

Loopy: I don’t understand monogamous knitters, anyway.  It’s always fun to have lots going on. What is the most challenging thing that you have knit to date?
Stacy: Well I would have to say that it was the ‘Little Red Riding Hoody’ from DomiKNITrix.  The pattern wasn’t terribly hard or challenging but I decided to spin all the yarn for it, so it became a very challenging project. Considering that I had only been spinning for about a month when I decided to start it, it would have to win as hands-down, the most challenging.

Loopy: It was very fun to watch you spin at our Spring Fling. You make it look so easy! Have you been a spinner for long? And what prompted you to learn?
Stacy: I have been spinning for about 2 1/2 years and I am still constantly learning more and more about it.  I had this wild hair about wanting to own sheep and alpaca.  One day my little girl and I took a trip to an Alpaca farm just outside of Tulsa.  When I saw them I just fell in love – they are so cute and soft.  I think we spent about 3 hours there and in that time I learned that they had all this fiber in bags just sitting in a corner of their house.  I was eager to get my hands on some of it. I was such a fanatical knitter that it seemed blasphemous to have the fiber and not have a plan for it.  I bought a little and as soon as I got home I started researching spinning: where could I find a wheel, were there classes, and above all, how quick could I get one?  I am all about instant gratification!  I found a spinning guild in Tulsa and also a Louet/Schacht dealer who sold wheels out of her house.  I called her and as soon as I could, I set up an appt. to meet and try a wheel. Seriously, I was a woman obsessed.  She was kind enough to let me borrow one and try it for awhile.  I also bought some dog brushes and did my best to card the alpaca fiber. Looking back, it was dreadful, but boy was I proud of myself!  Eventually I made it to a guild meeting and one of the kind ladies there offered to share some of her fiber stash with me. I have no idea what breed of sheep I had but I carded and spun it on the borrowed wheel.  I then knitted it into the ‘Hip Hop Coat’ by Ann Bud and gave it to a very good friend.  No one told me it was too big of a project or that I needed to practice and hone my skills and I didn’t think there was any reason my first real spinning project couldn’t be a big ol’ coat.  Kinda like me rushing into knitting – I just see it and then do it. Honestly I think if I put too much thought into it I would freeze up and never get anything done.

Loopy: That’s probably true about a lot of people – we overthink things and get a bit paralyzed. Much better to just jump in and not be afraid of what you don’t know! How did you go from knitting and spinning to dyeing?
Stacy: You can probably tell that I am kind of a jump-in-with-both-feet kind of person.  Once I had started spinning and realized how much control I had over the yarn, dyeing just made sense.  I had been in search of the perfect red yarn for a long time (hadn’t heard of Wollmeise yet) and my step daughter had just learned to knit and decided to make her mother-in-law a pair of socks.  We discussed what yarn she might want to use and eventually I said she ought to dye it herself, to make a personal gift even more personal.  We did, and it was kind of like potato chips. We just couldn’t stop with one!

Loopy: So you started because you needed a good red. Now how do you come up with your colorways, and  do you have a favorite?
Stacy: Colorways….colorways…sometimes it is easy and sometimes it seems so hard.  I see everything in potential colorways anymore, whether I am driving to pick up my daughter, watching the sunrise or TV, or shopping. I try to remember and sometimes even make notes of what colors I have seen and how they interact.

Loopy: We know that you have some special helpers with your business.  How did you meet your two fun knitting lady friends?
Stacy: Well what can I say about Kaye and Del? They’re otherwise known as ‘the Gray Ladies’, or ‘the Tempted Slaves’ (if you ask them) or ‘my minions’. It sounds like I am in control but that is far from the truth!  They have quickly become some of my very best friends. We meet almost every Tuesday and spend the whole day together. When I started spinning I met an extraordinary woman who had owned a knitting and spinning shop for years. She had moved it to her home at this point and although Bette had been legally blind since birth she was an expert when it came to the fiber arts. What an inspiration.  She was a part of a local kniting guild that I didn’t even know existed and she asked if I would be interested in coming and if so, would I mind giving her a ride?  Spending any time with Bette was like having every knitting and spinning book right there with you. She was a fount of knowledge and I jumped at the opportunity!  So I began going to the Guild meetings and picking up Bette and that is where I met Del and Kaye.  I was very privileged to be invited to an exclusive meeting at Bette’s house that she called her ‘Cozy Crew’ of which Del and Kaye were a part.  It was kind of like being the first kid picked for Red Rover – I was very happy and grateful to be included.  Way too soon after I met her, Bette passed away.  One of the requests she made of her daughters was that after they had gone through and picked everything that they wanted from her stash/store, that they have her ‘Cozy Crew’ over to take the rest.  The ‘Cozy Crew’ met at Bette’s one night and we spent all evening picking through a full yarn store. Del, Kaye and I ended up spending most of that evening together and what was already a great friendship was then set in stone.  Even more amazing and shocking was that Bette’s family gave me one of her spinning wheels, a ‘Rio Grande’ wheel. What an honor.  As Kaye has told me ‘Bette was our rock’ and I give her a lot of credit for bringing us together before and even after her death.  Since then we have spent a lot of time together and when I get a little too serious or stressed out they will get me laughing to the point of tears and remind me why I love to knit, spin and dye.  Actually I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have them to lean on.  Kaye has been a business woman most of her life and is very handy to have around when I need to make big decisions, and Del is an enabler and encourager extrordinaire. She never lets me get discouraged. Now if I can just get her to break out that Matchless of hers and learn to spin (she has had it for over a year).  I don’t think that Tempted would have become what it is now without them and lucky for me they will work for yarn.

Loopy: What a great story!  You make a great point as to why it’s so important to have other knitting friends in your life, and it’s very fun that they help with your business. What is your favorite part of your job? And your not-so-favorite part?
Stacy: My favorite part is putting the dye to fiber and seeing what everyone makes from it. I love hearing what has become of the yarns and fibers.  Thank goodness for Ravelry! The least favorite is the paperwork and re-skeining.  It’s just nowhere near as fun.

Loopy: I think that would be a good question for people to answer in the comments.  Do you like seeing yarn skeined or unskeined? Personally, I like it un-skeined. I think the colors look bolder and the dyework is clearer (in how they mix and blend). I like getting an idea of the colors straight from the dyepot.  Maybe if more people prefer un-skeined (aka: not re-wound after the dyepot), you could save some time there! Is there anything else you’d like to add today?
Stacy: I would love to let Loopy, Sheri and everyone at The Loopy Ewe know that it is so amazing to get to be a part of the Loopy family.  The Loopy Ewe has the most wonderful customers, I have made so many great friends because of the Loopy Ewe, and it is so so much more then just an online yarn store. It is much more like family.  Thank you!

Loopy: Awww.   Well we agree that we do have the most wonderful customers and Loopy friends!!
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This week’s Sneak Up has snuck up! Tonight you’ll find: Cherry Tree Hill Select Supersock re-stock, The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga, PolarKnit Fleece yarn, PolarKnit Yarn Dots, Tempted Cashmere Blend Roving, 3 AM Enchantments Knitting Bags (coffee fabric!), ShibuiKnits re-stock, Chewy Spaghetti Laceweight, Dream in Color Don’t Be Blue Classy and a one-time only Dream in Color Classy Flame Season (an oops color that they offered to us – and we love it!). Come check it all out.  Later this week, we’ll have more Sock the Vote colorways up for you. The first large order that arrived here was all pre-sold before we could put it up!

Sheri hadsuchalovelyweekendwithKnittingDaughterhome.
36daysuntilsheandCollegeGuyarehomeagain.
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