Loop Knitting

Ooph - it’s almost the Winter Solstice and Christmas. It feels like there’s a little magic in the air and there’s a yearning for cocooning time to be inside and have time to knit and stitch and cook nice food to share around a table. Just for everything to slow down just a little. There’s some more little naturally dyed yarn cakes by @mette_mehlsen in the shop now. They look so pretty they give pleasure just by looking at them all stacked up. #theseareafewofmyfavoritethings #christmaspreparations #anticipation #natural #threads #stitching #surroundyourselfwithbeauty #quiet #wintersolstice #family #giftgiving #colour #crochet #botanical #knitting #knitlife #looplondon #gatherings #thishandmadelife #family #lifeinaknittingshop

Our beautiful Tiny Tassel kits with hand-dyed yarns of Qing Fibre and Madeline Tosh are back in stock. The perfect gift or simple project to dip into over the holiday season. The pattern is free on our blog at LoopKnitLounge.com with a great little tutorial for the wee tassels. Our kits have just the right amount of yarn you need! We’re open today noon-5pm and always online. See our blog for loads of other beautiful gift ideas!

‘Shy Girl’ colour rush. (and Nathalie Lete notebook from years ago... ) Surrounding myself with colour as the days creep shorter and darker towards Winter Solstice next Friday. This is Madeline Tosh Merino Light - Shy Girl also came in Pashmina in yesterday’s big kahuna of a delivery and that’s super beautiful too. Happy weekend!

Dreamy Twirl ditto in ether. ‘ether’ is Mary’s whimsical blend of fibre from her farm in California but this ditto has some Angora rabbit fur (ethically combed on the farm!) spun into it along with the merino, blue faced Leicester and Kid Mohair. Light as a feather and soft soft. Each yarn cake from Twirl Yarn is handled from fleece to skein with the utmost loving care.

Melted Baby Suri Alpaca, Hand-Dyed here in London by Layla of Qing Fibre in Oyster, Punjabi and Cherry Hill. Next Friday we’ll have a one skein free beanie pattern for you using this dreamy yarn as a little Christmas gift back to you. Ooph- it’s getting cold here in London - remember we are open until 7:30 tonight (but no Knit Night) and I think a very huge delivery from Madeline Tosh is arriving today too!

Life in the Long Grass (How I love even the name of this yarn company!) Here is a gorgeous ‘Fade’ or just a pretty wonderful combination of hand-dyed colours gathered together for you. From left: Pressed Flowers, Meraki, Weathered, Corrode and Night. Thank you Caroline of LITLG for dyeing such beautiful colours. ... Ps. We are now open until 7pm most nights leading up to Christmas to make it a bit easier for you! See our website for exact hours.
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We have some wonderful new classes and events taking place at Loop in the coming months. We have new dates for Celia Pym's Mending Workshop, as well as a brand new class, 'Soft Cloths, Heaving Patching' with Celia. There are also new dates for the Julie Arkell Creature Workshop, and a fantastic event with Hiraku Noguchi and Celia Pym in conversation. Lots to get you inspired! Find all the details for the classes and events on our website now. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/Embro idery-and-Textile-Cl… http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/Julie -Arkell-Creature-Wor… http://www.loopknittingshop.com/p/8…/Da rners-in-Conversation

Ooph are we excited about this! Hikaru Noguchi, brilliant textile designer and master surface embroiderer, will be coming over from Tokyo to teach at Loop in January! There will be two workshops taught by Hikaru who has just published her book ‘Darning, Repair, Make’. We will also have an evening event with HIKARU NOGUCHI and Celia Pym - “Two Darners in Conversation” on Saturday the 19th January ( details on that coming very soon). There might even be a small Popup shop wi...th some of Hikaru’s beautiful textiles! See the Loop website to book one of her wonderful workshops. All images courtesy of Hikaru Noguchi. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/Hikar u-Noguchi-Stitching-… #hikarunoguchi #visiblemending #knitlife #darning #embroidery #repair #stitching #craft #textile #damagedbeauty #skills #mending #looplondon #mendingmatters #threads #workshops #thishandmadelife
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Walking in the shop this week greeted by the Roulade scarf ( the brights version of our kit designed by PixenDK using CaMaRose ), Sajou St Pierre darning + embroidery threads, handmade wonders by Julie Arkell and Sophie Digard and bundles of yarn from Habu to Scheepjes - and that’s just walking in the door! So much textile treasure. Hope you had some time this weekend for making + some creative plotting. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/p/8082/Ro ulade-Scarf-Kit #woolshop #textiles #yarn #thishandmadelife #LoopLondon #angelislington #threads #stitching #embroidery #visiblemending #crochet #knitting #sophiedigard #juliearkell #roulade #knittingkit #inspiration #lys #knitlife #color #texture #pattern #knittersofinstagram #wool #knittersoftheworld #celebratinghandmade #lifeinaknittingshop

Loads of Christmas gift ideas are in the London shop and on our blog this week at LoopKnitLounge.com Our incredible selection of hand-dyed natural fibre yarns include Qing Fiber Melted Baby Suri ( we’ll have a sweet + free hat pattern for that coming soon!) and gifts galore from stocking fillers to pure luxury for any lover of textiles, crochet, embroidery and knitting! Check out the blog for some inspiration and have a wonderful weekend wherever you are! Image shot by @kristinperers and styled by me with adorable @lucypaffard modelling. All our last Christmas shipping dates and our opening hours over the holiday period are also now up on our website. 😌

Life in the Long Grass. Coffee cake has been baked for our last knit night of 2019 tonight. A little extra treat for gathering and, if you’re anywhere nearby, we hope you can join us. Something truly special arrived in the shop yesterday - our first Irish yarn! Hand-dyed on their ‘Fine Sock’ base, just in time for cosy toes this Winter, we love their colour palette with hints of the natural countryside around them. Images will be up on our website in the next couple of da...ys. Thank you Caroline of LITLG Hand-dyed Yarn! http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/Life- in-the-Long-Grass---… #lifeinthelonggrass #ireland #looplondon #coffeecake #pioneerwoman #sockknitting #knittersofinstagram #knittersoftheworld #crochet #natural #Lichen #knitting #lifeinaknittingshop #knitnight #lys #LondonLife #gathering #thishandmadelife #moreunited
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Loop Piccadilly shawl kits in one of our favourite yarns - Hayton by Eden Cottage yarns in Dianthus + Fen colourway. Printed pattern, yarn and cotton shopper bag included in this wonderful kit and we also have the yarn and printed patterns on their own in the shop. PDF is through Justyna on Ravelry! Pattern by @letesknits for Loop and sample knit by lovely @chrishindle213 In our ‘Kits’ section on our website and in the London shop. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/p/…/Loo p-Piccadilly-Shawl-K… #Piccadilly #knitlife #knittingkit #looplondon #handdyedyarn #lys #edencottageyarns #christmasiscoming #london #celebratinghandmade #knittersofinstagram #color

This, from this morning as I stacked beribboned gifts, ready to head off from home to fill our Christmas window with knitterly treasures. Cosmo approved. 😉 The Loop Christmas window is done and I think it’s beautiful and we hope you like it - if you are in London and can swing by we’d love to see you! #lifeinaknittingshop #home #christmasiscoming #knitting #crochet #looplondon #embroidery #yarn #celebratinghandmade #siberiancat #cosmo #moments #baubles #givingittheonceover

Beautiful, beautiful Cassiope and Aphrodite. Hand-dyed in France by Pauline. Cassiope has Stellina threaded through for sparkle shimmer on the merino + nylon sock base, while Aphrodite is pure soft luxury. We’re totally smitten! Read all about Lain'amourée yarns and their cotton project bags that are in the shop over on our blog at LoopKnitLounge.com This week we are giving away two Lain’amourée project bags. To enter, follow us on Instagram @looplondonloves and either repos...t our image or post an Lain’amourée image of your own, using the hashtag #LoopLovesLainamouree. You can also leave a comment on the blog for another chance to win. Get your entry in by Wednesday, December 5th and we’ll announce the two winners in this week’s blog post! Happy knitting. #giveaway #knitlife #projectbag #handdyedyarn #knitting #LoopKnitLounge #lainamouree #LoopLondon #knittersoftheworld #heaveninayarncake #weloveyarn
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A favourite colour called ‘Kaleidoscope’ - muted colour love with the gentlest of speckles that’s been hand-dyed for us by Qing Fiber here in London. On all the bases we stock including Super Soft DK, Kid Mohair +Silk, Merino Singles, Melted Baby Suri and Big Merino Chunky. Sunday colour joy. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/c/743/Qin g-Fibre

La Bien Aimee yarns are here at Loop! We have Merino Singles and BFL Tough Sock in 50 and 100g skeins. All beautiful colours including a few new ones. Everything is in our London shop from today (1st December) and will then go online from Sunday evening 6pm UK time. We hope you enjoy - they’re pretty gorgeous. Happy December! http://www.loopknittingshop.com/c/783/La- Bien-Aimee

Look at this lusciousness! Big Merino Chunky yarn hand-Dyed for us here in London by Qing Fibre - perfect for chunky hats and cowls and super quick knits. The palette of thirteen colours just sing! This is ‘Bittermelon’ and all of the colours are now up on our website and in the London shop. Sometimes the colours take my breath away. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/Qing- Fibre---Big-Merino-C…
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Hand-dyed BFL Tough Sock minis from the Paris atelier of La Bien Aimée will be in our London shop from Saturday morning, along with their big sister 100g skeins. Perfect for mix-match on toes, heels + cuffs or on their own. We’ll also have a big beautiful selection of Merino Singles. Heaven! Everything will then be on our online shop from Monday morning. All just perfectly timed for holiday sock knitting, gifts and to spoil yourself with some beauty. Grateful thanks to Aimee and her dyers for such a stunning collection of yarn. 💫 #labienaimee #LoopLondon #handdyed #yarnygoodness #knitting #crochet #knitlife #knittersofinstagram #knittersoftheworld #bluefacedleicester #sockknitting #crazyaboutcolour #smitten #thishandmadelife #lifeinaknittingshop #lys #knit

Big skeins of the precious Hampshire 4 Ply from The Little Grey Sheep have arrived at Loop! Precious because of all the love and attention ruin that goes into making each and every skein. From raising the sheep to hand-dyeing the wool, every step of the process is overseen and cared for by Emma and her family + team. We’ve stocked the mini skeins for awhile (next delivery of those should arrive this week!) and we’re chuffed to have these 60g hanks that are perfect on their own or to use as a main colour base in cahoots with the minis for colourwork. Reared, shorn, spun and hand-dyed in Hampshire, England. http://www.loopknittingshop.com/…/The-L ittle-Grey-Sheep---H…

Wonderful small yarn shop with very kind staff! The greatest yarns I ever saw, bought 2 Madelinetosh light merino for knitting a souvenir cowl for myself. Was in London as a tourist and very glad to ask Google for a woll shop near to my hotel! I surely will return, when I'll be in London again! ��

Wonderful shop, friendly staff and fantastic stock. Very hard to choose!

Visited twice last week as was visiting London as my husband was on a course! Beautiful shop with a gorgeous range of different yarns. �����

Visited here while attending a conference in London, and had an evening by myself. Lovely friendly staff very knowledgeable about their products and they stock yarns I would normally have to buy online without a squish. Even joined in the knit & natter upstairs and fell in love with the Tokyo shawl that everyone seemed to have knit (at least one!) Made good progress on my Tokyo on the train home.

If you are in London it is well worth a trip on the tube to visit this lovely store, and make sure you have spends. You will walk out with a special skein (or project) you have just fallen in love with. Thank you ladies <3

This is just about my favourite yarn shop in London (possibly in the UK!). They stock the most gorgeous yarns. Their haberdashery is amazing and stocked with gorgeous buttons and shawl pins and the like. The staff are all incredible: well informed and warm and welcoming. They are always willing to go that extra mile to help you find something suitable but amazing. When ordering online they keep you informed and let you know if dye lots will differ etc.They host classes which are incredible. It is my woolly haven and I love it.

Loop is wonderful! The colours and range of yarns, books and accessories blow me away. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the service if I order online or by phone is impeccable and the goods delivered swiftly and carefully packed. I come to London just to go to Loop and then travel home on the train gloating over my purchases. Thank you all. X

I've always shopped at Loop when visiting London but made a special effort to purchase something today as you are donating funds to the ACLU. I'm so impressed & grateful when not just individuals but businesses too make a stand & resist.

I went there on sunday, and it was such a fantastic afternoon. Very lovely staff, Laura was very helpful with winding the yarn into cakes. She got a lot of help from Mary Ann from the states. I love how all knitters from all over the world are such happy and friendly people when they meet for the first time. Shame i have to get a plane ride next time i wanna go there. Beatrice from Germany

I visited loop (for the first time) on a recent holiday. Staff were welcoming and approachable, the wool, haberdashery, samples (and everything else I saw) was top-notch. I will definitely visit again on my next trip across the pond, and probably order online before then :) Thank you loop!

I visit there last June! It's an amazing shop yarn. I love it all: yarn, books, gifts and so on...I brought a fantastic blue colour of the uncommon thread. Congratulations. I hope I can return.

I seriously love Loop! I spend way too much time on your website, mentally spending thousands of pounds. Made my second order yesterday morning, arrived in Cornwall today. Great service! Cannot wait to start my new knitting projects, thank you.

I made an online order at 2.49pm yesterday and it arrived at 10.44am this morning - I live in Orkney so found it incredible to have my gorgeous parcel arrive so quickly - thank you Loop and thank you Royal Mail. Oh, and by the way the Isager yarn is absolutely gorgeous and the package was beautifully presented - couldn’t be happier!!!

I love this shop, I've not had the pleasure to visit in person but I really want to. Their website draws me in everytime - they have some more unusual yarn brands I find! :)

I love shopping at Loop! The amazing choice of yarns over two floors (huge even for London!), the awesome and helpful staff and the cutest building ever make it my favourite yarn shop ever.



And I am really proud of them for making a stand on this politically difficult times.

Great selection of wool and patterns, everything you could wish for and more. Staff were very knowledgable and extremely helpful in advising me on the yarn and patters I was interested in. Lots of lovely quirky shops in the area too not to mention cool coffee shops. Well worth a trip.

For me the best yarn shop in London. I go across the river to get there and I am never disappointed. The staff are helpful, knowledgeable and kind. I love going there but only once the bills are paid!!

Favorite yarn shop in London! Love it all..the yarn, the books, the helpful staff, and lots of other goodies..and lucky for me not far from where our daughter lives and I always find time to stop by in my travels to build up my stash!

At a time when the beautiful regional yarn shops are struggling, closing down over the last few years in Manchester and Birmingham, for example, it's a relief to find one that is still alive and knitting. Loop has a marvellous array of yarns, including ones from the US that I haven't seen anywhere else, and pattern support via a generous holding of books as well as individual patterns. The setting is serene and pretty, they supply all sorts of bits and pieces that the knitter needs - it's a perfect knitting shop.

A mythical space full of knitting treasures. Kind and knowledgable staff full of enthusiasm for your ideas. Gifts for your knitting friends. Beautifully curated and designed space. You want to stay all day!

Wonderful small yarn shop with very kind staff! The greatest yarns I ever saw, bought 2 Madelinetosh light merino for knitting a souvenir cowl for myself. Was in London as a tourist and very glad to ask Google for a woll shop near to my hotel! I surely will return, when I'll be in London again! ��

Wonderful shop, friendly staff and fantastic stock. Very hard to choose!

Visited twice last week as was visiting London as my husband was on a course! Beautiful shop with a gorgeous range of different yarns. �����

Visited here while attending a conference in London, and had an evening by myself. Lovely friendly staff very knowledgeable about their products and they stock yarns I would normally have to buy online without a squish. Even joined in the knit & natter upstairs and fell in love with the Tokyo shawl that everyone seemed to have knit (at least one!) Made good progress on my Tokyo on the train home.

If you are in London it is well worth a trip on the tube to visit this lovely store, and make sure you have spends. You will walk out with a special skein (or project) you have just fallen in love with. Thank you ladies <3

This is just about my favourite yarn shop in London (possibly in the UK!). They stock the most gorgeous yarns. Their haberdashery is amazing and stocked with gorgeous buttons and shawl pins and the like. The staff are all incredible: well informed and warm and welcoming. They are always willing to go that extra mile to help you find something suitable but amazing. When ordering online they keep you informed and let you know if dye lots will differ etc.They host classes which are incredible. It is my woolly haven and I love it.

Loop is wonderful! The colours and range of yarns, books and accessories blow me away. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the service if I order online or by phone is impeccable and the goods delivered swiftly and carefully packed. I come to London just to go to Loop and then travel home on the train gloating over my purchases. Thank you all. X

I've always shopped at Loop when visiting London but made a special effort to purchase something today as you are donating funds to the ACLU. I'm so impressed & grateful when not just individuals but businesses too make a stand & resist.

I went there on sunday, and it was such a fantastic afternoon. Very lovely staff, Laura was very helpful with winding the yarn into cakes. She got a lot of help from Mary Ann from the states. I love how all knitters from all over the world are such happy and friendly people when they meet for the first time. Shame i have to get a plane ride next time i wanna go there. Beatrice from Germany

I visited loop (for the first time) on a recent holiday. Staff were welcoming and approachable, the wool, haberdashery, samples (and everything else I saw) was top-notch. I will definitely visit again on my next trip across the pond, and probably order online before then :) Thank you loop!

I visit there last June! It's an amazing shop yarn. I love it all: yarn, books, gifts and so on...I brought a fantastic blue colour of the uncommon thread. Congratulations. I hope I can return.

I seriously love Loop! I spend way too much time on your website, mentally spending thousands of pounds. Made my second order yesterday morning, arrived in Cornwall today. Great service! Cannot wait to start my new knitting projects, thank you.

I made an online order at 2.49pm yesterday and it arrived at 10.44am this morning - I live in Orkney so found it incredible to have my gorgeous parcel arrive so quickly - thank you Loop and thank you Royal Mail. Oh, and by the way the Isager yarn is absolutely gorgeous and the package was beautifully presented - couldn’t be happier!!!

I love this shop, I've not had the pleasure to visit in person but I really want to. Their website draws me in everytime - they have some more unusual yarn brands I find! :)

I love shopping at Loop! The amazing choice of yarns over two floors (huge even for London!), the awesome and helpful staff and the cutest building ever make it my favourite yarn shop ever.



And I am really proud of them for making a stand on this politically difficult times.

Great selection of wool and patterns, everything you could wish for and more. Staff were very knowledgable and extremely helpful in advising me on the yarn and patters I was interested in. Lots of lovely quirky shops in the area too not to mention cool coffee shops. Well worth a trip.

For me the best yarn shop in London. I go across the river to get there and I am never disappointed. The staff are helpful, knowledgeable and kind. I love going there but only once the bills are paid!!

Favorite yarn shop in London! Love it all..the yarn, the books, the helpful staff, and lots of other goodies..and lucky for me not far from where our daughter lives and I always find time to stop by in my travels to build up my stash!

At a time when the beautiful regional yarn shops are struggling, closing down over the last few years in Manchester and Birmingham, for example, it's a relief to find one that is still alive and knitting. Loop has a marvellous array of yarns, including ones from the US that I haven't seen anywhere else, and pattern support via a generous holding of books as well as individual patterns. The setting is serene and pretty, they supply all sorts of bits and pieces that the knitter needs - it's a perfect knitting shop.

A mythical space full of knitting treasures. Kind and knowledgable staff full of enthusiasm for your ideas. Gifts for your knitting friends. Beautifully curated and designed space. You want to stay all day!