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  Shelley came home from filming in NYC with a new cashmere obsession... The Clinton Hill Cashmere Company is the brainchild of knitwear designer Rebecca Kevelson. After almost a decade in the knitting industry, Rebecca launched the ultimate cashmere yarn company. This 100% cashmere yarn hails from one of the most prestigious cashmere mills in Italy. In order to create the absolute best and finest cashmere, Clinton Hill follows their yarn production from start to finish...Each spring, when the goats naturally shed their coats, the herders begin the process to harvest the cashmere. This begins by gently combing the goat,...

We've been dreaming and imagining and wondering...and just plain *jumping up and down* in anticipation of Knit Stars 5.0 this fall!Signups for the original, all-online knitting festival, conceived and created each year right here from Loops, are open now...(Have you watched the 2-minute movie trailer? We promise it will fill you with yarn-y joy and quite possibly give you chills!) ...And later this week, if you are joining us for Knit Stars 5.0 you'll get an opportunity to purchase some (totally optional!) exclusive yarns that have been curated by our instructors.We're giving Knit Stars members another opportunity to purchase yarns...

Confession time: As a knitter living in a warm climate, I've always had a love-hate relationship with tweed.I LOVE how it looks - rustic, homespun, textural. I HATE how it feels - scratchy, itchy, rough.But finally, after all these years, a tweed has come along that I've fallen truly, MADly, deeply in Loops love with! 😍😍😍Introducing Madelinetosh TML & Tweed - in a custom palette created just for Loops 💃🏽 The base for Tosh Tweed is the #1-selling, classic Tosh Merino Light, dyed by hand in Texas from wool ethically sourced from South Africa - but with the addition of...

Welcome to the Fall 2020 Hot Loops Wall! This weekend we announced our new indie dyer of the season...Drumroll pleaseeeeeeee...🎉🎉 Kim Dyes Yarn! 🎉🎉Kim has created a collection of bases and hand-dyed colors to wow and inspire us for the whole season, and the Loops Troops have curated and created perfectly paired projects for each yarn. So all you have to do is choose your favorite design, order up your favorite color, and cast on!It's a one-stop knitspiration shop.Each week we'll be highlighting one of Kim's yarns, along with our project pairings. So without further ado, let's get started! Cronut Sport...

Have you had to forgo a vacation this year, thanks to world events? You're not alone. We feel you. 💗But there just might be an upside to that lost vacation - a little extra cash sitting in the vacation fund.Might we suggest turning that missed trip into your own personal Cashmere Vacation? 🏝 Longtime Loopers will remember Tanglewood Trish, the purveyor of Tanglewood yarns - hand-spun, hand-dyed masterpieces spun from Mongolian cashmere blends.Shelley may have squealed just a bit (okay, a LOT) when she learned that the Tanglewood magic had found a new home - in Alexandra the Art of...

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are."-Brene BrownAuthenticity is a characteristic that draws people in. It radiates an aura of comfort and confidence. When you find your authentic self, you have the courage to smile back at the mirror in the morning.Knitting is an exercise in authenticity - in finding *your* joy.You know your favorite stitches and the colors you're drawn to like a magnet. You know the type of piece you can't put down. As you knit, you follow these feelings and turn them into...