"Love Story"

In honor of Valentines we give you our newest collection "Love Story"

Love is in the air!

Good morning and happy Friday,

We hope you have all had a good week, and a good January. Can you believe it's already February 1st? Guess what that means...................it means it's time to cast on to those socks or legwarmers!!! But more on that later.

In knitting news this week, Sarah and I have some finished objects to share. First we are excited to report that Sarah finished this beautiful test knit for the lovely Laura Linneman aka Lala on Ravelry. She used the Punk Rock and A Little Bit of Rhythm colourways. I give her 8 fingers and 2 thumbs up!!! I think it turned out beautifully!!! Now I think she needs to make me one. Once the pattern becomes available we will let you guys know so that if you would like to make one you can do so!

 

She also cast on to this adorable Newborn Vertebra by Kelly Brooker, for a friends baby shower. Super cute!

 

For me as many of you know I finished my Little Stargazer hat for the Halos of Hope foundation. I really like the way it turned out.

 

 

I also cast on to the Flower Moon shawl and I am really pleased with my progress so far.

 

In non knitting news this week, I am super excited to share that we moved my son into his new room, which he is sharing with my middle daughter. He slept in there for the first time last night and once he fell asleep he actually stayed all night!!!! Hopefully we will have continued success in the nights to come.

                                                              Her bed

 

Their beds

 

His bed

 

Okay in "Out of this World" KAL news, we first want to congratulate everyone that completed the January "Put your HANDS up for knitters in Space" challenge. You all did an awesome job and everyone's FO's look great!!

The January FO thread has officially been locked and we are moving on to February's "Knitters WALK on the Moon" challenge. We are so excited to see what you all knit this month. There have been some awesome sock pattern ideas shared!

Since it's Friday we have a new extra credit challenge!! This one is all about the spirit of community and getting to know each other a little more. So with that said we want you to send a PM to another member in the group that is participating in the "Out of this World" KAL, and get their address (if they are willing to share it) so that you can send them a Valentine. Once you have a Valentine ready to send please take a picture of it and upload that picture in the extra credit thread. We also want you to take it a step further, if you are the recipient of a Valentine we would like you to say thank you to the sender in the "Out of this World" chatter thread. So go and share some "Out of this World" love!!!

Lastly just a quick reminder that the new collection will be going up in the shop on Monday February 4th. Can you feel the love? We sure can!!!

Well that about covers all of our news for this week. Hope everyone has a nice weekend, we look forward to the pictures and chatter about socks, slippers, legwarmers for humans and dogs alike, and all the wonderful Valentines!!

Talk to you next week!

Concussions, collections, KAL's and all that's going on!!

Hey Oh! Loopers,

It has been a fun, slightly catastrophic and very eventful week here at the Oh! Loops headquarters; I love calling it that because it makes me chuckle since our headquarters really only consists of Sarah's kitchen and my tiny little office that is actually the walk in closet in my master bedroom lol. Hopefully someday we will have a space grandiose enough to actually be a headquarters.

Okay let me explain why it's been a catastrophic week. On Wednesday I slipped on the ice in my driveway while holding my son. Well the outcome of that has been a minor concussion, bruised ribs, elbows, knees, forearms and a very sore finger that I stabbed with my keys lol!! My son thankfully left the scene of the accident 100% okay lol!! Then today poor Sarah jammed her finger and put a hole through one of her nails ouch! So needless to say we are seriously considering changing our name from Oh! Loops to Oh! Whoops lol!!! Since we are obviously accident prone! :)

Anyways, as many of you know Sarah is test knitting a shawl for Laura aka Lala of lala knits and the Knit Girls. She is making very good progress and should have the project completed this weekend  go Sarah!!!! You also know if you read our facebook page or plurks that we have some other very exciting news. Well another designer asked us if we would mind her using our yarn for the featured photo for an awesome new pattern she is designing! We were totally stocked. Sarah has also agreed to test knit this pattern, so once we have more information we will be able to share the name of the designer and the name of the pattern with all of you guys. It's a pretty cool pattern and I'm sure you guys will love it.

Okay now I will tell you want you all really want to know, the next extra credit assignment and Februarys "Out of this World" KAL project............ we love that you guys are so anxious to get started.

This week's extra credit, is to knit something with the words "Moon or Stars" in either the title of the pattern or the designers name. It can be anything you want and as big or as small as you like. Once completed please post a picture of the item in your claimed spot on the extra credit thread. We must say we are loving the extra credit items you have all completed thus far, you guys rock!

Now for project #2~ "Knitters WALK on the moon"

You must knit something for either your feet or legs using a color technique that is new to you. These color techniques could include things such as: self stripping yarn, contrasting heel/toe, a color you don't normally knit with, using a solid if you normally use variegated or using a variegated if you would normally use a solid, or you could try colorwork. Anything color related that is new to you will count. As with January's project you cannot cast on until February 1st and you will have until midnight on February 28th to complete your project and have a picture of your FO uploaded to the appropriate thread.

Please feel free to chat about this project and share your pattern and color ideas in the "Out of this World" chatter thread starting today, this thread will be the ongoing chatter thread for the entire KAL!

If you have particular questions for either Sarah or myself about this project please post your questions in the "Out of this World" KAL questions thread and we will do our best to answer them. Please remember the most important thing is to have fun!!! Don't stress, challenging ourselves to think outside what is normal for us is healthy and should only encourage us!

Real quick before we say goodbye for this week we wanted to give a few reminders and say a few thank you's!!

First we have to say a huge thank you to Casey of Tangerine Designs for her wonderful work and designs. She has agreed to create something awesome for the "Out of this World" prize packages as well as the extra credit prize.

We must also say an enormous thank you to Amy Beth of the Fat Squirrel Speaks podcast for mentioning us on her podcast. We sent Amy Beth a skein of our Little Stargazer colourway and she showed it to her viewers and has agreed to knit some hats for the "Halos of Hope" foundation so thank you, thank you, thank you Amy Beth!!!

We also wanted to thank Denise of the Knitting Den for mentioning us on her last podcast and for considering us as one of the indie dyers she would like to try this year. 

Again thanks ladies you all rock!!!

We wanted to quickly remind everyone that as of today you have one more week to complete project number one of the "Out of this World" KAL. Project one is "Put your HANDS up for knitters in space" You were asked to knit something for your hands using a new technique. Please make sure you have your FO uploaded to the appropriate thread by no later than 11:30 pm on Thursday January 31st as we will lock this thread at midnight. You must complete all four projects in order to be entered to win the awesome prize package so get those photos posted!!

Second we wanted to let everyone know that February is the last month to order the next Yarnie AA club subscription for the March/April/May colors. Our Yarnie AA club is a three month long club. You will receive one skein of yarn a month for three months. Our clubs will always contain one skein of a mild variegated colourway, one skein of a wild variegated colourway and one semi solid to match both variegated skeins. You will also receive lots of fun little extras each month. If you are interested in the next color group which will include, green, purple, teal, pink and gray, please have you order placed by no later than February 28th.

Last but not least we want to remind everyone that our newest collection will go up in the shop on Monday February 4th and there is a good chance it may resemble a February holiday hmmmmmm!

Okay guys sorry it was a long once again this week. I think I have told you all the important goings on. We hope you have a great week, we are excited to see those finished hand projects, and see what you all decide to knit in February. I will see you back here next week!

Looking Forward

When looking ahead to the many things that you can accomplish this year, what do you see?

What is On the Horizon? Will you Dream Big? Oh the Possibilities are endless if you just Imagine all the Royal Beginnings and Healthy Restarts you have at your fingertips!! It's a new year and a Brave New World! So Set the World on Fire, and go There and Back to find true love or a world rich with opportunities At Last!!

We give you our "Looking Forward" collection.........................................................