Fiber by Design: Episode 1 A New Beginning, A New Adventure!

Fiber by Design: Episode 1 A New Beginning, A New Adventure! 

First and foremost we want to apologize to everyone that stuck around for the shop update. We were having some technical difficulties and somehow that portion of the video made it's way to cyber space and just never came back :( It will be included in the next episode. 

Wonderful shop goodies for the Harry Potter Prize packages:

The Cozy Leaf

Geeky Little Things

Wool Work For Yarn

Sew Bee Creations

Beautiful Show

Custom Vinyl Prints

Finished Fibers:

Lydia~

Black Bird on the Linen Mitts~ Half-linen-cozies

Sarah~

Sea Salt for Me~ Corvinus-family-mitts

Steamy Punk Around my Neck~ Pattern coming soon

Working Fibers:

Lydia~

Glamorous Pink Feather Boa~ Zaria

Rock the Electric Shock Socks~ Pattern coming soon

Quileute Shape Shifters Scarf~ Waverley-scarf

Cool Your Steamy Punk with Some Frozen Lemonade~ Pattern coming soon

Sarah~

Gavin Serina Cardigan~ Serina-cardigan

Roaches on a Plane only in Washington~ Socks-on-a-Plane

School's Out for Vanessa~ School's Out

Chickadee Cowl~ Chickadee Cowl

Scrappy Spiral Blanket of Awesome~ Spiral Blanket of Awesome a Tutorial

New Posts coming soon!

It has been a long time since we last posted.  We are excited to say that we will start posting again very soon!

Magic is in the Air

Hey Oh! Loopers,

Again it has been far to long since we last chatted. So many things have happened this summer that have made us here at Oh! Loops busy ladies. But getting back in the swing of things we are excited to tell you about what we have in store for all of you!

As you all know we currently have our "Refresh" and "The Entertainer" collections for sale in the shop. On Thursday August 1st our newest collection "Illusion" will make its debut.

Plus back by popular demand the Illusion collection will include stripes!! There has been a change made to the Oh! Loops stripes that we are super excited about.

**SAME GREAT STRIPES, ALL NEW & UNIQUE LOOK** Our stripes will now come caked instead of in a ball for two at a time ease. Because we pride ourselves on being unique we wanted to find a way to present our stripes in a way that was completely different than everyone else. The stripes will still generate the same wide, two color stripes that they did before.

So we just have one question for you............... Got Cake????

 

Our next big announcement is about the up coming Oh! Loops KAL!! We are teaming up with the wonderful owners of our LYS "A Grand Yarn" and a TBA podcaster on Ravelry for a 5 month long KAL.

If you participated in the last Oh! Loops KAL you know how much fun it was and how awesome the prize packages were. Well guess what guys......the prize packages are even better this time!!!!! We have teamed up with some fabulous sponsors that have donated some amazing prizes for you.

~Yarn from Oh!Loops
~Project Bags
~Stitch Markers from "Wool Work for Yarn" on Etsy
~Patterns from "Stephanie Dosen" of Tiny Owl Knits
~Coupon Codes
~Treats and Goodies
~Book Marks from JKorrell
~and so much more!!!!!!!!!!!

What is the theme of the KAL you ask???? We are so excited, like jump out of our skin excited. The next Oh! Loops KAL theme is.......................................................

 

Yep that's right a Harry Potter KAL!!! Because we love it. Sarah and I have been busy dying over 200 skeins of yarn for this collection. 100 new colourways will be released in the shop on September 1st. Later in August we will give you all a sneak peak. The collection will include semi solids, variegateds and stripes.

Starting on Thursday August 1st all of the KAL information, rules and details will be announced in the Oh! Loops group on Ravelry. Though the KAL does run from August through December the only months you will actually knit are October, November and December. As promised all will be explained so check the Oh! Loops group on Thursday for more information.

We also wanted to remind everyone that ordering deadlines for our yarn clubs are coming up. If you want to get in on the next three months of the Yarnie AA or Socks Anonymous club subscriptions, orders must be placed no later than Saturday August 31st. The 12 Months of color club subscription can be ordered at any time. If you order before the 15th of the month your first skein of 12 will be sent the same month you order, and if after the 15th the first skein of 12 would come the following month.  

In addition we wanted to give a little heads up that we will be offering something special to all of you the last week of August in honor of our 1 year Oh! Loopsary. So keep an eye out for that!

Okay guys I have to get back to work now :) It has been fun chatting with all of you. Hopefully we will chat again soon!

What a Crazy, Fun Month!!!!

Hello Oh! Loopers,

It has been way to long since we last chatted, sorry about that. Sarah and I have had a crazy month and we have so much to tell you.

First can you believe summer vacation is almost here?? I have been counting down the days until my children are done with school for the year, Literally!!! Fellow blogger Jen Hatmaker, shared Sarah and my exact feelings in her latest blog when she said,

"We are limping, limping across the finish line, folks. I tapped out somewhere in April and at this point, it is a miracle my kids are still even going to school. I haven’t checked homework folders in three weeks, because, well, I just can’t. Cannot. Can. Not. I can’t look at the homework in the folder. Is there homework in the folder? I don’t even know. Are other moms still looking in the homework folder? I don’t even care. I feel like any sort of school energy required at this point is pure oppression, like the universe is trying to destroy me"

I freely admit that on Friday of last week I spent a good half hour trying to convince my oldest daughter that she wanted to stay home from school, when really I wanted her to stay home lol!! Yep Summer NEEDS to happen friends.

As promised we have so many things to tell you guys and lots of pictures to show you. I guess the best place to start is at the beginning. Many of you know that a little over a month ago Sarah and I met with the owner of "A Grand Yarn" which is a LYS here in Spokane. Well our first order was delivered a little over a week ago and is now for sale in the shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This has been an amazing experience and we are so thrilled to be working with the wonderful owners of this shop and their fabulous team. Order number 2 is currently in the dye pot :)

In addition to those orders Sarah and I have been working on several custom skeins as well as club colourways. Need a sneak peak???????

 

 

Oh yes and see this.............yarn grows on trees, and in the garden at my house. Bet you wish you had a yarn crop lol!!!

 

 

Aside from the hours of yarn dying that have been consuming our days Sarah and I have managed to get several projects on the needles. Sarah slightly more than me since she freely admits that she has knitters ADD!! Mind you, none of these projects have made it to completion yet, soon, well soonish. Maybe.....

Sarah's OTN's:

Drizzle Hat~ Knit with Three Irish Girls, Conjdon Merino Silk, "Mr. Tumnus" colourway

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serina Cardigan~ Three Irish Girls, Adorn, "Gavin" colourway

 

 

Firebolt Shawl~ Dragonfly Fibers, Djinni Sock, "Rocky Top" colourway

Scylla Socks~ Oh! Loops, 2ply High Twist Sock, "Under the Tuscan Sun" colourway

 

Lydia's OTN's:

 

 

Short Sheep Socks~ Oh! Loops, 2ply High Twist Sock, "I Love You more than Pickles, Mac n Cheese and Sweets" colourway

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helvetica Shawl~ Dragonfly Fibers, Dragonsock, "Midnight in the Oasis" colourway

 

Pimpelliese Shawl~ Patons Lace Sequin, "??????" colourway :/

 

 

There are also several things happing in the shop. On Monday we introduced out newest club, the "12 Months of Color Club" It will run similar to the Yarnie AA club and the Socks Anonymous club. The colourways will be exclusive to only club members and you will have the option to choose your base. However unlike the Yarnie AA and Socks Anonymous clubs your subscription will be for a year at a time instead of 3 month blocks, and these skeins will be a total surprise. You won't know what they look like until you unwrap your package.

 

While on the topic of clubs we wanted to let current club members know that your June skeins will be going out very soon!! I think you are going to love them!!

 

In regards to our summer collections we have decided to release only one collection a month for June and July as we are gearing up for our HUGE, MASSIVE, GIGANTIC September KAL event!!! Starting in August we will fill you all in on that, so stay tuned. It promises to be a ton of fun and we are, jump out of our skin excited!!!

 

Well I think that is all for this week. Again I apologize that I haven't chatted very much lately. With the summer months coming I will try to blog every other week. Have a great week Oh! Loopers, I will see you back here soon!