Labour Day
The Loop will be closed on Monday, September 3rd for the Labour Day holiday. We’ll re-open again at 10:00 am on Tuesday, September 4th. Have a great long weekend!
Category Archives: This and That
Holiday Hours
Polly wants to tell everyone that The Loop will be closed on Monday, October 9th for Thanksgiving. We’ll be open again at 10:00 on Tuesday, October 10th. Happy Thanksgiving!
Road Tripping?
We are halfway through Canada’s birthday summer, and is it ever going by quickly! We were talking about a Canadian summer tradition a couple of weeks ago, specifically, The Road Trip. Varying in distance, but always a great opportunity for knitting time if you’re not the driver. Of course, this segued into much discussion about …
Happy Victoria Day!
The Loop will be closed on Monday, May 23rd for the Victoria Day holiday. We’ll reopen again at 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 24th. Have a great holiday!
MAC’s German Adventure
MAC went to Germany to attend an amazing “handicraft & hobby” show. While the goodies they are bringing in for us remain top secret for now, they did send these photos so we could get a taste of what they saw, including the in progress effort for the world’s largest crocheted blanket! Printed cotton jersey! …
Change in hours for March 16 & 17
On the 16th and 17th of March, we will be closing at 5:00 pm. Sorry, there will be no knit night on Thursday, March 17th. Regular hours will be in effect again on March 18th.
All I want for Christmas is…
We have a wishlist on the counter for all your Christmas fibre fun wishes! Write down your fibre dreams on an index card and let us help you have a holiday full of fibre-y goodness!
What we got Wednesday… plus a big reveal!
First of all, we got more yarn spools! In addition to the wonderful single spools (some are maple, for that extra Canadian touch!), we got a couple of double spools. These beauties help make colourwork go smoothly by making the yarn wrangling easier. Book Club will be meeting on Tuesday, November 24 from 6:30 – 8:30pm …
Merino and Mohair, and More…
We have some new yarns for you today! First, we have Sandnes Garn Tynn Merinoull. This yarn is 100% merino wool. It comes in a 50 gram, 175 metre (191 yards) ball, and… it is superwash! We have brought in a colour or two for you to choose from! We also have Zitron Extraklasse mohair …
It must be summer…
Vincent is home! Now that summer is here, we’ll be closing at 5:00 on Wednesday nights, starting June 24th and continuing through the summer. Starting on September 2nd, we’ll be open until 8:00 pm again. We will be open until 8:00 on Thursdays. We couldn’t give up hanging out with our amazing fibre friends, even …