Knit Stars Scoop

  Ask and you shall receive! 🧞‍♂️Ever since Knit Stars began six years ago, so many of you have asked us to offer Stephen West’s wildly popular workshop from Knit Stars Season 1 as its own standalone course…So here it is! 💃🏽In the just-released Stephen West QuickStars workshop, Stephen empowers you with his “Westknits Bestknits” - dozens of the most popular tricks from his in-person classes, combined in one workshop you can watch now, own forever, and refer to again and again.Stephen will teach you...🌟 Two-color brioche the simple way🌟 “Shortcut rows” - an easier version of short rows🌟 I-cord cast-on, i-cord...

So, we got all the graduates across the stage.We took care of gifts for all the June brides.Now it's time for Father's Day.Did that sneak up on you, too? 😳It happens to me every year. I've just started to relax into summer when - boom! - I need a gift for dad. But fear not! This week, we've got you covered with a manly cabled hat in a luxurious Aran weight tweed yarn. This one's so quick, you can whip it up in a week. Or just give him the skein (or a pic of the skein), a big hug and a...

Remember when Louisa Harding visited Loops Utica? Dear loyal Scoop reader…We’re sharing some really big news this week. Like, REALLY big.For some of you, it may feel bigger than for others.If you’ve been with us from the earliest days of the Loops Utica store (16 years ago!)…if you remember moments like the Utica store flood…when the alpaca pooped in the parking lot...or when we collected hundreds of knit blankets for families that lost their homes in the Moore tornado…this news might feel huge.Remember when we made all those blankets for those affected by the Moore tornado? If you’ve joined our circle...

You know when you come to that "slog moment" in a project? You go from all "wooohoooo let's cast on!" to "this is so relaxing" and then all of a sudden it's like "when will it ever ennnnnd?" 😩Because I dread that slog moment, I designed this cowl awhile back to show off the luscious "Acadia" merino-alpaca-silk blend, with just enough color change and easy patterning to keep my adrenaline up the whole project through - cast-on to bind-off.And you’ll love this: It’s a free pattern. We've just refreshed this pattern with some new palettes and renamed it the "Adrenaline Cowl."...

This is an exciting time of year for Knit Stars Club Members...The Blue Bags are coming soon - in mid-June! 💙🎉Our coveted Blue Bag kits contain:📫 Supersoft, luxury yarn hand-dyed exclusively for us by Knit Stars dyers,📫 On-trend, easy-to-follow patterns designed by Knit Stars📫 Extra surprise gifts, and📫 Collectible enamel pins - different every time!Our next kit ships in mid-June and is a collaboration with Knit Star Tina Tse and Rachelle from Moondrake Co., inspired by their shared Chinese heritage. And check out some of the other Stars who've signed on for future quarterly Club kits!🌟 LolaBean Yarn Co.🌟 Francoise...

We've all heard the phrase "softest yarn ever," right?But here's the thing...We actually do have it - the softest yarn ever! Tested by countless knitters with the *pat... squish... WOWWWW* test, we are confident that our own Loops Luxe Chunky Royal Alpaca/Silk deserves a place in the Soft Yarn Hall of Fame.If you haven't knit or crocheted with it yet, we really think you should...And if you have knit with it, whether purchased through Loops or our Amazon store, we'd love if you could take a moment and leave us a review on Amazon!Our Amazon store is the only place to buy Loops Luxe Chunky in...