Sponsor Profile: Looped Yarn Works

1. What is your website?
Looped Yarn Works

2. What is your Ravelry name/group?
Looped Yarn Works


3. Where are you located and what are your hours?
1732 Connecticut Avenue, NW #200
Washington, DC 20009

Hours:
Tues., Wed. and Fri. 11 am – 7 pm
Thurs. 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
Monday closed

4. What kinds of things do you carry?
A variety of yarns including a changing array of indie dyers, needles and notions

5. How long have you been in business, and what inspired you to open a LYS?
We opened August 19, 2010. We wanted to bring yarn back to Dupont Circle and provide a friendly, warm and helpful environment for knitters and crocheters.

6. What's your favorite thing about having a LYS?
Our customers.

2017: End of the Row Yarns (new vendor!!)

I sell hand dyed sock weight yarn in variegated, tweed and tonal colors.  I specialize in unique colorful variegated yarns that do not pool or self stripe.  My lovely yarn is great for any knitting or crochet project that requires fingering weight yarn, but it's especially nice for socks and shawls.  All my yarn is hand dyed by me in my basement.  My prices are very reasonable because I believe that beautiful, high-quality yarn should be affordable for everyone.

endoftherowyarns.etsy.com

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Ravelry: Brennee

2017: Duck Duck Wool

A lover of indie yarns, I began experimenting with my own hand dyes in 2012. As I went chasing after the colors in my head, a new addiction took root. In 2013, I opened up Duck Duck Wool and was thrilled to connect with other knitters and crocheters. My favorite part of being an indie dyer is getting to meet the talented makers who choose DDW for their projects! This year to celebrate Homespun Yarn Party's 10th Anniversary we are teaming up with That Clever Clementine and Backyard Fiberworks to make a limited-edition, one-time-only yarn and bag combination celebrating public libraries and donating 10% of the proceeds to the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

duckduckwool.etsy.com

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2017: Dragonfly Fibers

Dragonfly Fibers is an artisan yarn company making handdyed yarns and spinning fibers in rich, complex, and sometimes crazy bright colors. We also have a book, Masterpiece Knits: the Modern Collection, that contains knitting patterns and colorways inspired by some of our favorite works of modern art. We will be bringing our two newest (luxury) yarn bases: Selkie Sport, a beautiful bluefaced leicester and mulberry silk sport weight, and a luscious soon-to-be named 50/50 Yak and Silk fingering yarn. Delish!

dragonflyfibers.com

Twitter: @dragonflyfibers

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2017: Dancing Leaf Farm

I carry my own line of hand dyed yarn for knitters and fiber and materials for felters. My colorways are unique, deep, saturated colors on animal based fibers, wool, mohair, alpaca, silk. I started my business decades ago with one little sheep. Now I import most of my yarn, but do use my sheep's wool also. My favorite part of my business is the dying. I have a great space that I designed for my dye studio and love spending time splashing on colors. 

dancingleaffarm.com

Twitter: @dancingleaffarm

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2017: Cynthia Crane's Pottery (new vendor!!)

My porcelain ceramic buttons and yarn bowls feature styles and motifs inspired by my love of gardening and nature, and are being appreciated by needle art enthusiasts all over the world. 

My buttons have been referred to as "mini works of art" and "The BEST handmade buttons on ETSY."

cynthiacranespottery.etsy.com

Twitter: @TheCranesNest

2017: Crabapple Yarns

At Crabapple Yarns, I dye luxury fibers like merino & bamboo, silk and tweeds; for not only knitting but crocheting, weaving and spinning too!  I love to dye vibrant variegated combos, gradients, speckled and semi solids.  This year I'm challenging myself to dye matching sock yarn based off of famous paintings like Starry Night by Van Gogh, landscapes/ phenomenons like the Aurora Borealis and photos that inspire me.  

crabappleyarns.com

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Ravelry: Ambyrd20