I love that scarf!!! I have never done the loop stitch, it is SO cool!!! (and it's 15 degrees here)
The cats are adorable....

Wow, thank you for the super-clear looping instructions! They make me want to drop work and go home right now to my yarn stash and my cats and a nice cup of afternoon tea. Um... bye!

I've been wanting to do a project with the loop stitch but wasn't clear on the directions for it (even with the 30 million knitting books I've acquired in the last month). Thank you so much for the step-by-step instructions! Now...if only you'd do the drop stitch too...

How is Roy feeling these days, btw?

I love it! You made that loop stitch look so easy that I think even I might be able to manage it. I love all things 70s, orange, and even tacky. I need some fat yarn, STAT.

Love the loopy scarf! And the color is fabulous!! I'm busy with an Ellen B. triangle scarf that is almost finished, I can hardly wait to steam it up. I'm giving it to an aunt who I visit each year on New Year's Day...for the annual bowl of menudo (the best remedy for hangover, supposedly).

aha!!! So nice to see how it's done! I'm so whipping one up asap!

I love that orange!!! And thanks for posting pics of the kitty cats...makes me feel good.

Hope today is better than yesterday.

Awesome scarf, dude! Great pics too. Roy is looking quite recovered. Soba is so in love with him, I'm surprised she deigns to share him with you at all..."he's sooo under my feline spell" =)

loopy-ness abounds! That is pretty cool. It's 20 degrees here in Idaho. My cats are huddling too,I think they might enjoy a loopy cat scarf! Thanks for the patient training film also!

Excellent loop instructions! Makes me want to start a new scarf today. When in doubt, read Crazy Aunt Purl!

OK, fine, you can make a loopy-stitch thing. But if you decided to frog it and make a hat, we can always use things in polar weight in the Great White North...

Great scarf Laurie... very fun and creative!

What kind of needles are those? I love the extra-pointiness of them. My big needles are too blunt. Please advise oh loopy one! Thanks.

OK, Miss Smarty. I've been knitting for OVER 40 years and I've never been able to master the Loop Stitch. You are truly a knitting savant. Thank you SO much for including the pics and instructions!!! Loopy scarves...here I come!

Agent Orange

Hey there!

Roy is doing much better, although we still have tem more days of medicating to go. Thanks for asking!

I will try to illustrate the drop stitch but ya'll it is hard taking pics of your own hands ...while holding both the camera *and* the needles LOL.

The needles ar "Uncle Ronnie" hand-carved knitting needles I bought at "A Major Knitwork" in Reseda. I have tried time and time again to find an Uncle Ronnie website with no luck. However, next time I'm at A Major Knitwork, I'll ask if she does mail order or where she gets them ... the tip of the needle is perfect for fun fur and eyelash, too, it really gets in there.

HI ELLEN!! You *are* the original Agent Orange... hmmm... maybe you have a need for a loopy drop-stitch scarf????

Love the loopy scarf. Fuzzy Foot certainly does not mind being pushed off in favor of teaching your legions of fans how to do the loop stitch.

It's cold? COLD? Let me tell you about cold, missy. It's 20 degrees here in Boston! But still! You should come visit me and Terra! come on!

I love love love love that scarf.

Love the loops. You are like the knitting fairy. You just swoop down and sprinkle the world with knit stitch instructions like pixie dust. That drop stitch business can be tricky at first and a little nerve wracking. Your scarf is a great way to give it a go. You'll have to post this pattern, too, for all of your groupies. ;)

Love the scarf! Beautiful instructions.

I must have those needles. I love me some bulky yarn but my 15's drive me nuts. Good thing I have an SnB tonight at a fabulous new LYS. Maybe they have those needles...

Then I can ignore the Christmas knitting and do something else. Something loopy and big and fluffy...just for me. (What?!)

Darn it! Now I must go and make a loopy scarf so my husband has yet another project to make fun of. It just looks so fun.

You are funny! Now, I must go LOOP! So easy, so clear! So loopy! Thanks for the awesome photos as well. And your cats are precious.

:o)

I bet you could get some clovers or something and with a nail file and some time you could whittle/shape the tips to be smooth and pointy. Ya'll think that's possible? Maybe? The rub them with wax paper and buff smooth. Maybe!

You can always call A Major Knitwork and ask about the Uncle Ronnie needles, too... the ladies who run that shop are AWESOME!! (818) 787-2659

i always love your directions / photo details. and Roy...he looks a LOT better!!! yay!

LOOPY SCARF!!!!!! YIPEEE - THANKS FOR THE TUTORIAL

You might not wanna wear that scarf if you think Britney Spears might be nearby. She'd tackle you and eat it, because it looks like it's made of cheetos. :) I love it!

That scarf is gorgeous. I think I want one.

One of those Roy blankets would come in handy right now too; it's a hell of a lot colder here than it is in LA!

Ya'll scoff at our 68 degrees. For shame!!!

hehehehehehe

it DOES look like it's made of cheetos.

i lurve it.

(my Boy loves orange, but harbors no love for knitting. could this be the hybrid that brings him around? i will show him the pictures this evening and we will find out. this is highly scientific.)

Maybe Soba is licking the antibiotic off Roy. Or searching for his jugular.

I have a scarf out of orange Splash. It's my Muppet scarf. I love it and when I'm at work, I can just pet it and pretend it's a cat.

Thanks for the little tutorial. I'd have to remember that!!

I printed out your easy roll hat a couple of weeks ago and knitted 2.5 of them in the truck on the way to Florida. Just last night I was looking for something to do withsome left over extra-chunky, and here again, you are the answer to my prayers.

Wow! Thank you so much for showing us how to do the loopy bit! I love the look of those but have had no clue how to make them! Really Laurie, you need to write/publish/photograph a knitting book!! Please!

I, too, appreciate the detailed loop stitch instructions. It was almost like I was there! (almost).

Glad Roy is feeling better. ;-)

Hey, that is a much niftier way to do loop stitch than the way I was shown. Your way doesn't end up with large and ugly lump in the middle of the row. Thanks for sharing it with us! :-)
(Does Roy take his medicine ok or is this the time when you are thankful he doesn't have a full set of teeth?)

Love, love, love it! It's cold here...you could come visit so you can wear the scarf :)

I love that scarf! Must buy yarn to try making one myself.

Also, just to be a dork for a minute, I've been reading and loving your archives all day today. So, um, hi!

Yup. I'm a dork.

Laurie,

thank you so much for the clear diagrams and detail on how to knit loops. I'm loving that orange scarf. I have the same motto as you, ie 'when it doubt, knit a scarf".

Although I have been reading your blog for some time, this is my first comment. I thought I should tell you how much I admire you - your honesty and your awesome wit & sense of humour, even in the midst of all the adversity you've been coping with. You are an inspiration. Thank you for being here. Don't ever give up hope.
regards,
Mary Anne

What you need to turn normal huge needles into ones like those is a narrow pencil sharpener and some sandpaper.

That scarf looks springy and squishy and I want to pet it.....
Or maybe I'll just stay at my desk and work like they're paying' me to.
Soba and Roy are adorable - maybe that's why Soba does it?? To brighten up her public image??

I love your loopy scarf . . . hmmm, what to use that technique on.

Ooooooooyeah...me likey the orange loopy scarf! I can never get enough orange in my life. Wait 'til you see the faboo orange loopy hat I purchased at the Bizarre Bazaar!!!

Damnit! I'm working on socks! Can I loopify socks?? Hmmmm .... maybe around the cuffs?? Yeah, yeah ... THAT'S the ticket!...

(dear Gift Sock recipient ... my apologies in advance! ;))

I'd wear that scarf! I love it! Of course, you're talking to a person who wears a beehive hat when it's cold. With actual bee buttons sewn on, for that realistic look. (Stitch & Bitch Nation, anyone?) But I love that scarf! I may have to make one, if you don't mind Bee Lady borrowing your idea. :)

COOL!! I love the loop stitch and will try it out right..... NOW! I am also stealing you motto because it's perfect. Now all I need is to learn the drop stitch.

Oooh, Crazy Aunt Purl, what would I do without you.

I think my first apartment had that for carpet.

Aww, kitties.

How did I not know about the loop stitch? What a great way to do fringe. Thanks!

Thanks for the awesome instructions!
Everyone needs to be a little loopy now and then:)

Rockin safety orange loopage!!! I need one of those for hunting season around here. Seems like the good ol nar nar boys in these here parts shoot at anything that moves. That scarf could certainly keep me alive for the duration. Thanks for the cheery-ness btw!...I just had a customer biff me for 1/2 payment of a king size quilt. I get to cash the 2nd check on the 31st.Not like I gotta pay last months mortgage or anything!!Thanks for your daily crazy loopiness ..keeps me from taking a hostage. most of the time. kisses to kitties.

WOWZA! Those have to be THE best and clearest stitch instructions EVER.

Much like Imaginarymaggie, I just mastered your fabulous roll-brim hat:
http://rant.mivox.com/hobby-stuff/knittery_the_amazing_technicolor_dream_hat

...and now I need to find an excuse to put loops on something. That is fabulous. A thousand blessings on your crazy, loopy-knitting self!

Great timing! Thanks for the instructions! I've been wanting to make a bathroom rug with a loop stitch. I've been putting off starting it because I didn't want to slog through boring book directions. I started it today and I think it's going to be great. I'm using washable, cheap, velvet spun lion brand and it's all loops. Love your blog!

I love your explanation of the stitch! My favorite part: "makes a little scarf"... hee hee.

btw: here in Calgary, we seem to be going back and forth between -20C (-5.8F) and +10C (50F). good times. send wool and/or cotton. depending on the day.

The loopy stitch looks really neat, but for some reason it never occurred to me that one could do such a thing before. Thanks for opening my eyes!I've got to give it a try. BTW, your cat pics/captions are adorable, and give me a chuckle everyday!

As High Priest-ess of the Insane Knitting Possee have you converted everyone on your bus into yarn discipiles?

Nice pics! Love the one-hand technique.
COLD in LA? Don't make me laugh....hahahahaaaa!
(Insane evil cackle)

haji I am shocked and awed you made it all the way through a knitting column LOL.

Mivox... I tried to post a comment on your site and it wouldn't let me! This is why I don't comment. I suck at the innernets. Except shoe buying. That I am good at.

Anything orange is all good.

I love the things you make especially the muppet scarf I would love to learn to knit lol but I just cant seem to LOL Keep upi the great projects especially the muppet scarfs

Just wanted to see if you were true to your Blogging roots ( Which ARE blonde by the way...I'm just sayin...)
Knitting=magic as far as I'm concerned.

Hm....loopy...synonym for "crazy"...

Coincidence? I think not!

;-)

Anyhoo...I've been meaning to look up how to do those loops - thanks for the photo tute that I'm sure beats anything I'd have looked up!

Hey Darlin!

I've been so busy - so missing reading you (my own damned fault) and now at 11:30 I've spent the evening catching up! OY! You make everything seem so - fascinating!

Hey - d'ja get my email? I know you get innundated, but drop a line, stalkee...

Best,
Annie

Seriously, Laurie your diagrams and descriptions are ridonkulously helpful. Luckily my mom doesn't understand the Internet and I can pretend I figured out all this knitting mojo on my own!
Thanks for your encouraging words about my hat fit for leprechauns.

The loop thing is cool. I would never do it in orange, but that is because orange is not really my color. I also love the Roy and Soba picture. Reminds me of Boris and Natasha when they are not busy pouncing on each other.

Hugs to Soba & Roy The Cat - hope he's feeling better. :) The loop stitch looks cool - it might be a great trim on a cushion or cardigan or something, but I'm not a big fan of orange. That's just me.

How cool! Thanks for the directions... I need step by step pictures like this in order to figure this stuff out. Sadly, I'm too remedial to decipher pictures from a book. Between your blog and knittinghelp.com (love the movies! Just like actual pictures, only moving!) I'm actually knitting in public these days.

I read the last two posts together and cannot help but think the Jingle would love that loopy drop-stitch bright orange scarf. Especially if you stuck a piece of holly on it.

Perfect color! And what an excellent way to show off the yarn. I think I might have to find something in stash and copy.

That's awesome!

Back in my pre-knowledge of the Sweater/Knitting curse I made a saftey orange hat for my Ex to go deer hunting in. That scarf would've matched great.

And it's nice to know that I'm not the only knitter who associates day-glo orange with deer hunting season.

Love the loops, you make them look almost do-able. I just finished a hat using your "Easy Roll-Brim Knit Hat Recipe". It a great pattern, thank you for sharing it

I'm not a knitter, but that's pretty cool. Maybe I should take it up...

And, the orange? Perfect!! It matches my coat (orange and grey).

I LOVE the loops, but be careful, you just might be knitting in the elevator at work and one of those loops might be tempted to strangle 'Jingle'.

Loved the loops so much that I went home and picked up stiches on an already knit scarf and added 4 rows of loops to each end--it looks faboulus!! My neighbor bought a Debbie Bliss pattern book with one of them loop carfs things. I sucks yarn--5 skeins of cashmere to be exact. You cast on like 150 stiches--loop a row then purl a row. Crazy!!

I love those Debbie Bliss pattern books, espeicially the kiddie patterns. Who would make baby hoddie requiring seven skeins of cashmere yarn for a BABY?? You have to dry clean it--is that really cleaning??? And the child will outgrow it before you finish it....I guess you could always subsitute Red Heart for Cashmerino.

Take Care!

Thank you for the great pictures. I have always like the way the loops look but I could not figure out how to make them correctly. I think with your clear pictures I will now be able to make a cute scarf.

where did you get those wooden needles with the tapered ends?

Laurie = Knitting Wizard. Have you ever seen that movie "The Guru"? While it is not the height of cinematic genius or anything, it is kind of funny. And it jokes about porn....I think you would totally be a hit if you were to head out on the guru trail. :)

I just finished a drop stitch scarf and love it -- but hadn't read your loopy entry. I can't wait to try a scarf with loops. Thanks for the easy photo directional! And in orange. You know I'm an orange whore!

Love the orange,matches the lining in my parka.
It's the one colour that really cheers me up on a cold morning.
Brilliant!

Thanks so much for posting the how-to on Loop Stitch. I had tried it with other instructions with no success. I'm sure I'll be able to do it now. THANKS for taking the time.

Thanks for the loop stitch instructions! I've been knitting chemo caps like crazy, and thought I could make some cute ones with loops. I just did a swatch while looking at your great step by step pictures and it looks just like what I was imagining making. Now to make another hat....

Thank you for the loop stitch, you saved me a trip to local yarn store and I am able to knit my boa at 6:00 am. (Am using ribbon giotto for Mother's Day). You are a life saver!