A large sky blue tote bag with a long strap propped up on a chair in my local Gail's. All the text looks handwritten, but in slightly different fonts. At the top, in red it says “20 years". Below that, on a banner with two lovehearts pierced by arrows and held up by a swallow at each side, it says "of Loop Joy". Below that are the words "Textile Heaven". Below that is a large black, stylised rabbit. Below the rabbit in red block capitals it says "London", then below that "Knitting * Crochet * Embroidery".
Four skeins of yarn laid out on a white table with brown speckles. Two left two skeins are off-white with a brown label saying "Madelinetosh hand dyed yarns" in a circle around a black triangle. The right two skeins are longer and thinner, and are semi-solid black, like a yarn version of faded black jeans. These yarns have a white label with a drawing of a sheep's head in a circle of flowers and foliage, with a pink loveheart and the words "la Bien Aimée Paris, France" underneath.
A selection of yarn, notions, and other goodies laid out on a white table with brown speckles. The leftmost skein is a full sized skein in pastel pink from la Bien Aimée. Next to that is a selection of mini skeins of various sizes: a deep forest green one from The Uncommon Thread (colourway: undergrowth), then a deep magenta one from Madelinetosh (colourway: one of a kind (?)), an Alpaca Rose set from The Border Mill (colourway name unknown, dyed specially for the Loop 20th anniversary), a variegated mini ball from Opal, and a black mini ball of Ricorumi. Next to the mini skeins are a selection of notions and other little goodies: a Loop London badge, a la Bien Aimée badge featuring the sheep head from their logo, another la Bien Aimée badge with some text (glare from the lighting has obscured it), a packet of darning needles, a small sachet of Soak gentle laundry soap in the yuzu scent, a pack of knitting note cards designed for la Bien Aimée, and a pattern booklet for (I believe) some children's knits. The booklet is called Plump by Mrs Moon (a yarn brand) and features a toddler wearing a mustard yellow cardigan with some peach and white details.
As I arrived from London the heavens suddenly opened, so I took shelter in Gail's. Of course, I rummaged through my goodie bag. The black and white yarn I bought and the third photo is all the goodies. A very generous bag!
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