Sept 20 - 21 Come join Loops by Keri at the Maritime Festival in Greenport

SO excited to be participating in the Greenport Maritime Festival again this year! If you haven't been- you should GO! It is a day full of fun for the whole family!

I will be there with all of my hand knits- I have been VERY busy with new designs!! It's an amazing festival that is free with lots of ships and music and great food and best of all, Artisan vendors! Including me...but I digress.

Before I get into the knits, I have to show you what I've been working on and the story behind it. Last year at the Maritime Festival, they had a mermaid parade. I told my kids about it and my son looked thoughtful and then said to me "Mom! I've got it! You need to make mermaid costumes for the American Girl Doll! They'll sell like hotcakes!"

I loved his idea and his enthusiasm. My dear friend Sylvie and I worked together and made this! Isn't it awesome! Pink and Purple mermaid costumes are almost complete - stay tuned at the festival! Or if you can't make the festival, you can order them here...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/198303898/shipping-now-mermaid-outfit-for-amercian?

Sylvie, along with another friend Cathy will be sharing a booth with me at the festival. They both made some beautiful sewn creations. Cathy has focused on baby bibs, mother-daughter aprons, children's smocks and more! Sylvie has been creating amazing bags, totes, napkins with matching placemats, pillows - many with nautical and fish themes, incredible things!! PLUS these darling necklaces, that double as headbands. My daughter loves them!

And I'll have my knits - so many new designs and colors.

Mittens and fingerless mitts, for those of you who love to text but have cold hands or work in a cold office! Hats, scarves, infinity loop cowls, headbands, neck warmers, ponchos, baby rompers, shawls....there is something for everyone!

If you can't join us at the festival, you can visit my Etsy site! I do custom orders if you have something specific in mind ;)

Here are just a few! Now I am off to go finish some more! One week to go! :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/203321076/hand-knit-super-soft-chunky-mittens?

Create Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair THIS Saturday Dec 7th

Hello All,

This blog will be short and sweet as I have LOTS of knitting to do tonight. Tis the season! :)

If you are around Saturday December 7th, come join us at the Create Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair from 10am-3pm at Five Branches Wellness locatated at 430 Main Street, 2nd Floor in Greenport!

Have been working on lots of knits….the latest….sparkly cowls and headbands! SWOON!

Will have lots more, come on by and see!

Would love to see you so come on by & do a little local shopping!

Off to knit! Hope to see you soon!

Who needs a Friday night out? Come one, come all!

Hello Friends!

Loops by Keri will be at the Shopping Extravaganza at Flower Hill Primary School
98 Flower Hill Rd, Halesite, NY 11743  - I wrote the wrong address before!!! 98 Flower Hill Road!

Hope to see you tonight!!

Halesite is a section of Huntington, so it's pretty close for many of you readers :)

THIS Friday November 22, 2013
From 6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Open to all!! 

Hope you can join us! Lots of knits for babies, children and adults too!

If you can't join us, be sure to stop into Rexer-Parkes in Huntington for Loops by Keri knits, available there every day! 

Or if you aren't that close, there is Etsy. :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoopsbyKeri


Took some pictures of my latest knits! Check them out below! Hope I have time to photograph al the other cowls, headbands, scarves, hats, baby booties and more I've been knitting…..

And by request, I will have many different kitty cat hats with me!
In realistic colors and super funky colors too!!

and did I mention the fun headbands! Whee!! LOVE them!!

Hope you can join us!!

Meow!

What'cha doing this Sunday?

Hey Everyone! So many of you emailed to tell me about the Holiday Boutique at Tumbling Tunes this coming week- I am going to be there along with at least 7 other vendors! 

THIS Sunday, November 10th from 1-5pm. 

Tumbling Tunes ~ 212 Laurel Road ~ East Northport, NY 11731 ~ 631-697-0140

Please come by, say hi & bring a friend!

LOTS of new knits to show you for babies, children and adults!  Plus there is time to get an order in before the holidays if you need something extra-special! Some of the items I will have with me below...

Thanks for sharing and spread the word! 

Maritime Festival - 2013 Wrap up- SO many knits!!

Wow. How is it Halloween already?! Will post some pics of that soon, but I have been meaning to post these pics for a few weeks. 

We did the Maritime Festival a few weeks ago, and I have just got around to blogging about it! It's been a little crazy here, as I am sure you can tell! The focus was getting Etsy up & running! 

Here is a look at our booth from the Maritime Festival, which is held in Greenport, NY every September! I highly recommend the festival for great food, music, and of course, artisan crafts and of course, shopping!

The holidays are coming fast. If you see anything you like, let me know. Custom orders are available anytime! :)

Neckwarmers, headbands, cowls and scarves- all super soft and cozy! 

These cowls are in store now at Rexer-Parkes! 

These scarves and hats are available on Etsy now! 

Yummy soft extrafine Merino Scarves! 

Hats for babies and toddles and headbands and neckwarmers for kids and adults! LOVE all the colors. Looks like candy, right?

The sweetest little baby booties and hats! LOVE them!! 

Don't you love babies dressed as animals? Mouse, rabbit, bear and as pumpkins! :)

LOVE this cowl! Pop it right over your head and you are stylish and warm all day!

You may have noticed these beautiful items in the photographs. They are ballerina hairclip holders! Theylook stunning hang on a wall in a girl's room and they give her a place to hold all of her hairclips and bows! You can even loop headbands through. 

They are gorgeous and handmade by my dear friend Elena, who I shared a tent with at the Maritime Festival!

Elena uses a variety of fabrics and tulle colors, so matching your girls room will be easy! Elena can even do custom dresses. 

You can buy Elena's beautiful dresses by contacting her at elenachambi@yahoo.co.uk

Hope to get her on Etsy soon! Her pieces are gorgeous!! 

My Little Miss O has a beautiful one hanging on her wall which matches her room! the clips are in one place so their is no dashing around the house looking for the right ones before the bus comes! And her room is beautiful with this on the wall!

They make a beautiful Christmas gift as well!

Happy Halloween all! Pictures soon! 

Loops By Keri hand knits are now available online!

When I started this blog, I said an Etsy site was right around the corner. It took a little while longer to get to that corner, but it is FINALLY up and running!

If you haven't shopped there before, Etsy.com is a website for all things handmade. Each person sets up an online store that you can purchase from.

You can now find my hand knits on Etsy.com at http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoopsbyKeri

Please note, if you go to Etsy directly, the name of the store is LoopsbyKeri, all one word. that's how they do it. 

OR - even easier, use the link on the top left of this blog! Easy peasy! The one that looks like this...

Here's a sneak peak at the site!

Once you check out the site, if you like what you see, please favorite my shop! You can favorite any items you love too! Which is great because it gives me feedback as to what people like best!

You can also click the follow button to follow my Etsy site. That way, you'll know what is new in store! 

I have a small selection of my hand knits online.  MANY, MANY more to come!!  It takes a bit of time to design and knit them, get some great photos and write it all up, but am working as fast as I can! 

I also do custom orders, so if you see something you like but would LOVE it in a different color or something like it, or in a different yarn, please let me know!

 Knits make fantastic presents for babies, kids and adults alike! We can make them match coats, favorite color, eye color, whatever! : )

And for my friends that live local- we can get together and plan out the knit by choosing colors and yarns and patterns...like I did recently with my friend L. 

Here is her fabulous hand dyed merino wool hat with vintage button on a button band. The color is navy with pops of lilac and deeper purple. (It will look MUCH better on her than on this glass head, but since she wasn't available, it had to do!)

The hat will match her cowl perfectly. I don't have a picture of HER exact cowl, so here are a few LIKE hers...

Loops by Keri hand knits are also available in store at Rexer-Parkes in Huntington NY, located at 35 Gerard Street in Huntington Village. 

This year, Rexer-Parkes will be carrying some of my adult accessories as well as children's knits!

I just delivered some incredible new cabled cowls there- take a look! Just pop it over your head and you are good to go!

It will keep you warm, while still looking chic. And for all you Mom's out there, it will stay put, no worries about losing it as you run after your little one, as sometimes happens with scarves!  

Stay tuned for lots more knits!

xo