Debbie Bliss is online at Loops! (and blissing out to music).

OK ya'll, Brent has been working his little hiney off adding new stuff to the Loops website. You can now shop online "by line" for Blue Sky Alpacas, Rowan, RYC, Karabella, Fiesta, Brown Sheep, Karabella and now...drum roll...or maybe a drum to the beat of some Beatles tune, since she is British...Debbie Bliss! Loops has, in my humble opinion, a gye-normous selection of Debbie Bliss yarns and pattern books. Feel free to call the store for guidance on finding that perfect pattern from the books.

We have a particulary nice selection of Debbie's new yarns, including Stella, Pure Cotton and Rialto. This nice selection may be at least partially due to the fact that Debbie herself showed me the lines at the San Diego TNNA show. How do you say "no" to a color when the color genius herself is walking you through the yarns? I was terrified I would reject the color closest to her heart - say, the cornflower blue of her daughter's eyes...Honestly though, I do particularly love the vibrant colors of Stella...and lo and behold, I just found a free tank pattern using Stella on Debbie's own website.

Now, on a completely different note, Phara my blogging junkie friend has introduced me to the concept of "tagging" and "memes." You get "tagged" by a fellow blogger and then give your own take on a particular subject, or "meme" - in this case, my favorite seven songs of all time. I hope ya'll will keep reading my blog, even after you read my kinda embarrassing list:
1. "Top of the World" by the Carpenters - what can I say, I remember my mom blasting this on the radio when we went on a childhood sort of Thelma and Louisa road trip with her best friend, Barbie, and Barbie's two daughters - one of whom remains one of my best friends to this day. No way to stay in a bad mood while listening to this song.
2. "You" by Bonnie Raitt
3. Tie: "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilara and "This One's for the Girls" by Martini McBride - I have cataloged both for the day when either of my girls are feeling those low self-esteem moments that come with middle/high school.
4. Anything by Amy Grant
5. "Yellow" by Coldplay
6. "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore" by Carrie Underwood - the only song on her album that she wrote herself. One caveat - she says she'd "rather be tippin' cows in Tulsa than hailin' cabs here in New York." Now I know tippin/Tulsa makes for some nice alliteration, but when's the last time you saw a cow in the city limits?
7. "Always on Your Side" by Sheryl Crow - would've said "Not Fade Away," until they sold it out to the haircolor people. Great marketing idea, but it wrecked the song for me.

Now, I'm supposed to "tag" five other bloggers but the truth is, I barely have time to write my own blogs, let alone read others! So feel free to comment and provide your own list.

Don't forget...alpacas at Loops, 12:30 Saturday! - Shelley
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