The spin is gorgeous. Did you spin each colour batt separately and then ply together or did you blend the two while spinning?

Wow! I loved this talk! I love how you two communicate and balance one another! Your husband seems great what an amazing team you two make! So nice to hear your story! :)

You are now one of my favorites podcast. I love your knits and you are very enjoyable to watch as I knit. Good luck with your shop and podcast.

you two are too gorgeous.! I really enjoyed this, thanks heaps for sharing, really interesting hearing about your business

Your dynamic is lovely, so great to have such a knowledgeable and encouraging partner. I hope that this podcast is an initiative that helps spread the goodness you have already created and brings you more success. It is so important that creative businesses like your thrive!

What a great podcast! Thank you!

I’ve been waiting for this video and it did not disappoint! So glad you finally started your podcast, I’ve been really looking forward to new episodes.

What an adorable pair you are. Sitting here in Wales UK surrounded by my cats as I’m knitting and pondering whether to make and sell stitch markers (love my own). Looking forward to your next episode 💖

Thanks for sharing your story. You two are an awesome pair.

You two are so cute. How fun to see your love, understanding and support of each other. And to know that all that has created a yarnie community and helped it to thrive is even more heartwarming. Keep up the good work you two, and Carl, enjoy your new sweater!

Interesting. Have spent some time with knitters who knit a lot and are quite accomplished, but I always wonder why they almost never wear their own knitted stuff!

Great podcast! I appreciate your honesty and your humor. I’m sure this will be very helpful to anyone considering opening a yarn shop!

loved watching you guys. So good to see the old photos too. Very cool. Thanks so much Alana.

Thank you for sharing your yarn shop story! :)

Great episode, thank you. Your support of local yarn/dyers is appreciated, and your popularity at the various yarn festivals you attend, with or without your stall, always surrounded by big groups of people, is another sign of the success of your business approach I think.

i love to listen to people who genuinely love each other, and that love knitting, a supportive husband is a gem these days. thank you for a delightful podcast!!!!!

Fabulous podcast. Im hoping to get to visit your shop one day.

Wow! How interesting you both are together. I never lost interest at all. It would be nice to see Carl in your podcast like other couples do. See you next time.

Absolutely fascinating to hear how you came to be. Was so fortunate to visit last fall, and have suggested Looping to several friends who have travelled to NZ...how lovely to hear your story. Thank you for sharing.

Inspiring on so many levels. Wish I lived there to be an in person fan. 🌻

Love your videos, Alana. I missed soctober because I did Stephen's MKAL which is finished, so now I will be doing socks (thank you for the stunning range of suitable yarns!). I often get confused with matching local terminology re yarns too, one day I will see all my swatches together! Best wishes!

It is always nice to know the back story. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Hi Mark, I am so glad to have found your channel. I am a crocheter from Australia and I love your honesty. I found it hard to chose a favourite but I loved when you and Ned were on the Shetland Islands and you interviewed the lady that made the beats, and your tour of the yarn mill. They were both fascinating. Keep up the great content.

A really interesting episode. Love seeing you both talk respectfully and encouraging about each other. KZbin is a good accessory outlet for a YARN SHOP as we get to see how yarnies live in other parts of the world. You shop is beautiful..just like you. A 'home' shop is a reflection of its occupants.

I so enjoyed this podcast, so lovely to meet your husband and hear about how he has influenced and supported you to get where you are today with your business. Thank you for sticking it out when times were tough and realising that having a place like you have provided is so important to many people. I can't wait to visit your beautiful shop one day and getting to squish all that yarn and most importantly meeting you in person. I look forward to knitting more of your beautiful patterns and buying more yarn. Thank you

Love watching your podcast from Tasmania. I'd be interested in chats with your local indie dyers and community :)

Thanks enjoyed watching you two . My husband and I have been together since we were 14 years old. We are 68 years old now

Loved watching this, thank you for sharing your journey.

I love this! Reminiscent of the early days of growing my business. I was audibly saying, "yep" and "amen" the whole time. Observation-take it for what it's worth: the branding on your podcast is very confusing. There's is the name of the YT channel, and the name of your shop, and the name of the podcast. If it were me, I would decide what I'm trying to brand and let go of the other two names to strengthen the brand and brand awareness. Also, from my experience, strengthen your YT thumbnail for a greater reach. Currently, there's seems to be so much for the eye to decipher that it can be easily overlooked by us, your subscribers, and YT won't widely distribute it. The stronger the thumbnail, title and hashtags the greater YT will distribute it. Regardless, I'm a fan and I'm rootin' for your super success! Thanks your channel!

Thanks for sharing your interesting story. I have a mini yarn shop in Tasmania. I hand dye a lot of the yarn myself. Sadly, I don't have great business and marketing skills to grow the business.

Wow, amazing! Thank you for sharing a glimpse to your business and how you started, what it means to be an owner. I appreciate your work even more! And learned to respect of what you do even more. So much sacrifice and also love for the community. Many many many more years in the business. See you soon in the shop :)

Great episode. Keep up the great work. I love your podcasts. And it’s fun to hear your story.

Wow! Alanna and Carl! Just Wow! You two are such a great couple and team and this magical quality spilled over during this episode so much so that we all get to feel a part of the magic and warmth you two emanate together. Thank you. This episode made me think your podcast could go in two directions. The yarn story makes sense and aligns with your business but holy heck your business story is incredible and is well told here and is so compelling. This story is worth sharing in so many ways. And then there is the wisdom you two share and have shared with us. Your philosophical approach to life and your values are wonderful to learn more about through your story telling. And you are such a complementary pair to own a business together. I have been a customer and attendee of Knit Night since the start and I thank you for the opportunity to be a part of the community so strongly connected with Loopine. My knitting skills and products have grown exponentially and the community has been a welcoming place to be and enjoy the diverse company who always populate Friday nights at Loopine. Thank you for all of that. You have blessed my life and the lives of so many others. As a business owner myself I tip my hat to you both. Your open sharing of your journey including your differences was a joy to watch and learn from. I look forward to seeing you soon to share my feedback in person. Plus I’d love to interview you two one day.

Great to hear your story and congratulations on hanging in there. Being in business is a roller coaster. Looking forward to visiting Loopine again in the future. How did the name come about?

What a lovely relationship between you and your husband.

That was totally awesome! When you were in Montana, did you use wool yarn as much as you do now?

Wonderful podcast of the two of you and your business adventure. Such a great encouraging team you both are with each other. Very heart warming to watch this episode. Keep following those dreams and happy knitting 🧶 Kathy from MA

What a good pair you are! Thanks for sharing your experience and yourselves. Loved seeing you together, your husband's great insight and interest in what you love to do, and how you were able to accomplish all you have. It was a delight to watch.

Loved the behind the scenes as I was very curious how it had all started especially you being from the US. Enjoyed meeting your wonderfully supportive husband Carl.

Lion Brand has started to appear in Spotlight - I'm pretty sure I saw 'thick and quick" when I was in there last

Such a sweet podcast. you two remind me of my husband and myself - the way you joke around with each other. The best of friends. Thank you for sharing your business journey.

What a lovely podcast. You two seem to work/exist well together.

Amazing episode. Thanks so much for sharing 💙

So happy that you started Loopine, your store is so beautiful to visit, as is the space you create at Woolfest Auckland every year. It was lovely to hear the story of Loopine from the beginning and that you managed to weather the difficult years of lockdowns on top of being a new business. We are so lucky to have you as part of our yarny community here in New Zealand.

Loved this back story Alana and Carl! Long live Loopine!

As I started watching you, I thought their accent is so familiar! I’m also from the upper Midwest….Congratulations on your successful business. I’ve been to Auckland and love it and everything about NZ! If we ever get back there…I’ll come and visit your shop!

Thanks so much for sharing your journey, what a team you 2 make, with the creativity, love of yarn, designing and knitting and to have a partner who has the other side of business and the belief in what they know you can do. The I already have a sweater resonates so much with me. When asking my hubby, what sweater would you like? Oh I've got one. Well he has 5 now whether he needs them or not (or course he does). I think a lot of us shy people feel that in the world out there everyone else has it all together, know what they are doing, are better at stuff, but the older I get the more I realise it's not the case. Thank you for what you bring to the world of fibre and for the honest and loyal approach that you show in your personal and business lives.

It is great to hear the whole story. I was aware of different bits of it, having first 'found' the shop when it was at the back of the cafe 😊 You are so a blessing to NZ's fibre community, Alanna

You two are so cute together!

Great to hear your back story. I’ve always thought my reason for starting a yarn shop would be access to yarn at wholesale prices. 😬😜 As a beginner knitter I fawn over lots of beautiful yarns but the prices make it a bit of a barrier, want vs needs. I can only imagine how hard it was to stay above the burning coals that Covid brought small businesses the world over. Well done! I love Loopine, hope to make it in person one day. 💖