Handwoven in Southport, North Carolina

A small studio on the North Carolina coast, with roots in New England.

Lolli's Loops is a small studio in Southport, North Carolina, where every doormat and basket is handwoven from marine-grade lobster rope, one loop at a time. No factory. No overseas production. Just rope, hands, and a weaving system engineered to a tighter spec than anything mass-produced.

I spent twenty years in New England, where rope weaving is part of the coastal fabric. I fell in love with the craft, but not with the designs. Most of what I saw felt boring and stale. So I started weaving for fun, redesigning what a rope doormat could look like, and giving them to family and friends. For years they told me to share what I was making with the rest of the world.

In 2024, I finally took the leap and launched Lolli's Loops from Southport, North Carolina. Southport is a beautiful Southern coastal seaport town with a hint of New England charm woven right through it. The perfect place, it turns out, to bring new life to a craft I love.

Every rope doormat starts the same way: colored lobster rope, wound around pegs, woven by hand. What sets ours apart is the weaving system itself. Ours is professionally engineered to a tighter spacing spec than standard rope-mat production, which means our mats come off the jig denser, firmer underfoot, and better at holding their shape through years of coastal weather.

It's a technical difference you can feel the moment you step on one.

We use the same marine-grade lobster rope that gets pulled out of the Atlantic every day. It's built to survive salt, sun, and constant abrasion on the deck of a working boat, which is exactly why it makes a doormat that outlasts the porch it sits on. It's washable, dries fast, and won't rot, mold, or fade.

Every mat is handwoven to order in our Southport studio. There is no assembly line and no rush. Depending on the size and pattern, a single mat takes anywhere from a few hours to a full day to complete.

If you order from us, you're getting something one person made for you, in a small town on the North Carolina coast, using a craft refined over two decades and a weaving system engineered specifically to make the best possible mat.

Have a question, want a custom size, or curious about a color combination we haven't listed? Contact us here. (I answer every message myself.)