Yarn advent calendars have become increasingly popular in the past few years. But once you've had your fair share of scrappy socks and waste yarn blankets, what can you knit with 24 different colors of yarn that come in small amounts? In this blog post I share over 50 knitting pattern ideas that are either designed for or can be knit with fingering-weight advent calendar mini skeins.

Advent calendars are a big thing in the UK: the original advent calendars had you open a door on a cardboard calendar every day in the lead up to Christmas, at some point these were upgraded to cardboard calendars with a chocolate behind each door, and in the past few years luxury calendars with *anything you like* behind the doors have become really popular! Obviously these countdown calendars are a huge commercial opportunity, but you don’t have to spend a fortune: if you knit a lot, you…

Find a yarn advent calendar to suit every budget! Get crafty this Christmas with Gathered.

Hello and welcome! You’re listening to the Fairy Tale Knits show episode 27. First I want to tell you all about some changes. My shop name has changed, It was Fairy Tale Knits because when I started off I was selling indie dyed yarn and hand-knit items. I got tired…

There are so many amazing shawl and cowl patterns out there, it can be difficult to know what to make out of your 12 or 24 mini skein countdown to Christmas. You will have different requirements, depending if you have a faded advent, or if your advent embraces the chaos more. None of the links in this blog post go to Ravelry. In this post, I'm going to share shawl and cowl patterns and the other pattern suggestions will be coming soon! You can't talk about mini skein shawl patterns without…

NobleKnits Countdown to Christmas with fun DIY projects: 10 Advent Calendar Knitting Patterns to Make Now!

Hello everyone – how are you? Hope you’re doing well. Today’s post is going to be quite a picture heavy post because I have a lot of yarn to show you…25 mini skeins to be pr…

Get creative with your crochet hooks this Christmas and make this amazing advent calendar crochet pattern with Gathered.

‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ mood has finally arrived! As autumn packs her bags, and winter generously starts covering everything in snow, one city at a time, we can’t help but get in the festive mood. Who would resist a thousand lights covering the city, the gorgeous, breath-taking shopping decorations that make you feel happy as a child in a candy store, and the cheerful, happy Christmas spirit that simply fills out the cold air? No one! That’s why so many of us prefer to…