Saturday, November 8, 2025

Readying for Advent

 Helen Stewart designer has set up this Advent knitting project.  

KNITVENT 2025 is now available here!
EARLYBIRD price of £10.75 (+tax) for ALL 6 PATTERNS 
- over 40% off!

Knitvent is a festive collection of six secret accessory patterns, released one-by-one over six weeks. Part mystery knit along, part handmade holiday countdown, it’s a celebration of anticipation, creativity, and the quiet satisfaction of making something special—just in time. With simple, giftable projects, a warm community, and plenty of room to play, Knitvent is for anyone who finds comfort in making and delight in small things.

For Knitvent 2025, we’re revisiting the joy of scrappy knitting: every pattern in the collection is designed to shine with mini skeins, or those irresistible little bits and pieces you’ve been saving for something special.

This year’s secret designs are inspired by the kind of humble heirlooms that make their home inside a battered old biscuit tin or tucked between the pages of a forgotten book. A jumble of trinkets gathered over time. A faded ribbon, a tiny silver thimble, a postcard from long ago. Nothing is valuable, but everything is precious. The things we keep not for their value, but for the feelings they carry. 
These are patterns to transform your scraps and minis into meaningful knits. Textural, stripy, and steeped in soft nostalgia, each pattern invites you to stitch memory and colour into something precious.

So whether you’ve been stashing every beloved scrap from past projects… 
Or you’ve treated yourself to a beautiful advent mini skein set and want to make the most of it… 
Or you just love the charm of small, textured knits with a story to tell…

There’s something in this Knitvent for you.

We’d love to have you along. The first pattern arrives November 4th

Our first pattern of Knitvent 2025, The Buttonbox Throw, will be square


Sign up for this adventure as we celebrate the season of Advent.

Arne and Carlos are giving you another free mystery stocking pattern.  Knit 6 rows each day through Noember 29.   This knit along has already begun but you can play catchup as each clue is on their youtube channel 

This KAL pattern is a rectangular shawl, comprised of twelve separate lace designs. All twelve designs are knitted on the same number of stitches and the twelve designs are separated by a lace divider of twisted stitches.

The pattern is started with a provisional cast on. Both the cast on edge and bind off edge will be worked in a special lace design and finished with a stretchy bind off. A total of fourteen different lace designs are included in this KAL pattern.

The pattern provides both charted and written instructions. The charts and corresponding written instructions for each section appear on the same page for ease in comparing the directions.

The shawl should be worked in either a solid, tonal or speckled yarn. A variegated yarn is not recommended as it may obscure the lace designs.

This pattern will be published in three separate sections due to the number of designs included in the pattern.

Introduction and Preparation
Lace Divider and Patterns 1 - 6
Lace Patterns 7 - 12 and Finishing


Wooly Wonders A free knitting advent mini blanket

However, you celebrate Advent season, there is a special way to show your style.  Plus, some of these could be great gifts for friends and family!
And for quilters, Jen Daly presents Comfort and Joy quilt along.  

Dornwald (Thornwood) is a large, arc shaped shawl with long scarf like parts. It is knitted sideways with one set Twisted Fifties Fadient (8 skeins à 50g). Two-colored brioche and two-colored garter stitch create structure, the arc is formed by short rows, beads Toho 6/0 are added and an I-cord forms a neatly edge.
The shawl is knitted with needle 3,5mm, please take care to have two of them.
The pattern will come in four parts on Fridays before the Sundays in Advent each

Part 1: 28.11.
Part 2: 5.12.
Part 3: 12.12.
Part 4: 19.12

It will be free until 6.1.2026

An english version of the pattern will be available here: link text




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Readying for Advent

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