Author: Administrator DragonHillStudio

Last year we offered a Yarn Advent calendar for the first time. Our calendar included 24 x 10g mini cakes with an optional 100g skein, choice of pattern and plenty of treats too! The photo above is of the Crochet Advent pattern for 2021 (the colours were the same for the crochet and knitting options)

This year we are adding the option of 20g mini cakes (the included pattern can be used for the 10g or 20g options – you will just make a wider wrap with 20g mini cakes). There is a choice of a knitting or crochet pattern (the colours will be the same for both options).

I haven’t decided on the exact colours yet but the dyeing style will be similar to last year’s calendar, with a mixture of variegated and semi-solid colours arranged in a fairly harmonious gradient-ish!

Here’s my finished Crochet Advent wrap from last year.

You will receive 24 individually wrapped packets. Here’s a few from last year’s calendar (wrapping may be slightly different this year)

Pre-order your 2022 Yarn Advent Calendar here!

Parcels will ship mid-November – shipping confirmation with tracking details will be sent to you so you can stalk your postie!
Please note, we are only able to ship within the U.K

Due to changes on July 1st 2021 which sees the end of the 22 euro VAT import exemption on goods sent from the U.K to the E.U, we have taken the decision to suspend shipping to all EU Countries. As there is currently no way for us to use the ‘One Stop Shop’ to collect VAT at the point of purchase (which would mean customers know up front how much they will pay in total for their parcel), this means that parcels sent using the existing method of attaching a CN22 customs declaration (which is still allowed) are very likely to result in extra handling charges.

We hope that there is a change in the near future which will enable us to collect the VAT at the point of purchase so that we can resume sending to EU Countries and we are looking at alternatives such as using Etsy for specials such as our Christmas self striping yarn.

Today we should have been packing up the van with lots of yarny goodies ready to drive up to Skipton tomorrow and set up our stand for Yarndale. Instead we have been dyeing yarn (which will hopefully be dry by Saturday so I can photograph it!) and later this evening we’ll be celebrating Andrew’s birthday with Whisky and cake 😉

Yarndale have put together a great programme of talks and other online events for this weekend so you can still take part from home.

Matt (from A Boy & Bunting) is hosting a series of interviews over the weekend – you do need to get tickets for these in advance so make sure you check them out and book up in time. You can find all the details here. All proceeds from ticket sales are going to Yarndale’s chosen charity.

There will also be demos and Instagram Live sessions with some exhibitors over the weekend.

And of course – lots of lovely exhibitors! You can find the exhibitors list here.

We will be updating our shop in time for Yarndale opening at 10am on Saturday and will be online over the weekend if you have any questions. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook, or you can contact us here.

I took this photograph last year on the Friday evening and I really wish we could all be there this weekend – we had a great time!

Our Christmas Special is in production! Much more ‘twinkly’ than it looks in the photograph, this is ‘Twinkling Lights’ 🙂 on Merino/nylon/gold sparkle and the dyeing is a joint effort too, with me in charge of the ‘twinkly lights’ stripe and Andrew taking care of the rest (he usually does alllll the dyeing!)

We will also have co-ordinating mini cakes available, in red or green (but no photos yet as Andrew has only started dyeing those today).

If you are in the U.K you can now pre-order 🙂 Sold out!

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