Somehow, it’s mid-November! Where I am, twinkle lights have started appearing in the town square and festive music is playing in the shops. I don’t know about you, but usually, the holiday season sneaks up on me a bit. This year though, I’m determined to make my preparations early, so I can avoid any Covid-Brexit-posting stress and enjoy a relaxed lead up to the holidays.

To help you with your own holiday prep, we’ve put together a special “Gifts for Knitters” section in the online shop. Perhaps you’re shopping for a fellow knitter and would like to gift them the joy of becoming more confident in the craft? Or maybe you have family members or friends who would like to give you to some knitterly pressies, but don’t know where to begin? Or maybe you just want to treat yourself to something special this December. We have you covered with presents at a range of price points… they’re just the sort of things we’d like to find under our own Christmas trees! Here are a few of the highlights…

A Year of Techniques Surprise Packs

What It Is: The book that started it all, A Year of Techniques, remains one of our most popular titles. Bringing together manageable-sized projects from a cast of fabulous designers and teaching you everything from helical stripes and intarsia, to reading from charts and turning a heel! Our Surprise Packs let you jumpstart a year of learning something new, containing all the luxury yarn you’ll need for three or five projects (depending on the size you opt for) along with the book, a project bag and small treat! They’re also a massively good deal … save £37 (Small) or £76 (Large) on buying the book and yarns separately.

Why We Love It: Learning something new + beautiful yarn, what’s not to love? Also, we think this is a pretty snazzy idea for people who would like a knitty surprise under the tree, but also need to give their gift-getters a fair bit of direction! (And psst, we’ve also got Boost Your Knitting and Yarn & Notions Only Surprise Packs in the online shop. Please note, wrapping and ornaments are for inspirational purposes only and are not included!)

Jamieson & Smith Starter Bundles

What It Is: Eight balls of colourwork superstar Jamieson & Smith 2ply Jumper Weight, perfect for Fair Isle knitting adventures! Eight colour themes available!

Why We Love It: There’s not a knitter we know who wouldn’t be delighted to find one (or more … ) of these under the tree! The perfect way to build your pantry for colourwork knitting, and the colours are a joy!

Techniques Bundle (Ships free worldwide!)

What It Is: A bundle of our core collection of books, including our yearlong explorations of technique, A Year of Techniques and Boost Your Knitting + our handily sized deep dives into cables and lace. Thirty three fabulous projects + dozens of pages of stepwise tutorials that you’ll return to again and again!

Why We Love It: We all get stuck in the occasional knitting rut … or stymied by a knitting question we don’t have the tools to answer! The Techniques Bundle is like having a knowledgeable knitting friend sitting on the bookshelf, ready to help you discover your next favourite knitting technique or help you out of a jam! We think this would be the perfect gift for that friend who fell hard for knitting during lockdown or for the knitter who is bored of making the same types of projects again and again. Plus you can save £10 on buying the titles individually and get free worldwide shipping!

Festive Gift Cards

What It Is: Okay, we all know what a gift card is! Our festive vouchers are available in denominations from £5-£100 and are valid for five years from date of purchase.

Why We Love It: The perfect way to gift a knitting treat that they’re sure not to have!

There are plenty more knit-tastic gifts over in our Gifts for Knitters edit! Enamel pins, washi tape and colourful Zauberballs make for excellent stocking stuffers, or why not treat a knitter in your life to our newest book, Confident Knitting? If you need any help with your gifting, you can always reach out to us using the Contact form. And if you’re sending a gift to a friend, we are always happy to include a gift note — just let us know in the “Special Instructions for Seller” field that you’ll spot in your shopping cart.

Last Posting Dates

If you need something in time for the holidays, don’t delay. Here are the last posting dates as per Royal Mail. Please note, these are not guarantees, but the last possible date you can order from us and still have a chance your parcel will make it!

Caribbean: 1st December

Australia, Greece, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal: 6th December

Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Far and Middle East: 8th December

Cyprus, Malta and Sweden: 10th December

Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia), Turkey: 11th December

USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland and Poland: 13th December

16th December: Remaining EU Countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland

22nd December: UK

EU Customers Don’t forget, we’re VAT registered so you can shop confidently! EU orders are now inclusive of VAT up to a value of €150.00 (except Czech Republic and Romania). These orders will be shipped "duty paid" and should clear customs more quickly, and you won’t face unexpected fees on delivery. Our shipping rates are set so that EU customers can only make purchases up to this value. If you require further items, please place multiple orders. These orders will be shipped separately.