Stitchy Gifts, Large & Small

December 16, 2025

Are you in the thick of it? I personally have a knitted gift that probably SHOULD be mailed by Wednesday, but it is not at all finished. And I'm thinking of making another, although that one calls for chunky yarn, and won't need to be sent anyplace.

This week, I'll be highlighting some gift ideas for stitchers on Yarn Folk's social media feeds.

Including:

Interchangeable Needle Sets (including some sets I have remaining at pre-tariff prices--I ordered deeper than I normally would to keep prices lower as long as I could manage)

Lumos Lights Winter Solstice is coming, but we are still in the Big Dark!

Yarn Folk Bags -- large zippered totes and generously-sized cotton drawstring project bags

Gift Cards

Stocking Stuffers like stitch markers, Stitch Stoppers, Purl Strings, Embroidery Floss and more

Craft Kits

As always, we make every effort to get your packages on their way ASAP!

…mark your calendars

Social Stitching

Every Saturday, 2-4p

Every Tuesday, 10a-12p

Indie Gift-A-Long

November 20 (5p) to December 31

Hosted in the Indie Gift-A-Long Ravelry group, the Indie Design Gift-A-Long is an almost 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by an extensive list of independent designers. Find more info (and check back for updates) here.

"Can't Died in the Cornfield" Stitchalong

January 2026

Choose your own challenge for this January stitchalong. Inspired by a colloquialism that was a pillar of my childhood in Nebraska. Zoom kick off January 6 at 7pm. More info here, and the sign up form is here.

Hours Updates

We're open Sundays, 12p-4p, at least through the end of the year!

Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve, 12/24 & 12/31 8:30a-3:30p

Christmas Day CLOSED

January 5-8 modified hours due to Annual Planning Retreat, TBD

…new in the shop

We received a little restock of holiday Stitch Stoppers (yes, kind of late, but there were really some cute ones; what can I say??)

This week we are expecting a reorder of lotion bars from Hive & Holler--they should arrive tomorrow or Thursday. I usually don't announce things before they are in hand, but these are great stocking stuffers. Look for the available stock to be updated Wednesday morning, or Thursday if they are delayed. There are 12 scents on the way, so if you see many fewer than that, the update hasn't happened.

…to inspire

In case you were looking for a finishing technique that takes even longer than an i-cord bind off, allow me to suggest the double knit button band! Love the way it looks, but holy smokes, knitting 16 additional stitches for each and every row of the cardigan fronts and the back of the neck is NOT speedy! Worth it? Yes. Would I do it again? Yes. Would I complain just as much? Probably! I'd hoped to finish this project on Sunday, but I still have about a thousand stitches to work, plus the weaving in of ends and the blocking. Next week, fingers crossed!

...currently stitching

Mosspath: see section above. (Laine x Novita DK in Winter Black.)

Jaunty: I did enough decreases on this last week that it does actually feel like the rows are getting shorter. (Because they are.) I can't wait to see this done. The yarn is Lang Infinity.

Gift project: I need to get past the portion of the colorwork that is not a rhythmic repeat in order to be able to finish the easier bits in the car and on the bus. Miscellaneous oddments pulled out of my leftovers.

One Love: This is pretty straightforward, and is only a one skein project, after all, but it has been pushed aside. When Jaunty and Mosspath are complete, it will move back into the desk knitting position. I'm using Laine x Novita 4Ply in Earthy Olive.

Prospect Pullover: Pattern photo above. This is the carrot :) I get to start this once I have finished Mosspath, and the two gift knits. I'll be using Ultra Wool in Bear, a rich, dark brown.