Our 2025 Winter Solstice Kits Pre-orders are officially live for one week only!
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 Unsure about what a Winter Solstice Kit is? Think of it as a yarn countdown calendar where each yarn is wrapped up as a surprise present to the opener! It is a limited edition, artfully handspun, creative fiber treat created to bring a little extra joy into your life or into the life of someone that you care about. Check out the short video below for more details.Â
Usually, I design these kits on a trip to India but this year was a little different! Due to political tensions in the region (which have thankfully calmed down a bit) I had to cancel my trip and design the yarns from my home office. It forced me to really think outside the box and get super creative. I pulled out every trim, fiber and fabric and got deep into it - my house is still a mess because of it :) I cannot wait to dive into what I’ve designed and the extra special treat that will go into each box too!
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 I am BEYOND excited about the three colorways we’ve come up with for this year’s kits: Fall Florals, Vintage Romance, and Handmade Studio 54.
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Like last year each colorway will have both a mini skein and a full skein option- it's your choice! In the mini skein version you'll get 12 mini skeins that are 17 yards each. In the full skein version, you'll get 12 full skeins. Each skein will be approximately 35 yards.
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This years kits include a super fun extra we've never tried before: a custom project bag!! The mini skein version will come with a small pouch that is 9"x5" and perfect for notions, pens, crochet hooks, all the bits and bobs we knitters like to keep at the ready. The full skein version will include a large project bag 21" wide at bottom x 18" tall that will be great for a sweater quantity of yarn or your favorite WIP. I have been working on these bags for 2 years and FINALLY they are really happening. The fabric is unbelievably amazing.Â
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Each Winter Solstice Calendar will come with 12 handspun yarns that are completely unique, never been made before / never to be made again designs. The skeins will be thoughtfully wrapped in beautiful custom wrapping paper and numbered so you know which yarn present to open first and so on. I'm going to be a little secretive about details but here is what I will say....
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Just like last year, each of the three colorways was designed to be a circular gradient. This means that each yarn color flows perfectly into the yarn before it and the yarn after it. I used math (!!!!) to create fiber recipes for each colorway so that they seamlessly blend into each other. For example, skein #1 will blend perfectly into skein #2 AND skein #12. Skein #6 will blend perfectly into skein #5 and skein #7. They all work together as a capsule collection. If you arranged them in a circle, they'd all flow together. The full skein option would be completely next level amazing because these would make an incredible larger project like an oversized sweater or blanket.Â
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Each 12 mini skein or full skein kit is comprised of 6 skeins (mini or full) in a beloved yarn we currently run (similar to Daisy Chain but all new colors and trims) and 6 skeins (mini or full) in a yarn we do not currently run (similar to a custom yarn we made for Knit Stars, called Star Spun). Thanks to some feedback from our beloved Creative Knitters, we're trying out a slightly thinner yarn than we have from years past. It's still very Knit Collage feeling, just something a little different this year! I'm super excited about it!!
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Each colorway of each yarn is a never before produced yarn that will never be produced again. These are super special and available only by pre-order for one week. We have a certain capacity we can make in order to get the yarn here in time, if we hit that early then we may not leave ordering open for the entire week.
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We've created mood boards to represent each colorway to give you a feeling of what magical yarn assortments each calendar may hold. Check them out at the links below! There are some clues in these mood boards but that's all I can say!
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Mood board for the Vintage Romance Kit
Mood board for the Fall Florals Kit
Mood board for the Handmade Studio 54 Kit
*** For details on where every yarn and art image is from, click each pin and it will take you to that artist / those product details, if you'd like to learn more!
When you order a kit (either mini skein or full skein), you'll get a free knitting pattern to work with one mini skein version of the Winter Solstice kit. That pattern will be available on December 1. You'll also get access to a challenge knitalong experience that we'll run in early January. In this challenge and as a Winter Solstice Kit buyer, you'll get a class on how to knit this pattern from start to finish, live coaching zoom calls with myself and our coaches and of course the community to cheer you on. We did this the past two years and it's been a complete BLAST and such a fun way to begin the new year and jumpstart our knitting practice. We're going in a different direction for this year's pattern but that's all I can say....!
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Yarn details:
Suggested needle size US 11 - US 15 / 8 mm - 10 mm
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Pricing details:
Winter Solstice Kit - Mini Skein Version (17 yards per mini skein): $248
Winter Solstice Kit - Full skein Version (35 yards per skein): $488
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Pre-orders begin on June 11th at 10am ET and will be live for one week only. Please let me know in the comments if you have any questions or feel free to reach out to Amy at hello@knitcollage.com anytime.
EXCITED!