December 2025 solstice kit - Bugger!
I’m so excited to announce the December solstice theme for 2025 is the colourful world of bugs!
A riot of colour, insects, beetles and bugs are getting a starring role! I don’t know about you, but with the way 2025 has been going, I figure we’re overdue for some happy and some colour. And wow do these little guys deliver!
I’m so excited to explore these gorgeous little creatures, and to lean into the vibrant brights, to present them in a way that is happy and filled with infectious joy, and still imminently wearable for you! As always, the colourways will tell a carefully curated story, and be ideal for knitting as a fade straight out of the box. Or you can swap up the order to create some fabulous stripe and colourwork options!
The solstice calendar will include:
~ 20x 20g mini skeins. They are designed to work together as a beautiful colour story, either in the order intended as a fade, or alternated to create gorgeous stripes.
~ 1x 100g skein, that coordinates with the minis and makes the whole collection sing!
~ A handmade lined linen project bag – strictly exclusive to this solstice calendar
~ A couple of quality surprises scattered throughout
(The images here are merely to give you an idea of some of my inspiration… you’ll have to order the calendar to see what’s included this year!!)
The full-sized skein will coordinate with the minis, and be in the same base yarn. This year there is a choice between Merlin and Trust yarn bases. Merlin is a luxurious single ply blend of 90% Superwash superfine/ultrafine Merino and 10% Belgian Linen. Trust is a robust yet delightfully soft 2 ply blend of 80% Superwash superfine Merino and 20% Nylon.
All yarn is carefully and lovingly hand dyed by Jo in her solar-powered studio in small-town Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Each skein will come individually wrapped and numbered so you can play along and open a mini skein each day until the full-sized skein to celebrate the Solstice on the 21st…or you can open them all at once, or whenever and in whatever order you like — it’s your calendar and you’re the boss!!
Delivery will be in the beginning of November, in plenty of time before the countdown to solstice starts on 1st December.
Preorders for the solstice are open and will stay open until sold out. Numbers are strictly limited this year and I'm not able to offer a second batch.
Who’s keen embrace the Bugger this year?