This year, instead of buying an Advent calendar, I swapped Advent calendars with two of my friends. It was amazing. I was able to find yarn from dyers I wanted to share with them. During Advent I was able to open up two mini skeins each day, curated by women I love.
There were several Hue Loco, Leading Men Fiber Arts, and Emma’s Yarn skeins. I now have so many mini skeins to choose from for so many projects. I am not sure what I’m going to make yet, but some of them will be used in scrap blankets.
My friends are cool, obviously. If you would like to hang out with us virtually, you can! We are having a Skype cast on party for the Vertices Unite KAL. We will have mimosas! We will have yarn! We will have witty banter and saucy comments! If I have more than one drink I’ll show you how good I am at the robot (hint: not good). If you want to join us drop me a line with your e mail address. You can find me on Instagram as @mildlygranola or Ravelry as Sarahjane77. I hope you can join us!
mildlygranola 
Sharing Advent yarns – what a great idea!
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It is so much fun! I think more people should do it, as there is so much consumption in the knitting community.
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You’re so lucky to have friends who share your love of knitting. Enjoy your mimosas meet up- sounds perfect! I’ll find you on Instagram.
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I am lucky to have knitting friends. It’s nice to always have someone to get together and knit with.
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This is such an awesome idea – I think I’m going to put together a little mini advent calendar for myself now for next year – I like the idea of opening something each day but it’s so hard to justify spending so much on an advent package when i have an overflowing bag of fingering weight leftovers.
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It is a great way to use the scraps you already have. Yarn advents are so expensive. I always want to buy one, but I cannot justify it.
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That’s a fantastic stash of yarns!
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It is! I hate to use them all in a scrap blanket. I think the solids will be held back for heels and toes.
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What a gorgeous selection there. I wish I had a local knitter friend that I could do the same with.
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How big of a suitcase are you bringing to Wisconsin?
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😃 not too big or I may go crazy trying to fill it 😂
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That is one super yummy looking pile!
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That is such a great idea! You got some lovely yarns, and how nice to have them from friends 🙂
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