Colorways in the bi-monthly Dragonfly Fibers yarn club for 2019 will be inspired by North America’s unique landmarks and people — and YOU can help by sending photos of places that you find special! Each shipment will include suggestions for patterns to use with the yarn. You can also choose a subscription with or without swag, which in the past has included such amazing goodies as a shawl pin from IU maker Michelle of Crafty Flutterby Creations and a project bag from That Clever Clementine. 

Do not throw away your shot at this amazing set of Hamilton-inspired goodies from Slipped Stitch Studios. Sales start today at 9 a.m. Pacific time and are open until December 26. Laura’s also made up a little certificate that’s perfect for gift giving. 

Lovers of cinema and/or horror, this yarn club is for you: Petra of Undercover Otter has created a wonderful adventure for her 2019 club that is inspired by the horror flick Igor, the awkward henchman to the mad and power hungry. Each shipment of this monthly club contains one or two skeins of a unique colorway exclusive to members for six months, a lesson on how that month’s Igor relates to cinema and some fun extras. Movies include Frankenstein, Manos: The Hands of Fate and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Just in time for winter, Kristi of Shalimar Yarns is updating her shop with Breathless Cush, her luxury bulky base that’s a blend of 75% Superwash Merino, 15% Cashmere and 10% silk. Use the code INDIESNO to receive 10% off your order and knit up two new accessory designs, including a quick colorwork hat called Snoflinga and a free two-skein cowl pattern.

Preorders for the Sorting Hat Kits, a magical collaboration between Nichole of One Sock Wonder Bags and Caitlin of String Theory Colorworks, are coming to a close. Claim your spot in the Yarnwarts School of Fibercraft and Yarnery and receive a custom-dyed self-striping colorway, a complementary mini skein in the House Color chosen for you by The Sorting Hat, WIPQuidditch and Sorting Hat Sheep Squeezers and an Accio Yarn! enamel pin. All will ship out on January 15.

Today is the last day to order Spirit Trail Fiberworks’ stunning Crater Lake-inspired colorways, with 10% of all sales donated to the National Park Foundation.

It may be too late to get actual indie-dyed yarn shipped in time to put under the tree, so consider an even better gift — a subscription to the 2019 Indie Untangled Where We Knit Yarn Club. This quarterly club will begin shipping in February and brings together four dyer/designer teams that will collaborate on an exclusive colorway and accompanying accessory design inspired by where they knit.

Clockwise from top left are inspiration photos from Life In the Long Grass and Rizzaknits, Martin’s Lab and Justyna Lorkowska, Asylum Fibers and Woollywormhead and Fuse Fiber Studio and Knitting Expat. Sign-ups are open through December 31 — give a gift that lasts all year long! 

Rebecca of Fuse Fiber Studio has stocked her shop full of colors that can chase away the winter blues. And as a special thank you to Indie Untangled readers, use code “COZY” for free domestic shipping on all orders over $100 from now until December 31.

Next year, Countess Ablaze is launching a bi-monthly yarn smuggling operat-, I mean, a subscription club that is gloriously subversive. Inspired by the nickname the Countess’s postie gave to her — Pablo Yarnscobar — the Yarn Cartel features some incredibly tempting themes, starting in January with Prohibition and ending in November with The Opium Den. 

To get in on this, all you need to do is decide between one or two skeins of fingering or DK, choose where you will be accumulating your stash of goodies (which includes a broadsheet newspaper to hide behind as you talk up Yarn Cartel to potential Yarn Mules) and then begin stalking your package delivery person. 

You have until December 31 to accept the Countess’s offer. 

Nichole of One Sock Wonder Bags is pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Yarnwarts School of Fibercraft and Yarnery. Your list of all necessary yarn and equipment includes a full skein in the colorway Chrysopoeia by String Theory Colorworks and a coordinating mini skein in a house color chosen for you by The Sorting Hat, an Accio Yarn! sheep enamel pin and Sorting Hat and Yarn Quidditch Sheep Squeezers. You must confirm your acceptance by December 31.

Sign-ups for Round 2 of Inner Yarn Zen’s Outlander Unclub are going on, so if you’re a fan of Jamie and Claire you should snag your package. The kits contain exclusive project bags that will not be reproduced.

If you’re looking for a gift for that extra special knitter in your life, or just looking to do some December retail therapy/self care, Jen of Porterness Studio is offering sales throughout her site in addition to 20% off through December 18 with the code LastIndie20.

Robin’s new simple and elegant sock pattern, Bijou Socks, will be the jewel of your sock drawer.

Christine of Skeinny Dipping has added last of this year’s yarn to her shop, including a fun new holiday colorway, Tinsel-ectomy. Get free U.S. shipping with a $50 minimum purchase, no code needed.

Here’s another view of Spirit Trail Fiberworks’ stunning Crater Lake-inspired colorways, available on a single-ply Merino fingering and a laceweight mohair (read on for how to pair them together). Both are available to preorder only through next Friday!

For those of you who don’t know, Knitting Our National Parks brings together several talented indie dyers to create exclusive-to-IU colorways inspired by photos of U.S. national parks. And it’s a yarn purchase you can feel extra good about, since 10% of all sales will be donated to the National Park Foundation.

The last Eden Cottage Yarns update of 2018 is now live and includes her Titus 4ply (75% Superwash Merino, 25% mulberry silk) and sparkly Nateby 4ply minis (75% Superwash Merino,20% nylon, 5% silver Lurex).

Pandia’s Jewels has new Holly Jolly Sheep pins.

Purple Lamb Fiber Arts is doing another Choose Your Yarn Adventure giveaway.

Carrie of Alpenglow Yarn has released her awesome new BitMarkers! These eight-marker sets are made from circuit board material and feature gold-plated binary numbers, with the corresponding decimal number covered by purple soldermask underneath. Carries says they’re great for anyone who wants to learn binary, or for anyone wanting to show off their nerd cred.

These awesome AF custom mugs from JaMpdx sold out at the Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Trunk Show, so I’m placing another order with Jenn and Meghan. You can preorder a mug and guarantee your preferred level of profanity only until this Sunday, December 2 so the ladies can get to making!

Mona is teaming up with Elevate Fibers to say “Aloha” to the new year with a fun KAL inspired by California’s Lake Aloha. Aloha Tahoe is a half circle shawl with optional beading knit in two skeins of Elevate Fibers Silky Merino, or any fingering-weight yarn you have on hand. Elevate Fibers has some beautiful kits, and if you buy any yarn from them you’ll receive a code for $2 off the pattern.

Celebrate the 12 Days of Knitmas with a limited edition kit from Marianated Yarns with either a shawl or a poncho from Katinka Designs. Each kit is available in five different color choices and in true Knitmas spirit come with notions, treats and fun extras.

Sheila is having her last Big Foot Fibers shop update of the year tonight at 7 p.m. Central. The update will include two Christmas-themed, five-skein mini sets: Gingerbread Men on SuperSparkle Sock, which is 75% Superwash Merino/20% nylon/5% Lurex, and Peppermint Mocha (pictured) on on Divine Sock, which is 85% Extrafine Superwash Merino/15% nylon.

This Craft or That has Superwash New Zealand Polwarth wool in DK weight.