#yarnalong

Have you noticed that it's October? That means the Fasten Off Yarnalong 2025 is right around the corner!

This year, the yarnalong will run from Friday, November 21 to Wednesday, December 31.

What is it? We're an annual stitchalong for knitters and crocheters, which includes a 25% discount on selected patterns! The yarnalong happens across multiple online platforms, so that as many people as possible can participate in the place(s) where they feel most comfortable. We aim to promote independent crochet and knitting designers, and create a community of crochet and knitting makers, all in an accessible and inclusive event.

Here's what you can do to get ready:

Sign up for our mailing list so you don't miss a thing

Check out our website for our 2025 schedule

Spread the word to your fellow crafters and your fave designers, because the more the merrier! Our social media hashtag is #FastenOffYAL

If you're interested in volunteering, our volunteer sign-up period is coming up fast: it's scheduled for October 2 to 23 (more info coming to our website very soon)

If you'd like to be a participating designer, that sign-up period will be October 24 to November 9; keep watching our website over the next few weeks for all the info that designers will need

Come hang out with our designers!

We're delighted to announce that we've got 18 upcoming live interactive events with a whopping 34 of our participating designers - and likely more to come!

Right now, we've got 6 Zoom video panel chats and 12 Discord AMAs, scheduled between November 30 and December 27. It's also very likely that we'll be adding some Instagram Live AMAs into the mix, too! (Of course we will announce those here as well once they're scheduled.)

Check out the event schedule on our website to see all the details of when these events will happen, how to access them, and who the designers and hosts are.

More information about the events…

The video panel chats happen live on Zoom. There are 3 to 4 designers to a panel. Each event lasts for an hour and is moderated by a volunteer host. There are pre-set questions (suggested by our Fasten Off Yarnalong audience!) that all the designers will be asked. And if there's extra time at the end of the session, audience members can ask their own questions!

If you can't make it as a live participant in the video calls, rest assured that once they're done, we archive them on our YouTube channel, and you can watch them whenever you like. (Just please give us some time for the archiving, as setting up the video transcripts properly takes quite a while.)

The Discord AMAs happen live on our Discord server, with one designer as the focus of each. An AMA event lasts for a half-hour, and is moderated by a volunteer host. Everyone is welcome to type in their questions during the AMA, and the host will pose as many of them to the designer as they can during the half-hour.

And we're off!

The 2024 Fasten Off Yarnalong has begun! You can now:

Start your yarnalong projects

Hit up our website to find out who our participating designers are

Search and shop on our website for over 5,000 pattern products from our participating designers

Use the event code FO2024 to get 25% off a selection of those products (almost 4,000 are code-eligible!)

LAST 24 HOURS!

This year's Fasten Off Yarnalong designer sign-up window is about to close - after Sunday November 10 (ET), that's it for 2024!

If you're a crochet or knitting designer, including Tunisian crochet and loom knitting, we'd love to have you join us in all the fun, opportunities, and learning that come with being a participating designer.

No design portfolio is too small!

Details: https://www.fastenoffyal.com/fordesigners.html

We're BAAAAAACK! And it's our fifth year!

Fasten Off Yarnalong is returning for 2024!

This is an annual yarnalong for knitters and crocheters, which includes a 25% discount on selected patterns from our participating designers! The event happens in a variety of online platforms, so that as many people as possible can participate. We aim to promote independent crochet and knitting designers, and create a community of crochet and knitting makers, all in an accessible and inclusive event.

This year, the yarnalong will run from Friday, November 22 to Tuesday, December 31.

Check out our website to access:

- The mailing list sign-up link (we really recommend being subscribed so you don't miss any reminders) - The event schedule - Our code of conduct - How designers can sign up - Our social media links - ...and more!

Please spread the word to your fellow crafters and also to your favourite designers: the more people we have participating, the better for our community and our designers!

Stitchspiration!

Join in the community conversation of the Fasten Off Yarnalong by following our regular prompts! Today's prompt is:

"Pre-event finishing frenzy"

We invite everyone to share your preparations, stitching, inspiration, and projects using the #stitchspiration hashtag!



CALLING ALL DESIGNERS!

Our designer sign-up period has begun! It ends November 19.

This is the pre-event period of time where independent crochet and knit designers (and yes, that includes Tunisian crochet and loom knitting!) sign up to be participating designers in the Fasten Off Yarnalong event. Don't miss this all-important sign-up window!