KnitPicks Sale: Save Up To 25% On Yarn, Needles And Knitting Supplies

If your yarn basket has been looking a little too sensible lately, this might be the nudge you needed.

KnitPicks is currently running a sitewide sale with up to 25% off using code 5SUMMER26, which makes it a lovely time to stock up on yarn, needles, crochet hooks, pattern kits, and those extra little notions that somehow always disappear right when you need them.

This is the kind of sale I like for planning ahead — not just grabbing one pretty skein because it winked at you from the screen, but thinking about upcoming winter projects, handmade Christmas gifts, baby blankets, socks, shawls, and all those “I’ll just make something quick” projects that somehow become a whole new stash pile.

You can use the sale to shop for:

soft everyday yarns for beginner-friendly knitting and crochet projects
cotton yarn for dishcloths, market bags, and summer makes
sock yarn for portable knitting projects
needle sets, crochet hooks, and handy tools
pattern kits and value packs for gifting or stash-building

If you’re new to knitting or crochet, sales like this are also a good time to pick up the basics without spending a fortune. A few reliable yarns, a decent pair of needles, stitch markers, and a good project bag can make the whole process feel much less chaotic. Ask me how many times I’ve lost stitch markers down the side of the couch.

Shop the KnitPicks sale here and use code 5SUMMER26 to save up to 25% off.

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts.

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts.

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects.

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version.

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want.

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do.

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like.

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.

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