First of all, thank you so much to those of you who already ordered your 2026 Advent calendar. I know it’s a big commitment and one that requires a lot of trust as well, and I’m grateful to you for entrusting this wonderful tradition to Purple Lamb this year.

If you delight in the fun of having a little box of yarny joy to open each day during December but you have not yet ordered one, then this is for you!

This year’s theme is purple flowers–like these:

The colorways will alternate between Semi-Solids and Splashed and Speckled colorways, all in varying shades of purple from lightest lilac to deepest eggplant. Altogether it will form a gradient from light to dark.

The last day to order one of my yarn Advent calendars for this year is this coming Monday, September the 21st. After that I’m going to get started dyeing them up.

The Process

It’s a big process as I’m sure you know, but I love making these for all of you! First comes prepping the yarn, soaking it, and (obviously the most important part) dyeing each mini skein as well as the full-sized skeins for those of you who choose to add one.

When I’m done dyeing, drying, and twisting all 25 colorways for all of the Advent calendars, it becomes something the whole family works on to get all the minis into their individually numbered little boxes. Then all the little boxes go into the big boxes along with a page full of pattern possibilities for knitters and crocheters and some tips for weaving with the colorways as well.

After that, it’s your turn. You get to take over and add your own skill and creativity to make something amazing that you can enjoy for years to come.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.

If you would like to order this year’s Advent calendar, you can do so right here.

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October Club Colorway

For October, I chose a painting by the British Romantic artist, John Constable. It’s called Hay Wain, and it is probably his most famous painting. He painted it in 1821. While it didn’t get a tremendous reception in England, a couple of Frenchmen saw it and convinced him to exhibit it in Paris, where it gained much greater acclaim. Here’s the painting:

You can learn more about it on this YouTube video here.

I thought the statement about the hierarchy of types of paintings was very interesting with landscape painting near the bottom.

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Fresh from the Dye Pots

This week I dyed up Texas Bluebonnet on Feather Fingering, The Winedark Sea on Squoosh DK, Oak Creek Canyon on Squoosh DK, and the Vivaldi’s Four Seasons colorways on Buttery Soft DK. You can see them all in the New This Month section of my shop.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!