Best Gifts for Knitters

Struggling to find the perfect gift for the knitter in your life? We've got you covered with this go-to list that any crocheter would recommend. These knit gift ideas are not only great for the upcoming holiday season, but they also work for Mother's Day, anniversaries, birthdays or any other gift-giving occasion!

If you're not a crafter yourself, or if the knitter you know seems to have everything they need already, finding the right knitting gift for your well-deserving knitter can be a challenge! Thankfully, we're here to help you ace this gift-giving test!

We proudly present to you the ultimate Darn Good® guide to getting gifts for knitters! Our crafty team painstakingly assembled the perfect guide on gifts for knitters to make your gift shopping a little easier.

1. Yarn of the Month® Club

Give a knitting gift that keeps on giving every month for 3, 6 or 12 months. Our Darn Good Yarn of the Month Club is a great way to surprise your knitter each month with new yarn, patterns and great membership benefits. The best part is that it's easy on the gift-giver's wallet! For only $25/mo, each month your gift recipient will receive:

• 3 premium, limited release and exclusive handspun skein(s) of Darn Good Yarn delivered every month!
• Access to an interactive live curated guide of patterns and one FREE pattern of their choosing!
• Members-only access to a community of like-minded crafters, this group is a great place to ask questions or get inspiration for your next project!
• Access to Member's Only products and product discounts that get delivered with the next shipment.
• Hassle free subscription management with an easy-to-use subscriber portal without having to pick up the phone or send an email.
• The ability to skip a month at any time with customizable billing (right from the member's only portal)!
• The lowest shipping rates we offer.

Yarn of the Month Club

2. Knitting Needles

Here's a little known fact: a knitter can never have too many knitting needles. There's always a new Work in Progress (WIP) they're dreaming about that can't occupy the same needles as the current WIP. We put them in a travel case, made them lightweight and made them interchangeable. Sorcery, you say? We like to think we're doing our job and making the world a more creative and loving place.

On a budget or looking for something small? Check out our knitting needle and crochet hook set.

There's something really therapeutic about the sound of aluminum needles coming together to make a project. Trust us on this one.

3. Yarn and Craft Scissors

Every knitter will agree you need a good, sharp pair of scissors in your project bag or kicking around the craft room. These scissors are really worth a Darn and you can't beat the price. Available in four different designs: there's a style that's sure to make that knitter on your list happy.

These really are a cut above the rest. ✂️

4. Yarn

This one might seem obvious - but that's why it's often overlooked as gift ideas for knitters! Never assume that the knitters in your life have enough yarn. For a committed knitter, there is no such thing as too much yarn! 

One of the great things about shopping with Darn Good Yarn is that you have opportunities to find types of yarn that even the most experienced knitter you know has never tried before! For instance, we have eco-friendly yarns made out of banana fibers, cotton t-shirt yarn, and many yarns that are made from recycled sari silk! 

Darn Good Yarn Collection

Merino Wool Yarn Collection

Silk Yarn Collection

5. Yarn Lovers 10-Pack Bulk Yarn Bundles

A yarn stash building 10 skeins of yarn in each bundle. This is the stuff knitter's dreams are made of! Save BIG with bulk discounts on the newest and hottest colorways of our luxury recycled silk yarn. This yarn is for knitters who demand the best and care about where their yarn comes from and what it does to people and the planet.

We selected a few of our faves specifically for this gift guide:

6. Editor's Boxes of Yarn

Can't make up your mind? Leave it to us!
We hand-picked some seriously awesome editor's boxes that contain an amazing array of yarn and, in some cases, cool surprises.

7. A Yarn Bowl

If the knitter in your life doesn't have a yarn bowl, this is definitely a knitting gift they'll appreciate! Yarn bowls hold your cakes and balls of yarn while you knit to keep them from rolling away, help the yarn to unwind neatly while you work and serve as a handy storage place for knitting needles. These bowls make a big difference in the ease and convenience of working on a knitting project.

Want to learn more about Yarn Bowls? We have a great YouTube video showing you how to use one. Check. It. Out!

Transcript

Hey everyone, it's Nicole! I'm the owner here at DarnGoodYarn.com and I want to talk to you in this video about yarn bowls! And we have so many different kinds of yarn bowls. I kind of went a little bit crazy ordering, but most of you know that we have our basic wooden yarn bowl. It's beautiful, it's nice and heavy. It's made from sheesham wood and sometimes- if you're not familiar with yarn bowls- we get a question on how to actually use it- like what's the purpose. And you know, if you have- if you're like me and you don't get to knit or crochet all that often and enjoy your fiber arts, like sometimes it's just nice to have your yarn out in like view like okay- I still see you over there yarn like I'm gonna get to you one of these days when I'm not chasing a toddler around like in my case! So you keep your yarn out. It's a really nice way to display it and when you're using it, you just simply take your yarn and you wrap it through this little swirl here and then you can stick it on the floor or on the table and then you just work your project. Some little tips and tricks that I like is if you're putting it on a floor and it's also wood as well-just make sure you put like an anti slip mat between that and it keeps it from just running all over the house. But this is a really great way to preserve any like special twists especially for handmade and handcrafted yarns. it keeps the twist from getting really unwieldy versus just like letting it roll around on the floor and collecting dust bunnies which in my case they're everywhere. And then this becomes a swiffer instead of a ball of yarn. It happens! Hey I'm just being real! In some of our, in some of our other yarn bowls. you'll notice that there's a little hole on the side of the bowl and that is for- it’s kind of nice. You know here's your yarn bowl and then when you're not working on your project you can stick the project in the bowl itself and then you can stick the needles through the hole going from either this way like that and rest them, which is nice because then everything stays together you can work and do it the other way as well. But since I have a project on here it's gonna stick out and be really awkward and not give the look that I'm going for. So with our ceramic yarn bowls too- the nice thing is they tend to be a little bit larger in most cases so you can get a larger ball of yarn in there- usually right around 250-300 grams. And then this is also- I'm in love with these- these are our limited edition painted yarn bowls- and these are you can see the size difference. They're substantially larger- they're like double the size of our standard wooden yarn bowl and they are just beautiful. So I hope that answers any of your questions and you can sort of see the size of what this all looks like and introduce you a little bit more to our world of Darn Good Yarn bowls. Alright, if you have any questions reach out to us at info@darngoodyarn.com or reach us on social media using the #DarnGoodYarn. I will talk to you all later! Bye!

Is a yarn bowl something that your knitter friend or relatives already owns? If they, like many of us fiber artists, tend to work on more than one project at a time, multiple yarn bowls are a great thing to have! Check our Darn Good Yarn's selection of yarn bowls to find the perfect knitting gift for the knitter on your list. 

8. Knitting Patterns and Kits

One of the most exciting things that a knitter can receive is a brand new pattern. This is an even better gift when it comes with the yarn needed to complete the pattern! Knitting Patterns and Kits provide your gift recipients with new opportunities to do what they love and make handmade items that will remind them of you!

Here are a few of our most popular and personal faves!

Many of Darn Good Yarn's knitting patterns are available for free, or for low prices! All of our kits include both a pattern along with the corresponding yarn in the color of your choosing! 

Knitting Patterns & Kits

9. Crafters Storage Bags

Take all of your favorite fiber goodies on the go with our Knitter's Yarn Storage Bag! This portable bag offers a sturdy shape, multiple interior and exterior pockets and a thick, adjustable strap that will help carry your yarn stash, WIP and knitting tools wherever you go.

There's holes in the top in case you need to feed your yarn through it... you can probably carry a small live animal around in here too but we don't officially endorse that. 🐶 🐈

Now available in one of our fave colors: teal!

Knit anywhere, knit anything.

10. Complete Amigurumi Kits

Amigurumis are taking the knitting world by storm. We struggle to keep them in stock! Although you have the option to knit or crochet, knitters will rejoice with the creative effort and final project they make with our kits. Pick from any nine of the cutest Amigurumi kits we carry (while supplies last!).

11. eGift Cards

Still a little unsure what to get your favorite knitter? Gift Cards are always a safe bet. Give them the power of choice with a Darn Good Yarn gift card valued up to $200.

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