Preorder the 2026 ChemKnits Chanukah Yarn Sampler!

 Preorders for the 2026 ChemKnits Chanukah Yarn Samplers are now open! Each sampler has wrapped miniskeins (100 g of yarn total), multiple fun extras, and a signed handmade Chanukah Card. You can unwrap the miniskeins each night of Chanukah while watching me dye the yarn in a ChemKnits Tutorials YouTube Video that will be published each night of Chanukah in December (plus a few extra nights.)

I'll go into more details about the 2026 Chanukah Yarn Samplers below, but if you want to see all of the options (including some 2025 Chanukah Yarn!) check out the Chanukah Section in the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Shop.

What is in each Chanukah Sampler?

You can pick between sock weight or DK weight yarn for your sampler. All of the yarn is 75% superwash Merino Wool /25% Nylon. This is the same base that I've used in previous years. This will be the 9th year I've created these samplers!

Each sampler includes:

• Wrapped Yarn Mini Skeins - The 2026 sampler will have 8-9 wrapped packages that contain a total of 8 - 10 g miniskein plus 1 - 20 g mini skein of your selected yarn weight. Each night of Chanukah I will release a video showing how I dyed the yarn in that night's package. I love to find fun packaging to wrap the yarn and try to vary the type of packaging from year to year. The packages will be labeled with the night of Chanukah plus the date so you know when to expect the video. (Each video comes out at 8:30 PM Eastern Time.)

• Multiple fun extras - I like to tuck little surprises into some of the wrapped packages. (See below for examples from 2024.) The extras are usually themed Chanukah, ChemKnits, Winter, or even some of Rebecca's favorite things.

• Signed Chanukah Card - Most years I make these cards myself with the help of my cricut, although I have commissioned artwork from other artists in the past and had cards professionally printed. My plan is to make the cards myself for 2026.

• A newsletter describing the Chanukah Special and where to find the videos.

• A business card with a special December coupon code.

When is Chanukah 2026?

Chanukah 2026 starts at sundown on Friday December 4, 2026. The 8th night of Chanukah begins on Friday December 11, but the series will continue with some bonus episodes.

Each video will premiere at 8:30 PM Eastern Time on the ChemKnits Tutorials YouTube Channel. All of the videos will be available in the 2026 ChemKnits Chanukah Special Playlist as they are published.

The videos are available for free so everyone can celebrate together, you don't have to buy a yarn sampler to join in on the fun! I try to join the live premier chat for as many of the videos as I can to react to the video, answer questions, and just hang out in general. Some of my favorite things have come out of these premiere chats (the name "Yarn Lasanga" is the best example!)

All 2026 Chanukah yarn will ship Mid-November.

Are these Fade Sets? Can I use all the yarn together in one project?

My goal behind the Chanukah Yarn samplers is to provide you with multiple different types of hand dyed yarn. I try to include a variety of repeating and non-repeating colorways so that way you can experiment and swatch with different types of hand dyed yarn.

The colors aren't picked with a specific fade in mind, although they can all be used in one project. I tend to recommend scrappy projects to play with these differnet yarns. I have seen amazing striped hats, cowls, and socks that others have knit and crocheted with my Chanukah yarn.

One of the biggest requests I get on my videos is for swatches of my hand dyed yarn. I don't have the capacity to swatch every colorway I create when I'm dyeing over a hundred different colorways each year. I originally created this series to help multiple individuals get their hands on the same yarn so you can test out different types of hand dyed yarn.

Who are these samplers for?

The ChemKnits Chanukah Yarn Samplers are make a great gift for any yarn lover, but especially those that are ChemKnits Fans or celebrate Chanukah. Another reason why I created these samplers is so that someone can have a gift to open every night of Chanukah. You can treat yourself or send a sampler to a loved one. I always include a letter describing the series so it is okay if someone isn't familiar with my YouTube channel.

You don't need to be Jewish to particpiate in the ChemKnits Chanukah Special! I invite all of you to celebrate with me, and you are welcome to purchase the yarn even if you don't observe Chanukah personally.

Are there any bonus colorways or addons?

Yes! There are three different full skein add ons that are brand new for the 2026 Chanukah Special. There are also a few options in the Chanukah Section of my shop with items from previous years.

• Silky Yak Add-on (2026) - Superwash Merino / Yak/Silk blends are back in both Sock and DK weights! This colorway will be different from the sparkle colorway, and will be dyed in a bonus video (either night 9 or 10 of the series.) These will come wrapped, labeled with the date the dyeing video will be published, and come with a fun extra.

• Sparkle Add-on (2026) - A superwash merino/nylon/gold stellina yarn that is available in both Sock and DK weight! This colorway will be different from the silky yak colorway, and will be dyed in a bonus video (either night 9 or 10 of the series.) These will come wrapped, labeled with the date the dyeing video will be published, and come with a fun extra.

• 2026 Yarn Mop Add On - Unlike the Silky Yak and Sparkle add-ons, the YarnMops/Leave No Dye Behind bonus skeins can be dyed in nights 1-8 or in the bonus videos. There are multiiple unique skeins in this category, and if you order multiple the colorways will likely be very different. These will come wrapped, labeled with the date the dyeing video will be published, and come with a fun extra.

At this time, I want to give priority to the 2026 add ons (Silky Yak, Sparkle, and Chanukah yarn Mops) to customers who have ordered the miniskein yarn samplers. It is okay if you purchased your sampler in another order, just leave me a note to seller.

Other Add-ons

• 2025 Chanukah Sampers - Did you miss last year's series? You can still pick up a sampler, but there are only a few Sock & DK samplers left! These are ready to ship.

• 2025 Unwrapped DK Weight Samplers - The "unwrapped" listing includes all of the yarn and extras that were included in the 2025 sampler, but without the packaging or the card. These are available at a discounted price and are ready to ship. This is also handy to check out if you want to quickly see the colorways I dyed up for 2025!

Other FAQ's

When will the yarn ship?

All of the Chanukah Yarn will ship mid-November 2026.

Can you combine multiple orders?

No, due to the volume of Chanukah orders I cannot combine shipping if you place multiple orders. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!

What is the yardage of the yarns?

Sock Yarn - 75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon, 463 yards / 100 g (46 yards / 10 g miniskein, 92 yards / 20 g mini)

DK Weight Yarn - 75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon, 245 yards / 100 g (24 yards / 10 g miniskein, 48 yards / 20 g mini)

Is the yarn identical in every sampler?

Not necesicarly. Due to the techniques in paricular videos there may be differences in the yarn colors from one individual night. If you order multiple samplers, they may not be completely identical, but there will absolutely be some overlap.

Are the extras on the bonus add on skeins the same?

The progress keepers on any bonus skein are different from those contained with in the sampler. There may be repeats if you purchase multipile add-on skeins.

Is this year going to be fun?

Yes! I am so excited for you to see what I have planned this year's series. I hope you're as excited for the 2026 ChemKnits Chanukah Yarn Sampler as I am! 

The 2026 Spring Mini Skein Mini Series starts tonight!

The 2026 Spring Mini Skein Mini Series starts tonight!  Each night this week at 8:30 PM Eastern Time there will be a new yarn dyeing video.  I'll see you in the live chat room as the videos premiere! 

All of the 2026 SMSMS Yarn is ready to ship!  (There will be a couple dyed to order listings that get released this week for some of the bonus colorways and maybe sock blanks.)  

Preorder the 2026 Spring Mini Skein Mini Series Yarn! (2026 SMSMS)

Spring is right around the corner, and I today I just launched preorders to the 2026 Spring Mini Skein Mini Series! Each of these miniskein sets will have 5 - 20 g miniskeins of yarn that are hand dyed to work together for a project. The colorways may be fades, gradients, or sets of coordinating colors. Each set will come wrapped with fun extras... and the dyeing will be featured in a special SMSMS event that starts on Monday June 15, 2026 on the ChemKnits Tutorials YouTube Channel.

This year I hope to have at least 4 different yarn dyeing videos in the SMSMS event. 3+ videos featuring dyeing miniskeins (and sock blanks!) and one bonus video dyeing a fun bonus colorway on a mermaid sparkle yarn. This event is differnet from Chanukah (where you unwrap a mini from each night of the series.) In SMSMS all 5 of your minis were dyed in the same video. If you order multiple sets, I do my best to send you sets from different nights.

WHAT ARE THIS YEAR's YARN BASES?

Make sure you check out the SMSMS listing itself for the full fiber contents and yardage. There are two DK weight options available this year (options A & B) . The rest of the yarn bases are all sock weight (C-K). There are two different sparkle yarns this year - Option F has a silver stellina and options J/K have the new iridescent mermaid stellina. (I'll be showing off this base more in the March early access video for ChemKnits Patrons.)

WHEN WILL THE VIDEOS BE RELEASED?

The 2026 ChemKnits Spring Mini Skein Mini Series will start in the evening of Monday June 15, 2026. One video will come out each night (6/15, 6/16, 6/17, etc.) The total number of videos is still TBD. Each package will be labeled with the date so you know which night you can watch me dye your yarn.

All of the yarn dyeing tutorial videos will be publicly available on the ChemKnits Tutorials YouTube Channel. https://tinyurl.com/2026SMSMS

ARE THERE FULL SKEIN ADD ONS?

Yes! At this point, you will need to purchase a miniskein set to purchase one of the following fun add-ons. Each add on will come wrapped labeled with the date the video comes out and will come with a progress keeper. (I will do my best to send you bonuses from different nights as your miniskein set.)

• You can add on a 100 g Yarn Mop dyed in one of the main videos:

• You can add on a sock blank dyed in one of the main videos. This will feature a similar colorway to the miniskein set from the same night, but I will discuss the difference between dyeing fades/gradients on miniskeins vs full skeins in the videos.

• You can also add-on a bonus 100 g skein dyed in a bonus video. This year this yarn base will feature the iridsecent mermaid stellina and is available on both sock and DK yarn weights.  

2025 ChemKnits Chanukah Special is here!

Happy Chanukah, everyone!  The 2025 ChemKnits Chanukah special is here and each night there will be a new yarn dyeing video featuring different techniques & colors to create yarns that will work up in different ways.  You can find all of the videos on the ChemKnits Tutorials YouTube Channel 

Each video will premiere at 8:30 PM Eastern Time with a Live chat. Once the premiere is over the video will be available on demand. I'm going to try to hang out in the live chat as much as I can each night to answer questions and react to my own videos. These chats are where we ended up coining terms like "yarn lasagna" and have inspired many videos. I cannot wait to see what we come up with together this year!

In addition to 8 videos for the 8 nights of Chanukah, there will be three bonus videos. Two of these videos will feature the dyeing of the bonus add on skeins, and the third will be a behind the scenes vlog where I show off all of the thoughts I couldn't share along the way to avoid spoilers.

How long will each of the videos be this year?

• Night 1 - 12/14 - 42 minutes

• Night 2 - 12/15 - 31 minutes

• Night 3 - 12/16 - 32 minutes

• Night 4 - 12/17 - 37 minutes

• Night 5 - 12/18 - 36 minutes

• Night 6 - 12/19 - 39 minutes

• Night 7 - 12/20 - 45 minutes

• Night 8 - 12/21 - 36 minutes

• Night 9 - 12/22 - Length TBD

• Night 10 - 12/23 - Length TBD

• Behind the Scenes Vlog - 12/24 - Length TBD

Do you want some yarn dyed in this series?  There are still some 2025 Chanukah Samplers available in my shop, plus a lot of other fun Chanukah yarn options!  (There are still some 2024 Chanukah yarn samplers available, too.) 

Happy Chanukah!
-Rebecca 

2025 ChemKnits Creations Black Friday Deals!

The ChemKnits Creations  Black Friday sale is here with a lot of super fun mystery options and discounts!  Dozens of ready-to-ship yarns and other items are up to 25% off.

This sale and special listings end on Tuesday 12/2/24 at 11:59 PM EST or while supplies last.  Prices are as marked deals are available while supplies last - some deals are more limited than others. Etsy doesn't let you use coupon codes on top of sale items, so check to see which will give you the biggest discount.

$10 Mystery Skeins

If you buy a skein of the 2025 Black Friday Colorway, you will have the option to add on a 100 g mystery skein of yarn. The mystery skein can be sock weight, bulky weight, or somewhere in between. It can be superwash or non-superwash. The technique and colors wll be a complete suprise. Please see the listing for full details.

There are actually two listings, the ready-to-ship one linked above and a dyed-to-order version where you can pick the yarn base (sock, DK, worsted, or bulky), and I'll dye up more of this colorway!

You can watch me dye the 2025 Black Friday yarn on YouTube.

Mystery Bundles

A favorite mystery bundle is back! Let's stuff a bag with 300+ g of mystery yarn and a bunch of fun extras. You can pick between a sock weight, DK weight, or worsted weight non-superwash bundle. There are only a few of these bundles available. The bundle will have at least 300 g of the yarn weight you picked. It may have some miniskeins in a different yarn weight.

The Stitch Marker Mystery Bundles have stayed in the shop all year, but they are going to be discounted for Black Friday. I'll be making up some new bundles, so there will be even more variety than last year. If you order multiple stitch marker bundles you may get some duplicate stitch markers.

2025 Chanukah Yarns are ready to ship!

There are still 2025 Chanukah Yarn Samplers available in both sock weight and DK weight yarn. I'm running low on both the Sparkle and the Silky bonus add on skeins, and those will not be restocked again.

I recently listed some "Just one Night" full skeins featured in 2025 Chanukah Nights 1-7. These will be wrapped and will be dyed with the same colors and the same technique as one of the miniskeins in the Chanukah Samplers.

ChemKnits x KnitPicks Gift Guide

I worked with KnitPicks to put together a gift guide of some of my favorite things they offer.  Through 12/1/25, you can save 30% off KnitPicks and Crochet.com with the coupon code "11BLACKFRIDAY25" (I am a KnitPicks affiliate which means I may earn a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of my links.) 

The 2025 KnitPicks Big Sale is Here!

The 2025 KnitPicks Big Sale launched 11/3/2025 and will run through 11/18/2025.  There will be so many fun daily deals and promos and I'm excited to track things for our annual archive. (See the bottom of this post for past Big Sale recaps!) I love the Big Sale because I dye a lot of KnitPicks bare yarn in my yarn dyeing tutorials.  

I'll update this post as new deals and discounts pop up, so feel free to check back to hear my thoughts! 

I am a KnitPicks & WeCrochet (crochet.com) affiliate marketer, so the links in this post are affiliate links and I do earn commissions on sales made through my links. This post was most recently updated 11/20/2025.

2025 KnitPicks Big Sale Bonus Deals 

11/17/2025 - This KnitPicks Big Sale is drawing to a close with a flash Sale - Get 50% off 50 of KnitPicks' Favorite items plus free shipping with the code "11FREESHIPPING25"

11/14/2025 - 11/15/25 30% off Bags and Storage.  The everyday tote bag with vegan leather and cute knit fabric on the inside is one of my go to tote bags. I have this big in MANY different colors and use them all the time. (I got my first tote free with purchase in a Big Sale in 2017, I'm bummed we're not seeing a lot of freebies this year.)  I'm also a huge fan of the snap mesh bag & chart keepers.

11/12/2025 - 11/13/2025 Up to 50% off select tools & accessories.  Some notable things include Jacquard acid dyes are 20%  off and blocking mats are 50% off (not the premium ones) 

11/10/2025 - 11/11/2025 20% off all needles and hooks - The wooden Options interchangable knitting needles are my favorite knitting needles ever. I use them for everything whether it is flat or in the round. I will do a magic loop instead of using double pointed needles.  The cables are flexible and the wooden tips are very durable.  The only times I've ever broken a tip it has been 100% user error (I left my knitting needles on the bed and then sat on top of them - don't do this!) KnitPicks even sent me a clutch set this fall so I now have more tips to add to my collection.   

11/7/2025 -11/8/2025 3 piece winding station set for $60 - This is a 50% savings off of a swift, ball winder, and yarn bowl. I own all three of these items.  I am so jealous that the bal winder comes in so many colors (even though purple is my faovrite color, so I might stick with the original color anyway, but the blue is tempting.) I don't use yarn bowls that often, but I have two of the swifts.  The first one needed some repair (just replacing the twine at the corners) but since it is still working I never started using the replacement that has metal connections now.  

11/3/2025 - 11/5/25 $2, $4, $6 yarn sale,  The 2025 KnitPicks Big Sale launched with hundreds of skeins up to 60% off, but also the fantastic $2/$4/$6 yarn day where select colors of certain bases are signficantly marked down.  

 

Before the Big Sale Launch - in the weeks leading up to the big sale we had some freebies with coupon codes.  The Try It interchangable needle set and the colorwork snap bag.  (The wooden options needles are my favorite needles in the world!) In the past we would get a lot of freebie with purchase options, so I don't know what else will come this year. 

My Big Sale Strategy

I recomend you look at my 2024 post if you want to see me get into the math.  But basically, I focus on buying yarn bases I would normally purchase at full price (or at a 15% off discuont with a bulk bare yarn 20 pack) if they are discounted 40% off or more.  

	Price as Marked Discount	+ Coupon Code (20% off)	+ Coupon Code (25% off)
Bulk Bare Yarn 20 Pack	15%	32%	36.25%

This is basically what I think about whenever I am shopping a sale or have a coupon code.  How would a coupon code stack with the bulk bare yarn I puchase?  

If I were to buy 20 individual skeins at 40% off, this would be a great deal for me.  One downside is that I'm likely to receive 20+ individual skeins versus full bags of 10... but it is worth it to me for the price. 

 I typically will fill up my cart with the yarn that I want, but I will save some of the items for later in the week in case there is a freebie I want. I've loved collecting free project bags and enamel pins over the years!  I tend to purchase hundreds of skeins during the big sale to help stock up for dyeing yarn over the next year, so this gives me the ability to break up my purchases to hopefully get the best deals. Two of the freebies from 2024 (the snap colorwork project bag and try it needle sets) were already offered in the weeks leading up to the big sale for 2025.  

What about Black Friday? 

The 2025 Big Sale endss on 11/18/2025, so what will happen after that? If we take a look at previous years, historically we get a site wide coupon code. For example, in 2021, 2022, and 2023, KnitPicks had a 25% off coupon for Black Friday and then 20% off coupon for the rest of cyber weekend. In 2024, we got a 30% off coupon! I don't know what will happen in 2025, but I'll update this so we can plan our KnitPicks Black Friday shopping next year!

 Update 11/20/2025 - the Black Friday Sale is starting!  The KnitPicks Black Friday Sale is here with 30% off sitewide using the coupon code "11BLACKFRIDAY25" https://tidd.ly/4gwTrAW (Affiliate link) This deal is good through 12/1/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. This might be the longest a Black Friday coupon code has ever gone. This coupon code also works on crochet.com.

Traditionally this code stacks with other marked down items, so I like to stock up on bulk 20 back of bare yarn (that start out as 15-20% off) This gives a combined savings of 40.5% - 44%!

In 2024, KnitPicks brought back a Black Friday deal (25% vs 30%) in mid December. So It is possible we aren't done with deals this year.  However, I would take advantage fo the 30% off with "11BLACKFRIDAY25" through 12/1/2025 and not hold out for another deal. I have never seen a coupon code better than 30% off.

2025 ChemKnits x KnitPicks Gift Guide!

This year, I got the opportunity to make a special gift guide with KnitPicks featuring my favorite notions, bare yarns, and more.  The landing page shows a few items I selected for each category.  I think with the exceptions of a few yarn colors and the drop spindles, I own everything on the list except for the very last section.  (And I'm planning on picking up that National Parks Knitting book during the Big Sale!) 

Big Sale Archive: 2018 - 2024! 

I started tracking the big sale way back in 2018, even though I was shopping it even earlier than that.  Take a look at some of my favorite deals from past years:  

• 2024 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits
• 2023 KntiPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits 
• 2022 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits
• 2021 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits
• 2020 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits
• 2019 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits
• 2018 KnitPicks Big Sale tracked by ChemKnits

I am a KnitPicks & WeCrochet (crochet.com) affiliate marketer, so the links in this post are affiliate links and I do earn commissions on sales made through my links. This post was most recently updated 11/3/2025.

2025 ChemKnits Chanukah Preorders are Now Open!

 Preorders of the 2025 ChemKnits Chanukah Yarn samplers are now available on Etsy!

The ChemKnits Chanukah Special is an annual ChemKnits tradition, one of my favorite things to plan. Every night of Chanukah I release a new yarn dyeing video after sunset at 8:30 PM EST starting December 14, 2025. In the yarn sampler, you can unwrap a miniskein of yarn while you watch how the yarn was dyed in a ChemKnits Tutorials video! Choose between Fingering Weight or DK Weight Samplers for 8 Nights (100 g total) that will include 8 - 10 g miniskeins & one 20 g miniskein to open over the 8 nights. Samplers will ship in mid-November 2024.   

Everyone is invited to participate in this Chanukah celebration with me, you don't have to be Jewish. Treat yourself to a delightfully wrapped miniskein sampler complete with a Chanukah card signed by Rebecca from ChemKnits.  This unboxing will be an experience! In addition to the 9 miniskeins (8- 10 g, 1 -20 g) all samplers some fun extras, and a hand signed chanukah card from Rebecca.  

All of the bonus extras will be either winter, Chanukah, ChemKnits, or Rebecca themed. In 2024, the samplers had a signed card, a sticker, and 4 progress keepers - '24 gelt, a triceratops skeleton ("oil" plus I'm a huge dinosaur lover), a beaker (science), and a snowflake cookie. In the behind the scenes vlog I'll talk more about the extras and what went into the sampler.

Bonus 100 g skein Add Ons

The ChemKnits Chanukah Special goes beyond the 8 nights of Chanukah. There will be at least 3 bonus videos - two mystery full skein add-ons and a behind the scenes vlog. If you buy one of the chanukah mini skein samplers you can add on some full skeins:

• Bonus Sparkle Colorway - This stunning shiny yarn is 90% superwash merino / 10% Lurex in a sock weight yarn.

• Silky Colorway - 50% Silk / 50% Superwash Merino yarn that is luxurious and soft and drapes like a dream. This second mystery colorway will be avilable on either Sock weight or DK weight yarn.

The colorways for the Sparkle base and the Silky bases will be dfferent. During the preorder phase, you need to purchase 2025 sampler to get the add-ons. This gives priority to the customers who want the miniskeins. If you have already ordered a sampler, you can purchase the add-ons on their own in a separate order. (Due to the volume of Chanukah preorders, I cannot combine shipping separate orders. Thank you for understanding!)

All of the bonus colorways will come wrapped with a progress keeper.

You can find all of the Chanukah listings in the "Chanukah" section of the ChemKnits Creations Etsy Shop.

Check out the 2024 ChemKnits Chanukah Special Playlist on YouTube to see what I created last year!

Halloween 2025 Mystery Yarn

The 2025 Mystery Halloween Yarn is almost ready to ship! I have dyed up all of the yarn, I just need to film conclusions for the video that will air on Halloween, finish making the progress keepers, and then I'll start shipping out the yarn. This colorway is available on 5 different yarn bases and I cannot wait for you to see how things turned out!

2024 Chanukah Samplers

Want to revisist last year's Chanukah Special? There are some 2024 Chanukah Samplers remaining that are ready to ship - and they are currenty on sale at 30% off! (Please note that If you want to get the add-ons for this year, you must order the 2025 Chanukah Sampler Preorder.)

New Ready-to Ship Yarns!

In addition to the Chanukah Preorders, there are a lot of new ready-to-ship yarns listed in the ChemKnits Creations Shop! We have some mini skein sets, sparkle yarn, BFL, Corriedale, Alpaca/Linen, sock blanks, and more.

If you order ready-to-ship yarn with your Chanukah Sampler, the yarn will ship mid-November when I start shipping Chanukah yarn. If you want the ready-to-ship yarn sooner, please place separate orders. Thank you for understanding!