We're an accessible, inclusive stitchalong event geared to promoting and supporting independent crochet and knitting designers. We also love building community and giving everybody a fun time!
The 2024 event is coming...and it's our fifth year!!!
Check out our schedule for this year's dates. We'll be adding more items to the calendar as we organize everything for this year.
- What's happening now: The volunteer sign-up period is running! Last day to sign up is Thursday, October 24.
- What's happening soon: The designer sign-up period starts on Friday, October 25!
How else can you prepare for the event?
- Make sure you're subscribed to our mailing list
so you don't miss out on the planning, preparation, and announcements! You can also follow us on Instagram . - Spread the word! The more participants the yarnalong has, the more fun for everybody. Our event hashtag is #FastenOffYAL.
- Read our code of conduct .
While you're waiting for the fun to start...
- You can search our past website databases for designers and patterns all year round! We added a lot of new search features during the 2023 event to make it even easier to find designers and patterns you'll love.
- Check out our video archive on YouTube , where you'll find the recordings of all the meet-the-designer sessions we held in both 2023 and 2022.
- Pore through our Pinterest account to see all kinds of great stuff, including 2023 projects from yarnalong makers, and groups of curated patterns, such as Gender Neutral Designs, Size Inclusive Garments, Stashbusters...the list goes on!
- If you haven't already, join our Discord server ; this is where a lot of the community gathers during the event to chat, show off WIPs and FOs, play games, interact with participating designers, and more! There won't be a lot of activity happening here until the event kicks off, but there's no harm in joining early!