We are excited to be hosting another Advent Mystery Knitalong this year!
Over the course of Advent participants are invited to knit a little neck scarf, which can be worn or given as a present on Christmas Day. As it’s a mystery knitalong, the exact design of the scarf is a surprise and will be revealed as you knit, but it will feature a lace design.
The Knitalong will follow the format of previous Advent Knitalongs: the pattern will be laid out across 24 days (1st – 24th December) and will be accompanied by reflections, kindly written for us this year by Vicky Davies.
The scarf can be knitted in a variety of yarn weights and will require the following yardage/needle size (you’ll be working with a maximum of 33 stitches, so short needles are fine!)
Knitters can use 4ply/fingering or Sport weight yarn, and will need approximately 40 – 45 grams of yarn and 3.75 mm needles.
Alternatively, knitters can use DK weight yarn, in which case approximately 50 – 55 grams of yarn and 4 mm needles are needed.
There is the option to lengthen the scarf if you wish, (details given in the pattern) but this will require more yarn!
As the pattern is made up from lace stitches, a solid-coloured yarn is recommended.
The pattern requires knitters to cast on and off, work the basic knit stitch, and some simple lace stitches: K2tog, SSK, YO and CDD – these will be explained in the pattern (and there is always help available in the Facebook group – see below – if these are new to you!). The knitting should take an average knitter 20 – 25 minutes each day.
The pattern/reflections will be released as one document (with a large print option) on Wednesday 26th November, ready for the knitting to start on Monday 1st December, and you can receive this document in a variety of ways:
Knitters on the Victoria Methodist Knitalongs mailing list will automatically receive it by email. To sign up to the mailing list, please sign up online at www.vic-methodist-bristol.org.uk/knitalongs or contact Vicky and Helen at .
The document will be uploaded in the dedicated Facebook group, ’Victoria Methodist Bristol Knitalongs’ which you would be very welcome to join, if you’re not already a member! It is a lovely community of knitters from all over the world, and there will be threads to share photos of your knitting progress, chat about the knitting and share thoughts on the reflections.
The document will also be uploaded here on our website.
Finally, users of Ravelry can access the document there (search Advent Knitalong 2025) as well as add project pages and keep track of progress.
We hope that you’ll join us!
