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Good harvest

Whether you’re looking for a Montessori-style toy for a little one or an ever-fresh fruit basket to decorate your kitchen table, you need to get your hands on Hoooked’s new Amigurumi Fruit Basket Monte, which contains all you need to make 11 different fruits. It’s available as a kit for about £26.09 or a pattern for about £4.34 from www.hoookedyarn.com

HOLLY DAY

Looking ahead to Christmas? King Cole’s new Christmas Crochet Book 8 has all your stocking-stuffing needs covered. Inside, you’ll find six Christmas toys by Zoë Halstead, plus a bobbly stocking to hold them all. Hook up a boy and girl elf, a Santa and Mrs Claus bear, a sparkly fairy and a toy soldier, then give them all to little ones on Christmas morning. Visit www.kingcole.com

WITH PRIDE

Pride doesn’t stop after June – express yourself all year round with these fabulous earrings by Divine Debris! You can get the pattern for free on www.divinedebris. com, or about £3.10 on Ravelry. Why buy? The proceeds from designer Amber’s rainbow patterns – released every June – go to Trans LifeLine and The Trevor Project in the US, two charities that help struggling members of the LGBTQ community. These earrings are fun to make, cute and for a good cause – you can be proud of that!

SUPER YARN SHOP SOIRÉE

Yarnstravaganza is back! The nationwide celebration of independent yarn shops returns for its second year, and organisers promise that the event will be even bigger and better than before. Hundreds of yarn shops across the UK will put on special events, host giveaways and hand out various crafty goodies and limited-edition commemorative tote bags to visitors, all to encourage people to visit local craft shops and join in the fun. Grab a special map from the UK Hand Knitting website to find out which participating yarn shops are close to you – you could even organise a crafty road trip to visit as many stores as possible! The event runs from 30 September to 7 October, so start planning. It’s going to be lots of fun!