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💗 They’re live — and there’s plenty.The Good Fight — our exclusive Knit for the Girls colourway — is up on the website n...
23/10/2026

💗 They’re live — and there’s plenty.

The Good Fight — our exclusive Knit for the Girls colourway — is up on the website now, shown here on our Silken Singles and Studio Lite bases. Hand-dyed in our own studio, and $10 from every skein goes to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

I hit the dye studio hard this year and tripled the quantity, so there’s no need for anyone to panic. Last night’s crowd had first pick and there is still plenty to go around.

Tap the product tag and take your time choosing 🔗

21/10/2026

Four bases, one colourway. đŸ©·

The Good Fight is hand-dyed in our studio for Knit for the Girls 2026, and it goes on sale online this Friday, 23 October. Studio Lite sock yarn, Silken Singles, Studio Lush 10 Ply and Studio Cloud, so there’s something for whatever you fancy making. $10 from every skein goes to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Last year they sold out on the first day. Add yourself to the wishlist now and tap the product tag to see every base.

Karina Moore | Indie Yarn Dyer

We might have done something, again 💜A customer asked us today whether we’d posted about the South Australian Premier’s ...
20/10/2026

We might have done something, again 💜

A customer asked us today whether we’d posted about the South Australian Premier’s Business Awards, and I realised we hadn’t. So here it is, a little late.

We were delighted to make the final three for Small Business of the Year. Also across all finalists in every category, we were the only retailer in the room. Among engineering companies, IT companies and medical businesses and all the other ‘big dawgs’ that’s a big shock for a little yarn shop in the Port.

This is a testament to our team. Every bit of this comes from the people who show up every day and make Yarn Trader what it is.

Thank you to everyone who has cheered us on. Our photo is the award program, sitting on the speech I would have read on the night. 💜

📣 We’re closing at 3:30 this Friday, 16 October.Half an hour earlier than usual — apologies if that catches anyone out.T...
14/10/2026

📣 We’re closing at 3:30 this Friday, 16 October.

Half an hour earlier than usual — apologies if that catches anyone out.

The whole team is off to the gala dinner for the South Australian Premier’s Business & Export Awards, where we’ve somehow found ourselves a finalist. Glad rags are required, and we need the extra half hour to get into them.

Normal hours resume on Saturday — though do be a little gentle with us. Whatever the result, we’ll have been celebrating getting this far.

📖 The trilogy ends. Pre-orders are open.Knitted Kalevala III is Jenna Kostet’s final volume drawing on the Kalevala, Fin...
10/10/2026

📖 The trilogy ends. Pre-orders are open.

Knitted Kalevala III is Jenna Kostet’s final volume drawing on the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic — and she has gone out properly.

Eighteen patterns: nine sweaters, four pairs of socks, two short-sleeved tops, a vest, a cardigan and mittens. Each one inspired by a different poem and woven through with mythology and old symbolism. Classic yokes, modern colourwork, and a few gentler projects if you’re easing into colourwork for the first time.

Released 5 November.

Pre-order yours now — tap the product tag 🔗

08/10/2026

đŸ§¶ Guess who’s back!

ChiaoGoo’s Interchangeable Tunisian Hook Sets have landed again — it’s been more than a year since we could get them, and we’re so pleased to see them on the shelf.

If you’ve never used one: Moso bamboo hooks from 3.5mm to 10mm, laser-marked sizes that never rub off, screwing onto ChiaoGoo’s red TWIST cables. Which means a blanket-width piece of Tunisian without wrestling one enormous hook, and a size change in about four seconds.

Four cables, stoppers, adapters, connectors, keys and a gauge in a zippered case. Buy once, done.

These have been on a lot of wish lists, so we wouldn’t hang about — tap the product tag 🔗

ChiaoGoo

The shop after dark, desserts that deserve the name, and a properly fun quiz with some very cool prizes. Expect divas. E...
06/10/2026

The shop after dark, desserts that deserve the name, and a properly fun quiz with some very cool prizes. Expect divas. Expect yarn. Expect at least one question you’ll shout the answer to before you can stop yourself. Come with friends and make a team, or come on your own and we’ll find you your people. Tiaras optional, but we’d love to see you sparkle.

Ticket holders also get first access to The Good Fight, our Knit for the Girls colourway hand-dyed in our own studio, before it goes online the following day. Last year’s sold out within minutes, so you’ll want to be in the room.

Limited by the size of our shop, so don’t dawdle — tap the product tag 🔗

05/10/2026

People’s Choice goes to Nugget the punk rock c**k, made by Jude O — the most individual votes of the whole flock. Nugget loves rocking out in the pit, his favourite band is the Buzzc**ks, and he hopes to one day sing in his own band. Consider this his first standing ovation.

Our Judges’ Special Prize for Best Ensemble went to Ellie S and her five Star Wars chooks — Princess Lay-a, Hen Solo, Obi Wan Henobi, Kylo Hen and Chookbacca. And Hendrika Help-me-cross, made by Philippa O, took Most Likely to Cross the Road as a hardworking lollypop lady hen.

Will we do it again in 2027? We’d love to — but we’re going to need more hen houses across the Port if it gets any bigger! No battery hen conditions here. Every chook deserves room to roam.

Thank you to everyone who made a chook, voted, visited, or just stood at the window grinning. You made it.

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🐔 Last day. The chooks fly the coop tonight.Today is your final chance to meet a hundred handmade chickens before the di...
03/10/2026

🐔 Last day. The chooks fly the coop tonight.

Today is your final chance to meet a hundred handmade chickens before the display comes down.

Come and see the ballooning chooks. Meet Hendrika Help-me-cross, winner of Most Likely to Cross the Road — our lollipop lady hen, who isn’t merely crossing the road, she’s running the crossing. Pay your respects to Eggatha Chickstie, Best Resting Hen Face, quietly building a case against us this entire time. And marvel at the sheer number of ways a human being can knit a chicken.

People’s Choice voting closes when the show does, so get yours in while you’re here.

☕ A couple of spots have just opened up for tomorrow morning.Craftmorning, Saturday 10:00am. Bring something you’re happ...
02/10/2026

☕ A couple of spots have just opened up for tomorrow morning.

Craftmorning, Saturday 10:00am. Bring something you’re happy pottering away at on your own and settle in for a few hours of making in good company.

It’s also the very last day of the Chook Show, so you can meet a hundred handmade chickens and get your People’s Choice vote in while you’re here. Rather a good Saturday, all told.

Head to our events page on our website to book - link in bio🔗

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Port Adelaide, SA
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