Here are my current recommended last ordering dates for delivery by Christmas 2024.
If you order by the date given below for your country/region for the item(s) you are ordering, I will guarantee to have your parcel in the post by the Royal Mail’s last recommended posting date for Christmas.
Delivery time is not guaranteed, even for tracked services – ie, even if I post before the deadline, your items may still arrive after Christmas.
You never know what is around the corner with adverse weather conditions, etc, so your would be well advised to place any orders as early as possible, to avoid possible disappointment. None of my items is perishable, after all, and they will all happily store (in a dry environment) until the big day!
Please see the Royal Mail’s Service Updates page for current information on UK and international deliveries.
If I receive a large quantity of orders I may have to move the dates below forward, and you risk being disappointed if you haven’t placed your order.
I can of course send items directly to a recipient for you. If you’d still like to order early in this case, I can mark the parcels “Don’t open until Christmas” on the outside, if you let me know during the checkout process.
Due to the increasing demand for my kits, I’m finding it harder and harder to make time to crochet many items – my very popular robin ornaments and mini Christmas trees for example – so if they are something you have your eye on, I suggest you grab them as soon as you see them in stock, as I may not be able to restock.
If a fixed delivery date is really important to you, please contact me and we can look into a guaranteed service.
If you’re in the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand and would like to take advantage of an economy postage offer (untracked) please contact me.
If you are in the European Union, new legislation coming into force means, heartbreakingly, I will no longer be able to ship to the EU after the 12th December. I don’t really have words to express how devastating I find it to be further separated from my European friends in this way.
Overseas customers should please read my specific information on International Deliveries.
Please always read my full Terms and Conditions.
If you order after the last posting date for your country/region, or are not ordering for Christmas, that’s absolutely fine, please place your order as normal. I will continue to process your order in the timescale stated on each listing.
The dates apply to “close of business” on the given date – which for me is around 8pm UK time.
Ready-to-ship Items
Unless otherwise stated, this includes my kits, gift sets, personalised notepads, printed patterns and crochet hook sets.
- UK Mainland (tracked 24-hour shipping – not guaranteed) — 19th December
- UK Mainland (standard shipping) — 16th December
- Switzerland — 13th December
- USA and Canada, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Pakistan and Russia — 10th December
- India, Philippines and Quatar — 8th December
- Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE — 6th December
- Australia and New Zealand — 5th December
- Brazil, Israel, Mexico and Norway — 4th December
- China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand — 3rd December
- European Union — 2nd December
- HM Forces (BFPO) Static Forces — 2nd December
- HM Forces (BFPO) Operational Forces — 18th November
- Everywhere else (untracked services) — 29th November
Made-to-order Items
This includes my pinecones, hanging ornaments, miniature Christmas trees, smaller sets of fruit and vegetables, most small gifts, most brooches and most greetings cards.
- UK Mainland (tracked 24-hour shipping – not guaranteed) — 13th December
- UK Mainland (standard shipping) — 8th December
- Switzerland — 7th December
- USA and Canada, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Pakistan and Russia — 3rd December
- India, Philippines and Quatar — 1st December
- Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE — 29th November
- European Union — 29th November
- Australia and New Zealand — 28th November
- Brazil, Israel, Mexico and Norway — 27th November
- China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand — 26th November
- HM Forces (BFPO) Static Forces — 25th November
- HM Forces (BFPO) Operational Forces — 11th November
- Everywhere else (untracked services) — 22nd November
Larger and Bespoke Orders
This includes custom designs, sets of six or more fruit and vegetables, large orders of hanging ornaments and anything I am making specifically for you.
- UK Mainland (tracked 24-hour shipping – not guaranteed) — 6th December
- UK Mainland (standard shipping) — 29th November
- European Union — Date already passed
- Australia and New Zealand — Date already passed
- USA and Canada — Date already passed
- HM Forces and Everywhere else (untracked services) — Date already passed
Don’t forget, I can always ship directly to your recipient to save time, and can include eco-friendly gift wrapping on most items.
If you order after the last posting date for your country/region, or are not ordering for Christmas, that’s absolutely fine, please place your order as normal. I will continue to process your order in the usual timescales, but note that I will not be posting any items between 22nd December 2024 and 5th January 2025 inclusive. The Royal Mail’s delivery schedule will also be affected by the Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays.
Ordering Digital Items
You can continue to download my digital crochet patterns throughout the holidays from all the usual places:
- Little Conkers crochet patterns on Ravelry
- Little Conkers crochet patterns on Etsy
- Little Conkers crochet patterns on LoveCrafts
However, please note that if you have a question about a pattern or any other query, I will not be able to answer your questions whilst I’m offline between 22nd December 2024 and 1st January 2025 inclusive.