Here are my current recommended last ordering dates for delivery by Christmas 2026, including details about international delivery.
You never know what is around the corner with adverse weather conditions, etc, so you 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!
UK Customers
If you order by the date given below for the item(s) you are ordering, I will have your parcel in the post by the Royal Mail’s last recommended posting date for delivery by Christmas.
The services I use are not guaranteed services. If a fixed delivery date is really important to you, please contact me and we can look into a guaranteed service.
The dates apply to “close of business” on the given date – which for me is around 7pm UK time.
Custom Items and Large Orders
This includes custom designs, sets of six or more fruit and vegetables, larger orders of ornaments and anything I am making specifically for you – items with a 7-day or longer working day processing time:
- Order by 4th December
Greetings Cards, Made-to-order Ornaments and Brooches
This includes my pinecones, hanging ornaments, miniature Christmas trees, smaller sets of fruit and vegetables, most brooches and most greetings cards – items with a 5-day or longer processing time:
- Tracked 24 — 11th December
- Standard Shipping — 8th December
Printed Patterns, Notepads and Ready-to-ship Brooches
This includes personalised notepads, printed patterns and crochet hook sets – items with a 1-3 working day processing time:
- Tracked 24 — 16th December
- Standard Shipping — 15th December
Kits and other Ready-to-ship Items
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 – items with a 1-3 working day processing time:
- Tracked 24 — 18th December
- 2nd Class (standard shipping) — 16th December
If you are waiting for a parcel, please take the following steps before contacting me:
- If you ordered with the ‘Tracked 24′ or Tracked 48’ service, use the tracking information provided to see the progress of your parcel.
- If you ordered with 2nd Class postage, remember that there have been recent changes to 2nd Class delivery schedules.
- Check around your property and with neighbours – you may have a new delivery person.
- Refer to the Royal Mail’s information which states that parcels are not considered lost until 7 or 10 working days after the expected delivery date depending on the service.
- Please see the Royal Mail’s UK Service Update.
- Read my full Terms and Conditions for reassurance about returns and refunds.
International Customers
In the run-up to Christmas, you can expect delivery to take longer than the Royal Mail’s usual ‘delivery aim’ for your location using the International Tracked service.
If you order by the date shown below for your location, I will have your order in the post by the last recommended posting date for delivery by Christmas to that zone. The Royal Mail does not guarantee pre-Christmas delivery, however, and it may take longer.
Custom Items and Large Orders
This includes custom designs, sets of six or more fruit and vegetables, larger orders of ornaments and anything I am making specifically for you – items with a 7-day or longer working day processing time:
- Australia, Iceland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Monaco, Norway — 25th November
- Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, USA — 26th November
- Switzerland — 30th November
Greetings Cards, Made-to-order Ornaments and Brooches
This includes my pinecones, hanging ornaments, miniature Christmas trees, smaller sets of fruit and vegetables, most brooches and most greetings cards – items with a 5-day or longer processing time:
- Australia, Iceland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Monaco, Norway — 30th November
- Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, USA — 1st December
- Switzerland — 5th December
Printed Patterns, Notepads and Ready-to-ship Brooches
This includes personalised notepads, printed patterns and crochet hook sets – items with a 1-3 working day processing time:
- Australia, Iceland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Monaco, Norway — 7th December
- Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, USA — 8th December
- Switzerland — 10th December
Kits and other Ready-to-ship Items
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 – items with a 1-3 working day processing time:
- Australia, Iceland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Monaco, Norway — 8th December
- Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, USA — 9th December
- Switzerland — 11th December
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.
Please read my specific information on International Deliveries. Please also always read my full Terms and Conditions.
If you are waiting for a parcel, please take the following steps before contacting me:
- Use the tracking information that I provide on all my international parcels to see the progress of your parcel.
- Refer to the Royal Mail’s information to see how long parcels may take to be delivered before being considered lost.
- Please see the Royal Mail’s International Service Update which covers things such as adverse weather conditions and strikes which might be having an impact on deliveries.
- Read my full Terms and Conditions for reassurance about returns and refunds.
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’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.
If you are not ordering for Christmas, that’s absolutely fine: please place your order as normal. I will process your order in the timescale stated on each listing, but note that I will not be posting any items between 22nd December 2026 and 3rd January 2027 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 Etsy
- Little Conkers crochet patterns on Ravelry
- 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 2026 and 30th December 2027 inclusive.