🎄 Opening advents in moomin pyjamas, walking in the rain | Vlogmas Day 1

[@sarahjaneoz8478]

My daughter has an advent curated by her Grandmother, she calls it ‘Nanvent’ 😂 It contains all kinds of mini wonders wrapped in tissue, inside little wooden drawers. Today was a tiny, doll house size sewing kit with the smallest scissors you have ever seen. It’s a joy to see her open it every day. I love your selection of advents, I think next year I will treat myself to a tea one. 🫖🎄

[@lizzyotoole8468]

What a beautiful advent to have.... ❤

[@kat_livescolor]

Ah! Love the Moomin pjs! And the sox are beautiful! The advents looks so fun, I need to start asking for those for my bday in September 😝 love the felting things, so nice and cute! Wow, love the themes of the advents and how well the yarns go together! Good on you for walking! It's so difficult to make ourselves exercise when it gets colder, but so important! Love ur hat SOOOOO much! Thank you for showing the beautiful English view, it is so nice to see 😄💗

[@sandiking1584]

No advents here, beyond my budget....one day however I will indulge in a yarn advent. Your walk was so pretty, albeit wet...adds to the atmosphere xx

[@Jerseymimi16]

Let them laugh....my Merrell boots are the best ever for walking!I enjoyed your rainy walk.

[@stitchitch7010]

I have a mixed crafting and comfort advent this year. Day one was slippers with gingerbread men on them ❤

[@anikav3092]

I have the caffeine free tea advent calendar from bird & blend. I like that it’s caffeine free so I can have the tea any time of day and it not keep me up! There are two in every day so I have enough to get me into January! I also have a vegan chocolate one from hotel chocolat and the company send me a birthday voucher every November so it ends up being just 3 quid 😁

[@Keliheartyarn]

Yay for Vlogmas! This year my adult daughter and I exchanged Advents we made up for each other! It was really fun to shop for and wrap up little trinkets for each other to open each day!

[@susansandmeyer4902]

Hello, Just found you!! So enjoyed day zero and now you have sent me down the rabbit hole of felting. I have a new hobby for winter in Maine, thank you.

[@YarnStorieswithOlivia]

I splurged and got my first ever advent. I chose Ellie’s Craft House Magic yarns Frost Bites and on day 1, got the oohs and aahs from the husband 😊👍

[@kozymom1528]

My favorite time of year too... when Ali does Vlogmas 💛

[@janecopeland2306]

I've never had an advent before and I went a little wild this year! I have 2 yarn advents, a cross stitch one, a jigsaw puzzle one and a chocolate one. I spread out the opening over the day and it is a bit of loveliness throughout the day. Good for you -- 11 miles!!! Impressive.

[@heathertucker7056]

Loved watching you opening your beautiful Advents! So gorgeous and I love the fibre one particularly as I’m so into my spinning these days! Glad you enjoyed your walk in the rain! With two dogs to exercise- I do that regularly but not for that distance! Take care x

[@donnamckinney7885]

I'm ridiculously excited about watching your vlogmas. It's like a video advent. I have a 12 day advent from Bonne Maman. The spreads are in the cutest little jam jars. I make 2 servings out of them & have had 2 jars so far. They are delicious and make breakfast a little more fun.

[@sdicato]

I did purchase a solstice box from a combination book and yarn shop called Two Rivers- Weird Sisters. I still have advents from last year I need to do something with. Love your Vlogmas!

[@marissas8112]

Your tea advents looks scrumptious! I was so tempted to get one this year, but can't have lots of different kinds of teas at the moment, so I'll save it for next year. I got a chocolate truffle advent (which my husband and I split daily) and he has a rubber duckie advent. Such a silly one, especially since we aren't particularly fond of duckies, but it brings so much joy! Happy Vlogmas!

[@mirandakrayesteyn1000]

I really love to open a paper advent at Christmas and I’ve also been really lucky and have been given a Wasgij jigsaw puzzle one from my lovely husband which is so much fun! 🧩💚

[@miekeharinck500]

your combination of green socks and moomin-pyjamas reminded me of the cover of the book for knitting moomin-socks. the cover shows a sock with green feet and moomins on the leg. If I remember it well, you have that book too. It is nice to follow your vlogs! greetings from belgium.

[@mrscraftalot]

I loved seeing your walk. It's nice to see a fellow lover of walking out in any weather!

[@alliehabib1654]

Happy vlogmas! No advents for me but the kids have chocolate ones. I will live vicariously through yours 😅

[@kittykatsknitplace69]

I love my enchanted forest advent from Suzanne, Happy Happy Birthday Phoebe 🎂 🎉

[@jacobashepherd3397]

What a nice advent , I have a jam advent I love it and I have a yarn advent with 10 grams mini skeins . Happy Birthday to Phoebe 🎉🎉🎉

[@DanniesCraftyCreations]

The vlogmas is my agent calendar this year ❤

[@sandrarichardson7200]

My daughters bought me a book calendar! Every day I get a new thriller. I absolutely love it ❤

[@lemonbalmmel]

I have no advent calendars as on a South African disability grant, advent calenders dont make the cut of what i can afford im afraid. Especially when i have triage my meds im prescribed as i cant even afford everything to keep me alive! But your loving solice outdoors is something i miss terribly since getting so chronically ill. Im looking forward to living vicariously through your advents (teas iincluded please!) And your walks to catch up. So from my side, id love a longer vlog each day tbh, hopefully with some of what you're going to do with each days yarn in which project and progress on them all too! 20 right up to and 1hr, im game for!

[@julie3935]

No advents here. After 30 + years in Oz it still never feels like Christmas. I loathe the hot days and find myself staying inside. I still long for the cold dark days of the uk winter, the sparkly lights and steamy windows, Christmas markets and carol singers.

[@mmaas4879]

Hi Ali! LOVE sharing time with you during Vlogmas! I received the same Republic of Teas Advent as you, and I’m loving it ❤️ How about you? I’m trying to finish a crochet blanket for charity before Christmas comes. Off to Oklahoma to celebrate my Granddaughter’s Doctorate Graduation. So proud of all her hard work. Truly a Christmas gift to share this special moment with her and Family. 🎄🥰

[@StitchcraftGiftsHarrogate]

Oh I'm so envious of the world of wool advent! I very nearly bought this year's but decided i had already spent enough money on advents - regretting that decision now! I've been spinning with a drop spindle for over a year now and my dad's getting me an electric spinner for Christmas, and i would love to get my hands on the fiber you unwrapped in the video, it looks gorgeous

[@teresab126]

Yours are my favorite Vlogmas ever! ❤❤❤❤

[@julieg9847]

Hello! My daughter and I are doing a puzzle advent calendar over the miles. Meaning we live two hours apart, complete each days mini puzzle and the share a pic. I miss her terribly and this is such a fun way to connect untill we see her at Christmas. I love your vlogmas. Have a wonderful week!

[@nadineaugustyn130]

I loved the views from the bridge. My Advent calendar is from Lindt, so a chocolate a day for me! Thank you for sharing.

[@yvonnay8904]

Hi Ali, no advent calendars, busy making crochet hair scrunchies for Xmas gifts. You’re a brave dedicated woman for that awful rainy walk, bravo! 👏👏👏😁🎄

[@catevanslife]

We have a choccy advent calendar abd are taking it in turns to have a treat.

[@anniehaynes6564]

My son gifted me a wine advent! 😊 Each bottle is about two small glasses.

[@suecoles7824]

No Advents for me Ali, I have more yarn than. I know what to do with and frantically knitting it all as fast as I can 😂 I have discovered scrubbies and along with socks, I am knitting them as gifts, Scrubbies are very addictive to make once you start you can’t stop ! Happy 14th Birthday sweet Phoebe 🎉. See you tomorrow Ali, love & Hugs Suze. 🤗🥰 xxx

[@leilamenendez7002]

This is so fun, I was just writing to you yesterday requesting if you have the chance to help us know the advent calendar yarny companies out there you have experienced and you appear today with the first blog with that exact theme , wonderful just wonderful! Thank you! It’s just a delight to watch your blogs! 😊

[@pennyspearing2731]

I’ve got my first ever yarn advents that I treated myself to from My Yarny Corner and Lay Family. It really is an exciting time and love watching you opening yours 😊

[@kristinahill3708]

What fun! I'm really loving the greatest showman themed yarn advent from Castle view yarns

[@shetlandlace]

So happy for Vlogmas. Laughing because I always put comfort over fashion, so loved the socks and pjs.

[@charlottehayman1549]

Ali, I adore the moomins and used to have those pjs! Love the green socks, they're fab

[@jackiejohnson853]

Hi Ali, lovely to see you for vlogmas! I have got the Blue Fern yarn advent this year, it is the DK version as I dithered deciding which base to go for 🤪 and could only have DK. It’s beautiful and I’m still deciding what to make at the moment……. Have you decided what you are going to make? I also treated myself to the Lay Family yarn 4 week advent. Week one has mini skeins and 50g of Suri alpaca silk to make a cowl, I’ve started the Snuggle Down Cowl by Sew Sweet Violet. See you tomorrow ❤

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Just wonderful Ali, thank you! I have a second hand book advent, a body shop one and a chocolate one ☺️💛

[@woolleyally]

Hope Phoebe had a great birthday 💜 Like you I’m so happy my daughter has such a wonderful friendship group too! Makes me a little jealous that I wasn’t that lucky at high school! Loving seeing everyone’s advents - I have The Lonely Knitter daily advent and Giddy Yarns weekly advent and then a 5g mystery advent with my Dragon friends. Madi has Swizzels sweets, Kyle Hero chocolates and Rob has Toblerone! Does Dan ever have an advent?

[@alishacooper9423]

Lovely advents and gifts! Well done on doing 11 miles in the rain! I love walking too but I'm definitely a fair weather walker 😂

[@highlandheffalump]

If you decide to spin the flax blend take care as it can be quite hard on your fingers. It softens when washed. I’ve got a non superwash yarn advent from Bluebell yarns and this year’s World of Wool fibre advent. Oh and chocolates I put in my handspun/handknit mitten garland

[@claudinevandamme4809]

So nice to open all the presents or advent calendar especially the teas....Thank you. 😊 cool fiber you got ...

[@TheStitchinDietitian]

I bought my first ever yarn advent this year from Elderflower Stitches and I love it so far and we’re only at Day 2! I see me scouting out may more for next year 😊

[@elena---c1558]

Yay vlogmas! I can't believe vlogtober was only a month ago, November has been very busy for me, for one thing we got chickens! They are so exciting and delightful.

[@victoriasmith9334]

I'm so happy you have Suzanne's, I've got it to and have thought of you and your colour loves as I've opened it ❤❤❤

[@Carola-By-The-Bay]

Ali, please be as lengthy as you like! These are my favorite Vlogs. (Especially the yarny content.🧶) I am opening a “Twice Sheared Sheep” advent in the mornings and a “Christmas in Paradise” advent from a local yarn dyer at night. ( 🇺🇸 ) I’ve started the “Crochet Advent Baby Blanket” by Lucienne Crochet. (Recommended by Natalie of “Knitty Natty” vlogs.) I also have a tea advent AND a French jam advent, but I’m saving them for January. Spreading out the fun! 🥰🧶🌻 (I think I get as much enjoyment out of watching others open yarn advents, as I do my own.)

[@joydaigle90]

Gosh I love vlogmas! I love watching your channel.

[@elaineheisler8584]

What a nice haul. Something nice to knit in future.

[@nadjas.4275]

Just like you predicted, I am so so happy with my Homespun House Advent sock sets. The first one is a beauty and I can't wait for week two. Your advents look lovely - and delicious. Have a wonderful week and Happy Birthday to Phoebe 🎉🎉🎉

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Thank you Nadja! Glad you are please with your advent yarns! :) xx

[@lindsey-brooke]

I look forward to my advent calendars like a child every year, so I love seeing the ones others choose! I have yarn advents from Lay Family Yarn, A Homespun House, Elderflower Stitches, Sweet Sparrow Yarns and the Cozy Knitter striped sock yarn. I wake up earlier each day in December, anxious to knit my daily amount into each project!

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

How utterly lovely - it's the little things isn't it - getting excited on a winter morning for what the advents will reveal, such precious happy time xx

[@suedale1865]

No yarn advent this year had to take stock of my stash far too much so I gifted to Carla ( sew knit create repeat ) in New Zealand a Lass that likes British wool & talented crafter who will appreciate single skeins Ali all your various advents look brilliant I look forward to seeing & hearing about them

[@jop5547]

❤ Lovely advents x

[@carinaherrling8773]

Dear Ali, love this Vlog already. Your Adventkalendar are wonderful. I have a Fiber Advent from my spinning group. We make this up to our selfs. Everyone of us packs 3 minibags with 10grams of fiber of there one liking. Some do rolags, some roving, some batts. It is very colourful and as always a big variaty of fibers. From Last years advent i knitted the Spot sweater by Anne Ventzel.. this year ... Don't know by now. At first i Had to spin it. ..

[@carolynbulson2081]

And where can I get one of those light up mushrooms? 🍄 Must have!

[@rossiej100]

I have a Wasgij Jigsaw Advent Calendar. Each day there is the pieces of puzzle to make a 6 x 4 inch size completed puzzle.

[@wendyluvsbooks6537]

Love walking in the rain 🌧️🌧️ …. I love vlogmas I get to watch one before I go to work but it’s a great start to my day 🎄📖🎄

[@hellokitty-h2x7s]

really love your felt houses, i have no advents. those wool grey yak type ones would make great hair for cloth dolls if your into that.

[@rosesmith1108]

Thank you Ali for a lovely vlogmas today. 11 miles thats awesome. Happy Birthday to phoebe 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lizzyotoole8468]

Hi everyone, I have a lindt advent... love it ❤

[@CraftyTash]

I have Frost Bites Advent Calendar by Craft House Magic. This is the first year I have purchased an Advert Calendar but won't be my last!

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Ooo lovely!!!

[@debracubitt6191]

We have had a dry time recently. I love your rainy walk. ENJOY your yarn goodness paper advent treats and teas PEACE CALM HOPE JOY LAUGHTER 😊

[@missuscam]

Glad vlogmas is back ❤

[@highlandheffalump]

Highly recommend Corriedale for needle felting.

[@vanessaking2134]

I had completely forgotten about vlogmas! So happy to have these to look forward to during December 🎉🎉 xx

[@lisafletcher4518]

Brilliant as usual I have a Yankee candle advent and a chocolate would love a tea one though

[@kangasheep]

I also bought Suzanne's advent this year! It's very exciting being able to open it alongside you! I very much look forward to Vlogmas each year ❤ xx

[@thelimeysretreat4976]

I’ve got a Terry’s chocolate orange advent, an Ella and I gel melt advent and a 3d woodland animals advent x

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Oh they all sound gorgeous! Especially the chocolate orange - I love chocolate orange! x

[@thelimeysretreat4976]

@ luckily for me my husband doesn’t lol xx

[@janettehinchliffe]

Do we get to see Dan's lego advent too? Xx

[@roofee66]

Fab start to Advent ! Where can I find PO. BOX no.to send a little something to?

[@Kiltsnquilts]

I need to check back but I think I’ve been watching your Vlogmas since you started! Yours is my favourite channel 😊 Kylie and the machine label advent for me. I’ve never had a yarn one but my best friend and I have decided to gift each other a home made advent next year - we are both already planning! Will be able to buy and make items during the year and we are both very over excited 😅

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Aw thank you so much Leanne xx What a fantastic idea to swap a yarn advent - I did this for a long time with various friends and it was just a wonderful way to celebrate advent :) I have never heard of a label advent - I dashed off to look that up! What a fun idea! xx

[@Kiltsnquilts]

@ I love to put labels in my hand made clothes so it’s a great one for me. Yes I’m excited to start gathering gifts for my friend, we won’t do all yarn but we both sew and knit so there will be a good assortment of treats ☺️

[@Sandra-ej2gd]

Happy December! Love all your Advent Calendars, looking forward to your daily videos 🎄

[@bridgetn404]

I have a nespresso coffee advent!

[@cornwallsharon81]

Ive got a scrappy sock advent - I wound up lots of 3g teeny balls back in May and got my 8yo to put them in bags. So I knit a stripe a day and hopefully will wear my new socks on Xmas day! I’ve no memory of what I put in 😂. Plus it cost me £0

[@rachelengland814]

I have 5 advent calendars; 2 yarn ones from Giddy Yarns and Greenlambkin Yarn, the Jacquie Lawson e-calendar on my pc, a light-up wooden one that I fill with chocolate every year and the Boots No 7 skincare calendar that is a gift from my children every year. Not spoiled at all! 🥰

[@elaineheisler8584]

Always time to watch your video.

[@lyndakling901]

I would spin all of the fleeces and maybe make a sampler scarf or shawl!

[@22tessybear]

I’ve got a Marshmallow advent calendar from my hubby. Great vlog xx

[@tanyawillisanderson]

Happy, happy to Phoebe 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@theresepazell7875]

Happy birthday Phoebe..Glad we will see u everyday.yeah.

[@GilliBryan]

Happy Birthday Phoebe. I have a jam advent, very indulgent 😊🌲

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

JAM! That is epic! I love this idea :)

[@thelimeysretreat4976]

Yeah Ali is back for Vlogmas!! xxxxx

[@DawnsDays]

Happy birthday Phoebe, I can't believe she's 14. Where have the years gone? Happy vlogmas Ali xx

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Right?! Time flies doesn't it? Thank you Dawn 🤗

[@phillyrcj]

Hi Ali. I have two Lego advent calendars, Lego City and Lego Star Wars. I also got the weekly 100g DK yarn skein advent from Ellie at Craft House Magic.

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Dan is jealous!! He is thinking of getting a Lego one but hasn't got round to it 😅

[@phillyrcj]

@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife Lego put out 6 themed Advent calendars this year. Friends, Disney, Star Wars, City, Harry Potter, Marvel Spider-Man. Depending upon his interests,he might enjoy one or all of them. They should be on sale now.

[@ericallerton809]

❤❤morning Ali,,,, 😊😊 Getting caught up,,, Fun month,, ELAINE 🏡💕🍄

[@hebulanebula]

Lost touch with everyone on KZbin lately (we are moving ) but I’ve been curious, how many steps you’ve completed so far... for your walk challenge 🎉. I’m doing my first advent this year , with Alice IN Wonderland theme .. SO fun 💚🌿🍄🧶💫

[@knittingpurple]

I have a hot chocolate advent and every year in advent I put an item a day in the food bank donation box

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

What an absolutely brilliant idea to add something to the food bank every day, I love this x

[@TheCatlady63]

Happy Birthday Phoebe's. I nearly bought my son a cheese advent but settled for galaxy.

[@VictoriaPichel]

wait: there are more vlogmas from you that I haven't seen in your other channel from before the vlogging years? OH MY CHRIST! such fun! (channelling all my fav tv characters and series there). I caught up with the ones from this channel last year and now I know I have several more to watch, woohoo! (can you tell I need all the christmas vibes I can get?)

[@theresepazell7875]

Dont worry in chgo.we walk around in p.j.all day even go to the store its a fab.around here.

[@lyndakling901]

Chicago?! Seriously?!

[@VictoriaPichel]

oh, i just realised we can also scan the code and get the surprise, which was a funny christmas instagram filter! (how did I understand that when i don't speak German?). Can you show the qr code each day on camera? pleeeeease! wiiiiii This year I've got 2 advent calendars: a choccy one, which I made myself because they're not a thing here in my neck of the woods (Argentina) and a card one which was sent to me by a lovely friend from London. I look forward each day to opening and enjoying them! It's such a nice tradition I just adopted it! x

[@pamelageoghegan8859]

Hi Ali. Thank you. I have a Cookston Crafts Advent and Simply Sweet Poppy Stencils. x

[@beckyann8502]

❤❤

[@heidikuijer3612]

Cheese advents??? Do they exist? I have 4 wool advents, a tea advent and a Lindt chocolate advent. And one of my advents is being crocheted each day. To my delight, it is a fade. The information on it only said the inspiration and type of wool. Since it was inspired by the Heidi book (my namesake), I just had to do it. 🧶

[@lilly6766]

Kittens puzzles christmas calender + a chocolat one.

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

A puzzle one is on my list to try! xx

[@AnnieDaddo]

Dare you to go for a walk in your Moomin jarmies, M'lady😉 Dan can come too wearing his new starched apron.Have a peaceful evening youse. 👋🌏🐨❤🎄

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

😅 I have been known to go about in my pyjamas - maybe people would just think they were stylish leggings?! Dan is not allowed to leave the scullery! 😂

[@AnnieDaddo]

Finally! You've set him in his place. I thought you'd lasped when you took him on a cheeky trip to Bournemouth(or some such posh place)..but a new apron and frilly hat would serve him well for the next year, don't you think. Even the Queen used to give her staff gifts.I thought all Mums wear pj's on the school run!;) xx

[@lemontreecorner]

Hi Ali! So glad to see you again for Vlogmas. Three yarn advents - I wish! I'm doing the Advent in Wonderland by Skein and the Stitch and the Kusmi tea advent from Paris. I'm also doing Vlogmas over on my channel - Lemon Tree Corner. I'll be making some little gift idea projects and decorating and driving around looking at holiday lights!

[@emmarose1388]

I got a christmas jigsaw advent calendar

[@ThisLittleWonderfulLife]

Ooo I would love to try one of those! 🧩