Last chance to get mail
Sign-up's for our Penpal 2025 project close today
Last chance to join our happy band of letter writers
Sign-ups for our pen pal project close at midnight tonight—so if you've been meaning to join in, now’s your moment!
It’s a chance to make a new friend and brighten someone’s day with a little bit of happy post (because let’s face it, we all need a break from buff envelopes and bills).
We've already beaten last year's record of 30 wonderful participants from around the world, but wouldn't it be amazing to reach 40—or even 50? The sky's the limit!
If you'd like to be part of this joyful exchange, now's the time. Hope to see you in the mix!
💌 Ready to join in - here’s what you need to know…
The rules, if you can call them that are simple:
You need to be a paid member of the Everyday Knitter community here (details below)
Sign ups close on Monday May 19 and you’ll get an email shortly afterwards which will tell you whether you are a sender or a recipient*.
If you are a sender, you’ll be given a name and address and you’ll then send them a short hand written letter. It can be as personal, whimsical or down to earth as you like. It can be a postcard from where you live or a folded sheet of Basildon Bond (remember that?) The main thing is that it is written with care and love.
Recipients will wait to receive their letter and will then reply to that person in a similar vein.
You are under no obligation to continue the letter exchange after this short project concludes but obviously if you have made a PenPal friend I’d be thrilled if you carried on.
*you can specify whether you want to have a PenPal within your own country to keep costs down or whether you are happy to post anywhere.
If you are a paid member of the Everyday Knitter community please scroll down to access the sign up link. If you aren’t a member (yet) we’d love to welcome you in. You’ll also get access to my full archive here, to member-only chats, exclusive posts and snippets of my book-in-progress.