Finknottle's Parlour

Finknottle's Parlour Jane's stuff. Kinda bloggy, knitty, hooky, sewy, occasionally cakey.

I like to have a knitting and a crochet project on the go, alternating between the two. The crochet Spring Chill cardiga...
03/07/2026

I like to have a knitting and a crochet project on the go, alternating between the two. The crochet Spring Chill cardigan has been lurking around for too long, time to get moving!

Doesn’t the temperature dropping by 10° make such a difference - and I can get some knitting underway. Carrying on my 20...
28/06/2026

Doesn’t the temperature dropping by 10° make such a difference - and I can get some knitting underway.

Carrying on my 2026 mission to improve my colourwork with another pattern test for Grey Owl Knits

Loving the colours 💕

06/06/2026

Whoop! A Finknottle day out - a crochet-along launch 🥳

With Claire Harding, The Crochet Sanctuary, Craft Ty Wool Shop, Linda Knight, Sharon Lindskog

03/06/2026

When a project makes you happy 💕

03/06/2026

Pattern by Lucy Attic24 kit and fabric from Wool Warehouse Yarn by West Yorkshire Spinners and beautiful hooks handmade by Karen Pedro's Plaques & Pretty Things

My yarny resolutions for 2026 were to improve my colour work, and make garments for myself. This hits both resolutions! ...
01/06/2026

My yarny resolutions for 2026 were to improve my colour work, and make garments for myself.
This hits both resolutions! 🥳

A test knit for Grey Owl Knits, the Blossoming Sweater was a joy to knit and the pattern is published today, June 1st. It’s so well written, at no point did I go “Eh? What?” as the instructions and pattern are so clear.

What I learned:
*Not to use yarn with a high silk percentage for colour work as it’s waaaaay too slippy (but it does feel beautiful).
*Knitting 3 colours at the same time in stranded work isn’t as hard as I thought it was. Who knew?!
*Not to get cross when you do one stitch the wrong colour as a quick Swiss darn (or duplicate stitch, depending on how old you are) fixes most things.

If you want details of the yarns used, you can find them on my Ravelry project page - search for MissJaney

A Finknottle excursion over to Manchester Wool & Yarn where Gareth showed us how to knit intarsia colour work without a...
31/05/2026

A Finknottle excursion over to Manchester Wool & Yarn where Gareth showed us how to knit intarsia colour work without any holes (no more sneaky darning!), provided plenty of hints and tips plus lots of good ol’ knitting chat and goss.

A very civilised Sunday afternoon ☺️

So long since the machine had some exercise, I’m enjoying this!
19/05/2026

So long since the machine had some exercise, I’m enjoying this!

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