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Hanks Yarn Parlour Hanks Yarn Parlour has a wide selection of high quality natural fibre yarns, tools and acccessories for your next knitting or crochet project.

Welcome to Hanks Yarn Parlour, we are based in Belfast, feel free to pop into the shop or visit our website and click the "Lets Chat".

Two storms, one weekend, zero reasons to leave the sofa (except yarn, I'll allow yarn).Emergency yarn rations are availa...
23/10/2026

Two storms, one weekend, zero reasons to leave the sofa (except yarn, I'll allow yarn).

Emergency yarn rations are available in the shop tomorrow (Saturday), 11-5. Or online at hanksyarnparlour.com if you'd rather stay put 🌧️

Drop your storm project below 👇

20/10/2026

Okay, I need to talk about this book. 📖🧶

"Shetland Shades: Stories in Wool" by Gudrun Johnston (published by Laine) has just landed and I've very much been enjoying flicking though it.

12 patterns in total: 8 vests, 2 hats and 2 scarves. And the colourwork comes in loads of different flavours. Some explore traditional Fair Isle, and then there's mosaic knitting, marling and colour blocking too. So it's not all one technique, which I love. The vests have really varied constructions and are designed for layering, including one made from two identical mosaic pieces joined with tassel ties, a garter-stitch vest, a striped buttoned one, and one centred on a traditional Shetland mini hap. The palettes come from the Shetland landscape: rocky shores, lichen, harvest light. Gorgeous.

It's a 215 page hardcover with personal essays on Shetland knitting heritage as well, so it's a proper sit-down-with-a-cuppa kind of book.

Quick peek at the patterns in the video. And if a vest is calling your name, I've also just got some new shades in Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper Weight that suit lots of the patterns in here. Not saying you should start a vest this week, but also not NOT saying it 😂

Pop into the shop at 75 Castlereagh Road, Belfast, or grab it online at https://hanksyarnparlour.com/products/shetland-shades-stories-in-wool-by-gudrun-johnston

Which one would you cast on first?

Plot twist: 1 spot has just opened up in the Intarsia workshop this Thursday 🦊There's now exactly one seat free. Thursda...
19/10/2026

Plot twist: 1 spot has just opened up in the Intarsia workshop this Thursday 🦊

There's now exactly one seat free. Thursday 22 October, 6:30 to 9pm here at Hanks Yarn Parlour in Belfast.

If you've been eyeing up intarsia and thinking "maybe next time"... this is next time 😂 No colourwork experience needed, just comfy knit and purl. I'll have you making a hot water bottle cover with a very smug little fox face on it. Yarn, pattern, tea and biscuits are all included, just bring your own 4.5mm or 5mm straight needles.

It's first come, first served, so grab it before someone else does: https://hanksyarnparlour.com/products/intarsia-workshop

Who's in? 🧶

Last call for the Intarsia workshop this year 🦊I'm running it one more time on Thursday 19 November, 6:30 to 9pm here at...
15/10/2026

Last call for the Intarsia workshop this year 🦊

I'm running it one more time on Thursday 19 November, 6:30 to 9pm here at Hanks Yarn Parlour in Belfast. If you missed the other dates, this is genuinely your last chance before 2027.

Intarsia is the technique where you knit actual pictures into your fabric, using separate bobbins for each block of colour. No stranding across the back, no previous colourwork experience needed, just comfortable knit and purl. We'll make a hot water bottle cover with the most dashing little fox face on it, which is a very good thing to have in your house come January.

Yarn, pattern, tea and biscuits are all included. Bring your own 4.5mm or 5mm straight needles. Max 8 students, so it does fill up.

Book your spot at https://hanksyarnparlour.com/products/intarsia-workshop

13/10/2026

Okay so it's Socktober. For anyone not deep in the sock knitting rabbit hole — it's the entirely unofficial community challenge where we collectively pretend we're going to knit at least one pair of socks in October and then panic. I'm in. I'm always in.

This year I went down a Ravelry spiral and ended up with five patterns I genuinely cannot choose between. So naturally I made a reel about it instead of just picking one and getting on with it.

First up: Cottage Pumpkin Patch Set by Stone Knits. Stranded colourwork, pumpkin motifs, top-down with a heel flap, two patterns in one AND an optional Jack-o'lantern chart. I have no explanation for my choices, but here we are. Then there's Rib It Socks by Celine Feyten, which has a heel construction called the Kite Heel that gives you all the fit of a heel flap and gusset without picking up stitches. Intrigued and slightly terrified.

Unravel Memories by Zanete Knits is named after the Farnham fibre festival and the colourwork is vibrant and joyful — toe-up, all-over stranded, total statement sock. Winding Way from Tin Can Knits (one of my absolute favourite designers, always) is a lace sock inspired by Edinburgh's medieval stone staircases — stunning, and if you know TCK you'll understand immediately. And Socks Casper by Olya Kilic — tiny ghost colourwork, mid-calf, cuff down. Called Casper. That is all.

Oh and also: if this has sent you spiralling towards a sock yarn purchase (sorry, not sorry), there's a Socktober deal on at the moment. 10% off all commercial sock yarns, or 15% off if you're grabbing three or more skeins. And save £2 when you pair any Inspiring Yarns 50g or 100g skein with a mini. Just felt like that was worth mentioning.

All five are available on Ravelry. If you need yarn to match any of them, head to hanksyarnparlour.com or pop into the shop and I'll help you find the perfect match. Which one would you cast on first? 👇

I knew you lot would come through, and you did not disappoint. 💛Together we raised £451.94 for The Ladies @ The Shed in ...
08/10/2026

I knew you lot would come through, and you did not disappoint. 💛

Together we raised £451.94 for The Ladies @ The Shed in Antrim — and I am just so proud of this community.

Every order placed, every donation made, every share and every kind word added up to something really meaningful for an organisation that does genuinely brilliant work. This is exactly what the yarn community is all about, and moments like this remind me why I love what I do.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You're the reason this happened. 🧶

If you'd like to find out more about The Shed or make a direct donation, just drop me a message and I'll send you their details.

07/10/2026

Okay I need to talk about this new Inspiring Yarns batch because WOW 🍂

A fresh load just arrived and the autumnal colourways are absolutely everything. These are dyed locally and I am always a little too excited when their yarn lands on my doorstep — this batch is no exception.

For October I'm doing a little deal: pick up a 50g or 100g hank alongside a 20g mini (both from this batch) and save £2 on your order. In-store or online at hanksyarnparlour.com 🧶

06/10/2026

This Thursday is Stitch & Stash and honestly, if you need an excuse to put down everything and just sit with your yarn for a couple of hours — this is it. 🧶

It's not a class, there's no agenda, just a bunch of crafters hanging out from 6–8:30pm. Bring whatever you're working on (or come and admire everyone else's WIPs while eating biscuits, no judgment whatsoever).

If your brain needs a break and your hands need something to do, come join us. Drop in or RSVP at the link below — either way, I'll have the kettle on.

https://hanksyarnparlour.com

Socktober is here and I am not going to pretend this isn't my favourite excuse to run a sock yarn sale.Commercially dyed...
03/10/2026

Socktober is here and I am not going to pretend this isn't my favourite excuse to run a sock yarn sale.

Commercially dyed sock yarns and kits are 10% off when you're buying 1–2 skeins, and 15% off if you're going for 3 or more. Stack them. You know you want to.

A fresh batch of Inspiring Yarns hand-dyed sock yarn has also just arrived, which feels like very good timing. Add a mini skein (£5) to a 50g hank and it's £13 total, or pair it with a 100g hank for £23. That's a £2 saving on top of a very satisfying little colour combination.

And if you're in need of pattern inspiration, Charlotte Stone and Summer Lee both have gorgeous sock pattern books available. Come in and have a browse — they're exactly the kind of book you pick up and immediately start planning 47 projects from.

Shop in-store or online all October 🧦
https://hanksyarnparlour.com/collections/yarn

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Last two days! I genuinely cannot believe we've raised a few hundred pounds this month for The Shed in Antrim — you lot ...
29/09/2026

Last two days! I genuinely cannot believe we've raised a few hundred pounds this month for The Shed in Antrim — you lot are incredible and I'm not crying, you're crying 😭🧶

If you haven't had a chance to support yet, today and tomorrow (September 30) are the very last days. You can place an order at hanksyarnparlour.com — yarn you were already going to buy absolutely counts, I promise 😄 — or donate directly to The Shed.

This incredible organisation deserves all the support we can give, and the fact that so many of you have shown up this month genuinely means the world to me.

Thank you, truly, to everyone who's already ordered or donated. 💛

👉 hanksyarnparlour.com

Address

75 Castlereagh Road
Belfast
BT55FD

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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