World two
Sewing + Making
Cloth cut with intention — aprons, linens and small goods for the home, alongside patterns, tutorials and honest fabric resources for makers.
- Handmade goods
- Patterns
- Tutorials
- Fabric resources
A hearth blessing for new friends: 20% off kitchen treats on your first order through December 31. Shop the kitchen
Food items only; not gift boxes. Applied at checkout. Can't be combined with the free-rolls pie special.
Christmas at the mercantile · Maine
A Finch Mercantile Christmas
Birch, balsam and candlelight — gifts blessed by the hearth.
Hand-wrapped Maine gift boxes, small-batch fudge, holiday pies and a little kitchen magic, made slowly in Norridgewock and shipped nationwide.
The holiday shelves
Gifts for the season
Gift boxes
Maine Winter, Mercantile and Holiday Keepsake boxes, wrapped by hand.
Shop →Fudge gift boxes
Small-batch fudge, tied up and ready to give.
Shop →Holiday pies & rolls
Glass-plate pie preorders for pickup in Norridgewock.
Shop →Printable holiday kits
Bakery and candy labels, tags and the holiday organizer — download tonight.
Shop →Christmas order datesCookie boxes must be ordered by December 11 and ship December 15. All other orders must be received by December 15 for holiday shipping.
The mercantile
An old New England general store, kept by one pair of hands and rebuilt for the way we live now.
Finch Mercantile is three connected worlds under one roof. What comes out of the kitchen, what comes off the sewing table, and what comes off the hook all share the same idea: make a small number of good things, slowly, and make them to last.
World one · The kitchen
Bake + Provisions
The heart of the mercantile. Homemade fudge, Maine whoopie pies, wild blueberry preserves and food gift boxes. Sourdough pulled from a long, slow rise, with the recipes behind it all.
- Bakery
- Fudge
- Sourdough
- Gift boxes
- Recipes
- Seasonal
World three
Crochet + Fiber
Blankets and throws worked stitch by stitch to be kept, mended and handed down. Patterns and fiber notes for anyone learning the long way.
- Blankets
- Throws
- Patterns
- Fiber arts
From the shelves
Featured handmade
A rotating selection from the kitchen and the workroom. Small runs, listed as they are finished.
Shipped nationwide
Sent anywhere in the country
Hand-sized Maine whoopie pies and homemade fudge gift boxes, plus gift-wrapped corporate holiday gifts — from small gifts to large custom boxes with Maine products.
Digital shop
Patterns & printables
Downloadable work you can start tonight — written clearly, tested honestly.
Blanket pattern
Herringbone Hearth Blanket
Herringbone half double crochet worked edge to edge. Written rows, stitch counts and blocking notes.
$7.95
Bundle
The House Collection — complete book
All six patterns, front to back, with the collection standards and yarn notes.
$24.95
Seasonal pattern
Long Dark Mittens
Thick, wind-tight crochet mittens in one natural shade — written for adult sizes small, medium and large.
$4.95
Finch tools
Quiet, useful calculators
Small tools for makers and bakers. Free to use, built as they are needed.
Fiber
Yarn Yardage Estimator
Work out how much yarn a blanket or garment will take before you buy it.
Open the toolBaking
Sourdough Hydration Calculator
Adjust flour, water and starter and see the true hydration of your dough.
Open the toolSewing
Fabric Yardage Calculator
Convert a cutting layout into yardage at common bolt widths.
Open the toolFinch Journal
From the workroom
Notes on making, baking and keeping a small business in Maine.
Kitchen · Essay
Keeping a starter through a Maine winter
What actually changes in a cold kitchen, and how to work with it instead of against it.
Workroom · Notes
Why we cut aprons from heavier linen
A short argument for cloth that gets better after fifty washes.
Fiber · Craft
Choosing wool for a blanket meant to be inherited
Fiber, ply and the unglamorous question of how something wears.
The Mercantile Letter
Notes from the workroom
Seasonal shop openings, new patterns, and what's rising on the kitchen counter. Sent quietly, never often.