This Week at Close Knit

We at Close Knit hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Not to alarm you, but there’s now less than a month until Christmas .. hope your holiday knitting is well underway! I know mine is!

We’re making plans for the coming year here at the shop, but even so there’s still a lot going on. There are still classes to enjoy this month: Cindy’s Williamsburg Wreath, which is hanging up in the shop now and looks absolutely amazing, as well as knitted ornaments and gift bags, Catherine’s Blocking 101, and the very popular wet felting class.

December 8th the Chicks with Sticks knitting group is having their ornament exchange. Bring an ornament and your favorite holiday nibbles and prepare for some fun!

Something new at the shop: Bring in a donation of toiletries for our mission project and pick a discount card for a one-time discount of 10%, 15% or even 20% off your purchase that day.

The basket of hats for the Little Heads of Close Knit projects is full full full, but don’t let that stop you from knitting some more! We can always use more, because there are always new little heads needing hats to cover them up!

There’s still plenty of time to pick up holiday gifts at the shop for your favorite knitter. We have beautiful yarns here, and don’t forget the joy of a gift certificate!

This Week at Close Knit

Halfway through November already? There's just about 40 days left until Christmas .. eek! If you're still looking for some quick gifts, come on into the shop and take a loot at the One-Skein series of books we have, and looks for some new books showing up on the shelves soon.

We've got some replenishment of some of your favorite yarns, but don't expect it to last long. The Malabrigo is proving to be incredibly popular, and won't last long. It's so nice to knit with, after all. Even my husband says so!

There's still time to sign up for classes before the holidays. Upcoming ones include some quick-to-knit slippers, wet felting with Sheri, Cindy's wreath class, Jason's Tunisian Crochet class, and the ornaments and gift bags in December.

Another thing to think about: gift certificates are a wonderful gift for a fellow knitter, or for friends and family  who don't knit to get for the knitters in their lives.

We just got a number of new yarns and new stock of some favorites, from Noro, Sirdar and Araucania. Come on in and take a look, or check the blog for some pictures!

Come on in and look for some project ideas for your holiday gift knitting! We have several books with quick one-or-two skein projects, and lots of ideas in the shop.

• Classes this week: Beginning Blocking, and Beginning Beading, both with Catherine.
  
• Jason’s Magic Loop class has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 14th
  
• The Close Knit Circle is our new frequent shopper program. Ask about it in the store!
  
• Drop off your hats for Little Heads of Close Knit any day the shop is open.
  
• Something to look forward to: Jason will be teaching a Tunisian Crochet sampler scarf in December, and after the first of the year he’ll be teaching Jared Flood’s Hemlock Ring blanket/shawl.
  

This Week @ Close Knit

The newsletter went out today with the new class schedule. If you didn’t receive it and want to, please let me know and I’ll get you added to the list and get the newsletter sent out to you.
New stock of Noro, Araucania, Sirdar and a number of other lines is coming soon. Come in and look to see what we have coming in the next month!

• Classes this week: The first of two classes for the adorable knitted teddy bears is this weekend. The magic loop and cabled knit purse have been postponed..
  
• On sale: Blue Sky Dyed Cotton fall colors, Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool, Peter Pan baby yarn.
  
• The Close Knit Circle is our new frequent shopper program. Ask about it in the store!
  
• Drop off your hats for Little Heads of Close Knit any day the shop is open.
  

Gift Bags

Instructor: Tania
Cost:  $ 30
Duration: 2 hours

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Class description:   Learn to knit some cute and simple gift bags for your holiday gift-giving. Some can be used as-is, others can be felted, but all of them can be made to suit your need.

Skills Needed: knitting, purling

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Embellishments

Instructor: Sheri
Cost:  $ 30
Duration: 2 hours

Materials Needed: 



Class description:   Learn to make knitted and/or felted embellishments you can use as accessories or as decorations for garments and handbags.

Skills Needed:

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Knitted Ornaments

Instructor: Tania
Cost:  $ 30
Duration: 2 hours

Materials Needed: 



Class description:  Decorate your home for the holidays with these adorable knitted decorations. Or, use them to adorn gifts for your friends and family. Projects will be small and easy to finish, and will use small amounts of yarn so are great for scrap-busting..

Skills Needed: knitting, purling, increases and decreases, double-pointed needle or magic-loop knowledge is helpful

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Wet Felting

Instructor: Sheri
Cost:  $ 30
Duration: 2 hours

Materials Needed: 



Class description:   This class will give you the basics of wet felting, a technique of taking un-spun fiber and turning it into fabric you then use to create your very own handbag which you can then embellish however you like.

Skills Needed: none

Skills Learned: wet felting

Williamsburg Wreath

Instructor: Cindy
Cost:  $
Duration: 2 hours

Materials Needed: 



Class description:   Using an evergreen wreath and natural embellishments, learn to make this rustic and beautiful wreath you can hang indoors or out for the coming holidays.

Skills Needed:

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Tunisian Crochet

Instructor: Jason
Cost:  $ 30
Duration: 2 hours

Materials Needed: 



Class description:  This quick and simple scarf - yes, really - is made using a method that seems to blend crochet techniques and knitting. You'll learn three different stitches that you can mix and match to make a scarf for you, or for a gift.

Skills Needed: none

Skills Learned: Tunisian crochet in three different stitches