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Fall/Expo Newsletter
September 26, 2008 |
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| City Knits at Sewing Expo Booth 334
Shopping Nirvana for Stitchers
Friday, Sept. 26 9AM-7PM,
Saturday, Sept. 27 9AM-6PM
Sunday, Sept. 28 9AM-5PM
Special Yarn-of-the-Month preview starts early at the Expo ONLY. Mention this newsletter to receive the savings.
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Deanna
Van Asche
At Expo on Sunday Sept.28th
& special guest teacher on
Tuesday,
Oct. 28th
2-4 PM
Bead Knitting
Intermediate Class -Fisher Bldg
Deanna will cover the techniques in her beaded cape. Fee $22 (includes parking in flat lot). Advance registration suggested e-mail Amy H. at admin@cityknits.com. or call 313 872-9665.
All materials to be purchased through City knits. Come to the shop to pick your yarn/bead colors in advance, expanded selection.
Registrants are required to come with beads strung on the yarn of choice.
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| City Knits of Mt. Clemens is getting bigger and better.
By mid-October we will have increased the store's area by 50%. Jan and Shelly are bursting with energy and ideas to fill up the new space. Our new addition is light and airy, a great place for spinning classes and supplies, an expanded book section, more spacious teaching area and even a sink for dyeing. Check back with cityknits.com and watch your email for the grand (re)opening of our enlarged digs.
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Have You Heard???
Karen has been slow to make commitments for the fall schedule because she is on-call as a Grandmother in waiting: Baby Boy Hands expected mid November.
Look for class offerings in mid-winter:
Cast-on Clinic
2 Socks: Toe-up and Two-at-a-Time.
Wedding Cape
and other topics related to her travels to Europe this summer for the Icelandic Knitting Symposium. | |
| Knitting with the DSO is back:
Again our friends at Orchestra Hall in Detroit are offering you an elegant musical interlude on selected Sunday Afternoons with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
On the following dates: Sunday - October 26th, November 2nd, and November 23rd. Preformances start at 3:00PM.
You can knit with your friends and the DSO for nearly half the face value price of a ticket. A special setting has been reserved for us under lights at the rear of the main floor.
Two Week advance purchase directly from Chuck Dyer at the DSO. Wooden needles a must , and mindless projects advised.
And, again your ticket stub is good for 20% off either City Knits Detroit location for the week immediately following the performance.
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The YARN
of the
MONTH
is ...
....not YARN
BOOKS
20%off
all books.....
seriously!
Select Titles, further discounts taken. Look for the red stickers...... 45% Off.
Hurry. Best Selection early in the month. Provide information about your law firm here.
City Knits
Staff looks forward to helping you find exactly what you need for happy fall stitching.
Sale starts September 29th in stores and goes until October 31st.. Expo Special for attendees only. No returns or refunds, as usual on books. | |
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NONI Trunk Show
AT EXPO - Rock Financial Center
September 26-28th. Booth 334
IN STORES - City Knits - All three locations
September 29 - October 5th, 2008
Noni's exquisite and sumptuous foray into the realm of clothing is a hit. Who says snuggly can't be couture? One look at the Bolero in pink with tasteful beading says....TRES CHIC!
Additional Clothing designs featured:
Little Ella Coat, Sunrise Colorway, Warmy Hat, Blue Paint Hoodies for Girls, Green Pants and Ts for boys
Tulip Tote, Oven Mitts and Multi Trivet Purse: Starry Night, Milky Way, Flamenco,Lenten Roses, Red Retro (White With Red Flowers), Metro (Green & Pink), 3 Confections: Orange Rind, Raspberry and Liqueur, and Yummy Lunch \  
City Knits newest yarn - A Michigan Product. Stonehedge Fiber Mill's Shepherds Wool. 100% Merino 4 oz =250yards. The choice of Noni Patterns and Designer Nora Bellows.
We are so excited to introduce our customers to the quality yarns and spinning fibers from Stonehedge Farm of E. Jordan, Michigan. Shepherd's Wool is wondrously soft and springy, extremely versatile
in terms of knitting up beautifully on a wide range of needle sizes,
with a gauge range from 16 to 22 sts stockinette over 4 inches.
It is the yummiest knitting yarn I have worked with in ages. Shepherds' Wool felts beautifully. You'll want to build many of this season's projects around this great yarn.
The textile industry is a global enterprise, and City Knits has committed to searching the world over to bring you the best yarns, tools, books and accessories. At the same time as responsible stewards of our planet, we try balance the quest for the best with the quest for the most sustainable.
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Fall Class Schedules & Special Events
New at the Fisher Building -
Sox-in-the-City starts this Thursday 5-8PM. Come and hang out with Desi and friends. Don't need a lesson - no charge! Lessons/copeous help = $10 per session. Desiree Smith is a very masterful knitter of socks, mittens and gloves.
Thursday Crochet w/ Nozibele - 6-8PM
Back by popular demand.....
Advanced Knitting w/Karen 6-8PM
YES, its true....Tracy is BACK!!!!
Specialty Classes in Mt. Clemens
Changing Seasons Bag
Oct. 4 and 11 1-4 pm, Or
Jan. 10 and 17 1-4 pm
Cost $30 Easy
Shelly Buckman
Learn to knit this shapely felted handbag designed by City Knits instructor Shelly Buckman. Then sign up for the knitted and/or crocheted flowers to attach to your bag with buttons, so you can "change seasons" whenever you like. An easy, clever bag for all knitters.
Mitered Square Vest
Oct. 18, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15, 12-2 pm
Cost $45 Easy
Sandie Oden
Knitted in 4 easy mitered squares, this vest looks great in self-striping worsted yarns. The vest was featured on the cover of Creative Knitting magazine in Sept. 2008.
Big Thaw Pullover
Oct. 26 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (a long day to start the whole top of the sweater)
Nov. 9 1:00-4:00 pm (to work on the sleeve pickups and caps)
$45 Easy to intermediate
Shelly Buckman
A deceptively simple looking sweater packed with lots of interesting techniques for top down sweater construction (like short rows, provisional cast on, picking up raw and bound off stitches, and slip stitch patterns!). This sweater was featured in the latest Knitscene magazine and knits quickly on large needles.
Intro to Socks
Thursdays Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 6-8 pm
Cost $50 Easy
Sandie Oden
Learn to knit socks the traditional way on double point needles. This class teaches the anatomy of a sock, giving you the basis for later trying all the new fangled ways of building and knitting socks.
Crocheted and/or Knitted Flowers
Nov. 15, 1-4 pm
$20 Easy
Shelly Buckman
Flowers and leaves can be used to decorate all kinds of things in the fiber arts. Learn to make the basic shapes and styles in this fun class suitable for crocheters or knitters.
Yokahama Jacket
Nov. 22, Dec. 6, and Dec. 20, 12-2PM
$45 Intermediate
Sandie Oden
This jacket is worked in stockinette stitch with 2 backs worked bottom up and side-to-side, and then 2 fronts the same way. Add two sleeves, and you are ready for the decorative bindoff on the right side of the fabric. Then comes the finishing touch - a row of triangles forming the button band. This sweater is very striking!
Knitters' Math
Nov. 15 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, OR
Dec. 14 1:00-4:00 pm
$20 Easy
Shelly Buckman
OK, we all get intimidated by math but as knitters, we need to be able to work some simple 4th grade multiplication and division. Why? To do: Gauge, yarn substitutions, yardages, compare yarns (yds/m/gr/oz and all those other abbreviations), and to pick sizes. In short, you have to do your math to make sweaters you will enjoy. Shelly will walk you slowly through the steps for all these mysterious calculations you thought only shop owners knew about.
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