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Fall is here - and winter is coming!

Novemeber 2009

Christmas/Holiday Wish List and
Shopping Experiences Available

It's hard to believe, but it's that time already - Holiday shopping time! Once again this year, we will have the Holiday Wish List to help your family members, friends or significant other with their shopping. So, be sure to stop in the store soon (Detroit or Mt. Clemens) and ask for the Wish List. Simply "window shop" and fill in the list, which we will keep on file in the store. Your family member can ask for the list to do the shopping.

When husbands, sons and brothers come in to the Downtown Mt. Clemens store to shop from your list on Men's Night Out, evening December 17, they will receive a 15% Discount. How great is that?

For Fisher Building customers, the annual shopping experience known as Shop Detroit is on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. Detroit Synergy will host its third Shop Detroit event from 10 am to 5 pm. Shoppers who register with Synergy at the Compuware building will get info on discounts and promotions around the city, a free People Mover pass for the day and a free shuttle to the New Center shopping district. City Knits is a participant and is offering special discounts.

The Fisher Building will have its own gift wrapping station. The City Knits Consignment Boutique (near the register station) will have hand-made, hand-knit/crochet, hand-loomed, up-cycled and recycled items of clothing, purses, knitting bags, scarfs, etc. from staff members and/or local artisans for sale.

Shop Detroit Link

Why Join a Knitting Class
Mt. Clemens answers the question~

Besides the obvious (learning to knit, build skills and create beautiful garments), knitting classes offer so much more. A class is a great place to meet new friends, relax, laugh, share stories, yes, and maybe sometimes cry, and to solve the world's problems (if they would only ask us).

Community service activities are often born in knitting class. The "gal pals" in Wednesday's class at Mt. Clemens made a contribution last Christmas to families from the Robbie Parker Elementary School in Clinton Township. Last May, Virginia Bisby asked the group if they would like to expand and support a backpack event for the students at the Robbie Parker School. (Karen Hessler is the principal at the school and is one of the Wednesday night "gal pals"). The group agreed and the Macomb Women for Kids group was born. With Virginia's tenacity and the group's dedication and hard work, 450 backpacks filled with school supplies were presented to the students at the school on September 1, 2009. Plans are to expand the program to two schools for next year.

Perhaps a knitting class is "just what the doctor ordered" for you. Check out our class schedules at the Fisher Building and Mt. Clemens stores.

Maxabelle Hand-spun Art Yarn

Fisher Building~now (Mt. Clemens on Thursday)

Maxabelle is hand-spun in Michigan with almost exclusively Michigan fibers. Christine Schwartz, a spinner extraordinaire, has been making a wide variety of scrumptious yarns for you. The Lincoln locks and silk blend is yummy. The thread spun of mohair, alpaca and wool with sequins will knock-your-socks-off. Christine has spun natural and undyed hanks of angora from rabbits raised by her sister. We are stocking up on this one-of-a-kind yarn for the holidays. Christine also provided some knitted swatches to show how most yarns knit up. She will be bringing new selections as she spins them up. We plan to share them evenly between both stores, but colors may vary. Prices range, by weight of the yarn, from $19.00 - $62.00 per skein. Trunk Show, while supplies last.

maxabelle sample yarn city knits detroit