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 Keep checking our online store! We now have products from Bag Girl, Berroco, Brown Sheep, Cascade, Claudia, Colinette, Debbie Bliss, Fiesta, Filatura, Great Adirondack, Jo Sharp, Katia, Koigu, Lana Gorssa, Louet, Louisa Harding, Muench, Online, Noro, Plymouth, Sublime, Rowan, Southwest Trading Company, Tahki/Stacy Charles, Twisted Sister, Wisdom and Zitron Yarns on the site, and more!
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Sit n' Knit
Need to take some time away (maybe a mini vacation)? Join us on Thursday evenings from 5-8pm to share ideas, chat, and swap skills! Please contact us for more information: 216.229.6644 or just show up!
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 CLASS SCHEDULE
Fine Points offers a wide variety of projects that should capture the imagination of its diverse family of clients. Besides the opportunity to learn something new, these classes offer a chance to meet new friends who share similar interests. Samples of garments and techniques will be on display at the store.
To reserve space in a class, payment in full is required when you register. Unless otherwise noted, classes are $35 (unless otherwise specified) and times are noted with each listing. Students receive a 10% discount on purchases for the class. If a class is cancelled, you may choose between a Fine Points store credit or a refund. We require that you call the store 2 days in advance of your class if you wish to cancel and receive a store credit.
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| Create-A-Class: Don't see what you want? Collect two friends and tell the staff what you'd like and when; we'll try to accommodate you.
***Book a Birthday Party! See a class you like? Book it for your friends and birthday buddy. If you provide the cake, we'll provide the coffee and tea.
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 TAGLIATELLI HAT with Cyndi Marshall, Saturday, January 3, 2009, 12-3pm, $35.00. Leave it to Cyndi to take an idea and work her magic. Learn to knit this fabulous hat, with or without ears flaps in sizes from infant to adult. The base yarn is Colinette Tagliatelli (a merino wool tape) and the pizzazz comes from the addition of small amounts of novelty fibers. Knit on size 8 circulars and double points, this hat will keep you warm and stylish throughout the winter.
Learn to Knit and/or Crochet with Faith Wyse, Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1-4pm, $35.00. Here's a great opportunity to learn to knit AND crochet in the same class. If you want to learn just one or the other, that's fine, too. Learned once, but don't quite remember how to do it? Here is your chance to refresh your skills. Faith is skilled at both and will have you hooking and/or clicking away in no time. Besides that, Faith is an expert in mixing colors and textures that gives everything she make a big "WOW" factor. She will show you how to do this with even the simplest of knitting/crochet stitches.
 CRAZY QUILT PATCHWORK MITTENS Cyndi Marshall, Saturday, January 17, 2009, 12-3pm, $35.00. Learn to design custom fit mittens that begin by tracing your hand to make a template. Then, the fun begins! Knit the mittens back and forth on 2 needles by knitting triangles, rectangles and squares as you mix assorted yarns with novelty fibers. Or, adjust the template to make fingerless mittens. Cyndi will lead you through the process. These knit up fast and you'll enjoy watching the pattern, texture and colors come together. Bring a pair of US 10 needles and an assortment of yarns.
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 WET FELTED BEADS with Fran Steinbock, Sunday, January 11, 2009, 1-4pm, $50.00 (includes a $15.00 materials fee). Wet felting is the process of making felt or fabric using roving, hot soapy water and agitation. This class will explore the process of making beautiful round beads by the wet felting method. Many different looks can be achieved by using different colors of roving and then needlefelting and/or beading the felted beads. Make a bracelet or necklace, as Fran will have jewelry findings with her.
FINISHING TECHNIQUES with Susan Thompson, Saturday, January 24, 2009 1-4pm, $35.00. You've spent all that time knitting the pieces, now learn the techniques that will make those pieces become a beautiful garment that you will always treasure. This class will cover blocking, seaming, picking up stitches, buttonholes and a little crochet. We will also discuss the choices and options you have before you begin knitting a garment that will assist you in the finishing. There are a few swatches to knit as homework, as there will be a lot of material covered in class.
 FELTED VESSELS with ROVING with Fran Steinbock, Saturday, January 31, 2009, 1-4pm, $55.00 (includes $20.00 materials fee). Create a felted vessel by the process of "wet felting". This is achieved by covering an inflatable ball with roving, adding warm soapy water, and agitation (in this case, bouncing). Fran has done similar classes for Fine Points, but has used wool "batts" in the past. This class will use roving, which makes the technique a little different than using batts, but roving is more available with a wider range of colors.(Fine Points sells roving by the ounce) The only prerequisite for this class is that you need to be able to bounce a ball for 1/2 hour (breaks are permitted!). This is a great way to take a break from the stress of Holiday preparations. We guarantee you will have fun!!!! This class is limited to 10 participants.
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We are the Comforters: those who give comfort; long narrow knitted neck scarves; warm bedcovers. So many children are in need of comfort.
Last Year Fine Points sponsored We are the Comforters. Our goal was to deliver as many knitted or crocheted blankets as we can for the foster children under the supervision of Bellefaire JCB. We received this from Bellefaire JCB:
To all the generous donators of knitted blankets:
"Thank you so much for your generosity in knitting 6 blankets for the 4th Annual Holiday Wish List for kids (and) the additional 12 blankets that you knitted throughout the year. You have helped make our clients feel very special. Your 'tzedakah' is truly appreciated and we look forward to your participation again next year!"
Debbie Cowan, Associate Executive Director of Bellefaire JCB
We are happy to have helped, and are starting again.
You can help by making a blanket of washable yarn and bringing it to the shop.
- Blankets for infants thru 4 years of age should be approximately 36" x 36" and should not be of too loose a weave.
- Blankets for children ages 5--10 should be approximately 36" x 48".
- Blankets for youth ages 11-18 should be approximately 48" x 60".
No blankets should have fringe. Garter stitch is fine. Patterns are fine.
Please join us in this opportunity to share warmth with others.
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LINKS OF INTEREST
Knit 'N Style Magazine Online: http://www.knitnstyle.com
 See the magic wrought by Cheryl Schaefer of Schaefer Yarn Company: www.schaeferyarn.com; remember, if we don't have it in stock we can order it for you.
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