Fall hours have begun at Camas Creek Yarn, and with the new schedule, the store is offering several classes for knitters, crocheters and felters.

The store is located at 338 Main St., Kalispell. For further information, call 755-9276 or visit www.camascreekyarn.com.

Camas Creek offers free assisted knitting and crocheting classes every week. Knit Bits and Hook It! are available to anyone who purchases supplies at the yarn store.

Knit Bits classes run from noon to 1 p.m. three times a week. Level one classes, with projects such as dishcloths and scarves, are offered on Mondays. Level two classes, such as cowls and blankets, are on Tuesdays. Level three classes, including fingerless gloves and boot toppers, take place on Thursdays.

Hook It! classes are from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. Level one classes include projects such as granny squares; level two classes teach projects like scalloped-edge bracelets.

Free beginning knitting and crocheting will be offered at the yarn store on Saturdays. Like the Knit Bits and Hook It! classes, the sessions are free with purchase of supplies.

Free beginning knitting is offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and free beginning crocheting takes place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Camas Creek also offers free yarn bombing from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Knitters and crocheters will work together to create nondestructive yarn-bombing projects throughout the community. All skill levels are welcome.

Free weekly group meetings are offered twice a week. Open adult knitting, for those 19 and older, takes place from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursdays. Open teen after-school knitting, for youths ages 13 to 18, is offered from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

In addition to the free sessions, Camas Creek offers several paid classes:

Featherweight cardigan

Tracy Sievers teaches this class from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Nov. 6. The cost is $30.

This quick-knitting sweater is a great item for those looking for their first big project: a top-down, three-quarter-sleeve cardigan. Participants must be familiar with casting on, binding off, knitting, purling and making one stitch.

Churchmouse basic sock

Jennifer Sproul teaches this class from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 14, 21 and 28. The cost is $45.

Learn to knit a basic, cuff-down sock in this class, which is broken into three easy parts.

Feather and fan cowl or shawl

Trish Peebles teaches this class from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 15 and from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 29. A second session will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 8 and from 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 22. Cost is $35.

An intermediate knitter can make either a cowl or a shawl using a versatile combination of feather and fan lace and dropped stitches. The first class will teach the required skills; the second will be a follow-up.

The Magic of Dyeing Silk

Paula Rindal teaches this fun introduction to silk dyeing from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16. Other sessions will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and Nov. 8. Each class costs $38.

Learn to permanently dye silk in three easy ways: ice, hot water and baggies. Each student will create three or four unique pieces of wearable art in this class.

Dubliner shawlette

Sievers teaches this class from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 and Nov. 5. Cost is $40.

The class teaches cabling a lace edging while creating this Celtic-looking, reversible shawlette that is knit corner to corner. Participants must be familiar with casting on, binding off, knitting, purling, making one right and making one left.

Entrelac scarf

Peebles teaches this class from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 18.  A second session will be offered from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12. The cost is $25.

Knitters who know how to make a long-tail cast on, knit, purl and bind off can make this complicated-looking modular scarf.

The Magic of Felt: Nuno Scarf

Rindal teaches this class from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19.  A second session will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23. The cost is $45 for each class.

This class is a sister class to Rindal’s silk-dyeing class. Learn the art of felting over silk while creating a lightweight piece of wearable art.

Owl puffs

Sievers will teach this class from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 21 and 28. The cost is $15.

Owls are all the rage, and this class will teach how to knit a parliament of owls in various sizes. The first class covers the basics of knitting the owls; in the second class, learn how to needle felt the eyes and embroider the beak. Participants must be familiar with casting on, binding off, knitting, purling and knitting in the round on double-pointed needles.

The Magic of Felt: Felted Bowls

Rindal teaches this class from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 25. The cost is $45.

Learn to wet felt a 3-D bowl using a resist in this class. The tiny bowls have endless uses, including gift giving.

The Magic of Felt: Vessel on a Ball

Rindal teaches this class from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 1. The cost is $55.

Students will learn to wet felt using wool, a rubber ball, queen-size nylons, soap and water. The result is a seamless, colorful work of art shaped into a woolen vessel.

The Magic of Felt: Christmas Stocking

Rindal teaches this class from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The cost is $45.

Students will learn to wet felt stockings using merino wool and a flat resist.

The Magic of Felt: Fish

Rindal teaches this class from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 16. The cost is $45.

Learn to felt a realistic 3-D fish using a flat resist.