Thimble and Spindle offers several classes for knitters in November.

The store is located at 183 First Ave. E.N., Kalispell. For more information about any of the following classes, call 756-8746.

Mitten or glove class

Nov. 4, 11 and 18

11 a.m. to noon

To keep your fingers warm this winter, wrap them in the warmth of beautiful hand-knit mittens or gloves. Learn how to cast on with double-pointed needles and knit in the round. Change up the pattern and make fingerless gloves, mitts or even convertible mittens. You will also learn to knit a lining for mittens.

Sock with a pattern

Nov. 5, 12 and 19

11 a.m. to noon

If you’re overwhelmed with the idea of doing a whole sweater, try these fun socks with a textured design. They are like sweaters for your feet.

The seamless raglan

Nov. 6, 13 and 20

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There are great advantages to seamless sweaters: They are very comfortable because they stretch in all directions, and having no seams, they require no sewing.

Fair Isle tam

Nov. 9, 16 and 23

10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Fair Isle is well-known as a knitting method and a pattern type. Real Fair Isle patterns are built up in horizontal bands by knitting two colors yarns in each row. The motifs are clearly defined by careful selection of colors

Fair Isle is associated with patterned woolen garments, hats, gloves and scarves and have been hand-knitted for centuries in the small island of Fair Isle, which lies halfway between Shetland and Orkney.

In this class, learn this ancient, traditional way of knitting, which is like painting with yarn.

Shawls

Nov. 11, 18 and 25

6:15 to 7:15 p.m.

This class will help you create your own unique shawl. Learn about color, texture, pattern and design principles. The shawl is easy, but requires knowledge of casting on, binding off and basic knit stitches.

Open knitting

1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays

noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays

Is there an ailing sweater project in your life? A pattern suffering from confusion? A technique so cold it needs resuscitation? The store will help you get that project up and wearing.

In addition to knitting classes, Thimble and Spindle will offer classes for those interested in other crafts:

Beginning wheel spinning

Nov. 7, 14 and 21

6:15 to 7:15 p.m.

Mary Warner teaches basic spinning methods for beginning spinning on a wheel. Introductory fiber characteristics, tool, terminology, fiber preparation and basic spinning methods will be included. Each student can expect to leave class with confidence to continue spinning on their own. 

Spinning wheels are provided for in-store use. Wool fiber is available for purchase.

Hand-made scrapbook journal

Nov. 16

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Special guest teacher Susan Jensen will instruct students on the ins and outs of how to create a junk journal. Students will be creating a unique cover from scraps of collected treasures, making pages for the journal, and learning to bind it all together to make their own special journal.