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It’s a Handmade holiday...
 … and A patina package in a pear tree! 
Zitron Patina is a brand new single
ply yarn made with a lovely blend of
merino wool (55%) and a generous
dose of rayon (45%). Rayon is a plant
fiber that renders garments lightweight and resilient. It also imparts a
silk-like gleam and a soft drape. Perfect for garments and elegant accessories, Patina is available in 5 ball kits
and 24 elegant colours. We’ve put 12
kits in each RCY location for you to
pick from.
Each yarn kit can be paired up with
one of three suggested patterns
from our new Churchmouse Yarns
and Tea Collection: the Diagonal
Lace Wrap, the Smocked Lace
Wrap or Shrug and/or the Welted
Infinity Loop (and Welted Fingerless Gloves).
Pick your package and pattern and
you’ve got a lovely gift for the knitter on your list!
From Left to
Right—new patterns from Churchmouse Yarns:
Diagonal Lace Wrap, Smocked Lace
Wrap and Welted Infinity Loop
Stockings & stuffers
Sometimes it’s the little things
that make a holiday so special.
We have some sweet ideas for
helping you make the holidays
special.
Try these sweet treats… Canadian made, An Dea Chocolates! We have Pecan Caramels (individually wrapped,
giant “Turtles”) and Misty
Mints. Fill your stockings with
Peppermint Kisses and top
them off with a large Candy
Cane! Our Santa has a sweet
tooth… and we’ll bet yours
does too.
And speaking of stockings,
have you seen this sweet new
pattern for Christmas Stockings in three sizes: Wee, Medium & Jolly Big? We have
patterns and yarn for you to
An Dea Chocolate & Candy make
treats for you and your Santa your
own collection.
If you haven’t made a Christmas Stocking before, we have one more class
that you can take before Christmas.
Go to www.rivercityyarns.com and
check out our Workshops page.
We also have kits for making our very
own take on Christmas Ornament balls. Hang them on your
tree, tie them onto your gifts,
send them overseas… these are
the unbreakable ornaments! Visit
our website and click on the kits
link to order a special kit online.
Need help? Sign up for one of our
Ornament classes on the workshops page.
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 … 5 round ornament balls! 
Decorate the tree with some handmade ornaments. They're fun to make and
they use up little bits of leftover yarn. Not only will you have unbreakable ornaments, but each one will remind you of a project too!
Come in to the store and pick up a pattern and check out our Holiday Ornament Tins. These are see through cans with nine mini balls of yarn and bits
o’glitz that you can use to make ornaments. When you’re done, you’ll have a
great storage container for your handmade ornaments.
You can order a kit online, too. We have three very special online packages for you to choose from:
The Fair Isle kit in cream, red and green; the Christmas in New York kit in glittery black; and/or
the Pretty Poinsettia kit in red. Each yarn kit has a different look or feel, so try one out or order all
three!
RCY Christmas Ornament
Balls… buy a kit, take a workshop, decorate your home.
Order your Christmas Ornament kit online: www.rivercityyarns.com/kits
Drops Big Delight from Garnstudio
A comfortable and super soft
single stranded yarn, in beautiful colours!
Drops Big Delight is the
“big sister” to Drops Delight, spun the same way, but
in 100% wool. Big Delight is
also thicker and comes in
skeins of 100g. The multi
coloured "magic print" with
long colour repetitions creates unique patterns and exciting colour combina-
tions. It features smooth transitions with small
thickness variations, in a nice handspun texture. A delightful yarn that inspires creativity
and is ideal for felting.
There are a number of free patterns available
on the Drops website (see link
below) but we’re intrigued with
the idea of felting it and we’re in
the process of trying it out in our
in-house design for the RCY
Fuzzy Foot Socks.
Did you know? Garnstudio offers free patterns for their lovely yarns. You’ll find patterns
for Drops Big Delight here: www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/yarnsearch.php?id=101
Fleece Artist Sea Wool
Fleece Artist Sea Wool… 350 metres of
hand-dyed heaven!
Sea Wool is a wonderfully soft combination
of 70% merino wool and 30% seacell (a
fibre made from seaweed) and we have it
in 8 beautiful “semi-solid” colourways.
Each 350m/112g is hand dyed in Mineville,
Nova Scotia by Fleece Artist and it’s machine washable. This beautiful yarn is often
featured in designs by Ilga Leja (also from
Nova Scotia). Barb used Sea Wool to make
a Manon shawl and you can, too. We have
several suggestions for patterns to use with
this yarn (see page 3).
If you’d like to try the Leafy Glen Shell
The Leafy Glen Shell (above right) is made
with Sea Wool. You’ll find the pattern in
Clara Park’s The Knitter’s Book of Wool.
pattern by Ilga Leja and published in Clara
Parke’s, The Knitter’s Book of Wool, we
have that too.
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May we suggest…?
Canadian designer, Ilga Leja, loves the
sea. You can see it in her patterns and in
her photographs. Ilga Leja has a wide
range of patterns, from scarves and shawls
to tops and accessories.
these Ilga Leja designs and a date to wear
something colourful,
soft and warm
around your neck
and shoulders.
Cynthia loves the idea of sleeveless tops in
the winter because they
fit under jackets and
sweaters without making your sleeves bulky.
And, they’re perfect for
winter travel… to Mexico, Cuba and other
warm destinations!
Your cure to winter
blues? We recommend
a skein or two of Fleece
Artist Sea Wool, one of
Waves of Lace
Café Capelet
Sea Urchin
Arabella
Manon
Brickwork
On the Town
Queen of the Waves
December workshops
December is a busy month and a great time to take a
“holiday” workshop. We have some excellent
workshops that we only run once a year and you
shouldn’t miss out on them.
Learn an “afterthought” heel and how to knit fair isle
style in Cynthia’s Christmas Stocking workshop.
You’ll also change colours and get a Kitchener Stitch
lesson.
Learn to knit in the round, change colours, read a
chart and make your own designs in the Christmas
Ornament Balls workshop.
Get knitting in the round on both a circular and double pointed needles in the Felted Tea Cozy workshop. Try the new Drops Big Delight for a selfstriping, amazing tea cozy.
Want to make socks? Quick socks? Try our Felted
Christmas Slippers and get a sock lesson as well as
learn how to felt. These slippers are really big
socks and are knit in the round on large double
pointed needles.
We have a Crochet Crash Course for those who
want to get “hooked”.
Our January workshops have been posted as well and
we’ll be getting February up and running soon.
At home for the holidays
We’d like to take a minute to say thank you to all
of our friends (if you’re reading this, you’re on our
friends list!) This has been a big year for River
City Yarns. We had a big move from Edmonton’s
north-central neighbourhood to our new digs on
the Westside. We’re so happy that you’ve made a
trip out to see our new store and pleased that we
were able to host so many people during our
grand opening celebration and during Nicky Epstein’s visit and workshops.
Our Southside location has been growing too! We
love to see you in the store and we’re always happy
to welcome newcomers.
River City Yarns West and South will be open for
shopping, workshops and Secret Santa help every
day in December right up to Sunday, December 23.
We’ll be closed (and at home enjoying our families) on December 24, 25 and 26. We’ll also be
closed on New Year’s Day, January 1st. We look
forward to seeing you soon.
Knit for a great cause
We have two locations!
River City Yarns Westside
16956—111 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5M 4C9
Phone: (780) 477-9276
Email: [email protected]
River City Yarns Southside
3438-99 Street
Edmonton, AB T6E 5X5
Phone: (780) 450-9276
Email: [email protected]
Knitmonton is partnering up with the Bissell
Centre for a special Season of Giving Yarn
Bomb!! With that winter chill and temperatures well below zero, warm woolies will
come in handy to our Edmontonians who
truly need them!
Wanted: Easy care knitted/crocheted
scarves and mittens in adult sizes
Tis the season to help out those in need,
especially of warm winter woolies
When: By December 10
Drop Off locations: River City Yarns West &
South shops. Please bag the items and tag
with "Bissell Centre".
Treasures will then be 'tied' together as a
garland and placed around the Centre for
their clients to take as needed.
Info/stories can be also found on
www.knitmonton.ca or the Ravelry thread
"Knit Graffiti Roundup".
Need patterns? Check out River City Yarns
website at www.rivercityyarns.com and
click on the patterns link. Scroll down to the
section for Charitable Knitting Projects and
you’ll find scarves, hats and mittens and
more—all free. And, thank you for helping
out.
rivercityyarns.com
RCY Gallery updates
used Louisa Harding silk
merino yarn. Beautiful.
Sue also made knitted
and felted gingerbread
men. Why not? They’re
adorable!
Knitted Gingerbread Men
are calorie-free!
Barbara T. came in to
our south store for a visit
Barbara T. in her
Natalie K. with her husand kindly modeled her
“Philosopher’s Coat
band in Highlander
version of the crocheted,
Philosopher’s Coat.
Made with many colours and many different stitches and patterns, we were
very impressed! Barbara liked the colour selection of our Cascade Pacific
line. Natalie K. is a wonderful knitter. She used Regia Highlander and her
own design to make this
gorgeous cardigan for
her husband.
Our friend Sue T. has been
Sue T.’s Bleeding
making mittens! She made a
Heart Shawl
pair for Annabelle, as requested, in purple with crowns on them. And then a pair
of mittens and a scarf for a friend using 100% alpaca (so
soft!) The third pair above is made from Manos del
Uruguay, RCY Epic and Cascade 220. The patterns for
Sue’s mittens are in Cascade Yarns 60 Quick Knits.
And then Sue sent us this picture, of her latest project,
the Bleeding Heart Shawl from Knitting with Nature. She
Jan A. in her steeked
gansey
And, talented workshop
participants, Jan A. and
Evelyn B. are wearing
their finished sweaters.
Jan knit (and steeked!) a
beautiful Gansey style
cardigan in Cascade
Pacific. Evelyn made a
top down sweater using
Cascade Eco Plus wool
in a beautiful Caribbean
Evelyn B. in a top down blue. We’re so proud of
sweater
workshop grads!