This holiday season,

we wish everyone

warmth, love and good yarn.

During the month of December, all luxury yarns in our luxury yarns cabinet will be on sale at 40% off! Give the gift of cashmere, silk or other luxury fibers to yourself or someone you love as a gift this holiday season.

Also, needle and hook sets, including interchangeable sets, will be on sale this month at 25% off! Again, needle and hook sets make a great gift.

If you are looking for a gift for someone you love and you are not quite sure, come in and see us -- we have lots of great ideas to fit anything in your budget from $1.95 to the price of the shop!

If you can't come in, we can send you a gift certificate from our shop or you can purchase a gift certificate from our online shop, Fiber of Maine. 

Don't miss Belfast's biggest annual downtown shopping event. The Early Bird Sale is always the first Saturday in December. You'll find deep discounts and promotions from retail shops and restaurants throughout Belfast just in time for the holiday season.

As always, we are not getting up too early. We will be open at 8 am on Saturday and offer 20% off ALL items (excluding sale items and gift certificates) ALL day. We will also extend the sale to Sunday, opening at 11 am and offering 20% off all items (excluding sale items and gift certificates).

Again this year, Buoy Local® from Bangor Savings Bank is offering shoppers 5x rewards (or 5%) back for each purchase made with participating Buoy Local® Retailers.
 
We hope to see you!

Holiday Events
At the Belfast United Methodist Church, 23 Mill Lane, there will be Candy Cane Capers from 9-11 am, for children ages 5-12. Come and do your Christmas shopping. One gift per immediate family member. Each child receives Candy Cane Capers coupons to make their purchases. Refreshments provided.

Stay in town for the day, and join the Belfast Tree Lighting (held the same day as the sale) at 4:30 pm in Post Office Square, where the community will gather for cocoa, caroling and a visit from Santa before lighting the town Christmas tree.

On Saturday, December 7, 7:30-10:30 am, The First Church in Belfast, UCC, welcomes everyone to join them for an Early Bird Brunch. Menu: Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast casserole, biscuits and gravy, fruit and beverages, all for only $6.00.

The First Church is an Open and Affirming Congregation, ADA Accessible, located at 104 Church St. and 8 Court St. in Belfast. Please use the 55 Spring St. entrance for this event. For more information, phone the church office at 207-338-2282, visit The First Church or find them on Facebook.

On Saturday, December 14, United Midcoast Charities of Maine is organizing a Day of Giving in the Belfast, Camden and Rockland areas.

We, along with many Belfast businesses, will be participating by giving 10% of our sales to this organization that supports many of the important nonprofits in our community.

You can check out the work that United Midcoast Charities does at their Day of Giving page, as well as finding out what other businesses are participating in this event.

Holiday Events
Also on December 14, enjoy Holiday on the Harbor, with fun activities brought to you by Belfast Parks and Recreation Dept. and Belfast Chamber of Commerce. Santa arrives by boat into Belfast Harbor at 11 am; visit with Santa 11:15 am-1 pm. At the Belfast Boathouse, there will be ornament making, cookie decorating, Kyle the Balloon Artist and horse-drawn wagon rides at Steamboat Landing Park.

We probably should have waited until the beginning of the new year (for end of year inventory purposes) to bring in new yarns, but we sometimes can't help ourselves. When we see a yarn hole, we strive to fill it!

In the past week, we added Plymouth's Yakima (see photo) as well as Universal's Colorburst. Colorburst is a mega skein (660 yards) of 65% superwash merino/35% acrylic sport/dk weight yarn.  It sells for $19.95 and one skein will make a lovely shawl, or child's sweater.

Multnomah is a free Ravelry pattern. We knit it in Trendsetter Yarns' Evolution, a dk weight, 100% merino wool yarn made in Italy. We sell the 495-yard cake for $32.95. The original pattern uses 412 yards of fingering weight yarn, but really it can be made with any weight.

What makes this yarn unique is that the gradients fade into smaller color repeats, making it lovely for edging a shawl, and perfect for yoked sweaters. We have eight colorways; come in and see them!

The Social Justice Team of The First Church in Belfast invites you to drop off new or gently used hats, mittens, gloves, scarves and socks for the Tree of Warmth. These items will be hung from the city's Christmas tree during the holiday season so that anyone who is in need of these items can have them. Items can be dropped off at the church (8 Court St.) between 8:30 am and 12:30 pm Tuesday-Thursday each week, or at Heavenly Yarns during our normal business hours.

On Saturday, December 7, Belfast Fiberarts will hold its grand opening celebration.

Early Bird Sale
6-9 am: Belfast Fiberarts will be part of Belfast's Early Bird Sale. Shop early and save!

Repair Cafe
9 am-1 pm: A team of tinkerers and repair wizards will be available to work with you to fix small electrical appliances, or clothing. Belfast Community Works is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to be a shared space for makers, builders, tinkerers and dreamers of all ages that enriches the community and encourages innovation, creativity, and connections throughout Belfast and beyond.

Ribbon Cutting
11 am: Belfast Area Chamber, and Belfast Mayor, Eric Sanders, will be on hand to help celebrate Belfast Fiberarts' official grand opening. There will be live music and refreshments. Belfast Fiberarts Community Members are invited to help cut the ribbon.

Make Your Own Ornament
1 pm-4 pm: Drop in to make ornaments that will become family memories. This event is free of charge. Volunteers are needed to help guide ornament making. Send a note, or stop in and let them know if you'd like to spend an hour or so making ornaments.

The Belfast Free Library features ongoing programs for all ages, art shows and presentations on a wide range of topics. See their December calendar for details.

For more events happening in Belfast in December, please see Our Town Belfast's events page and the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce's December calendar.