I love this shop and the owner is wonderful! Brigitte always wants to know what you're working on and is always willing to listen and give advice. My in-town family shops here for my birthday and Christmas gifts, and Brigitte uses the opportunity to suggest things I'm nervous about -- she suggested that one family member get me a gift certificate for the upcoming sock class (taught by Bev, who is a great teacher, very patient and helpful), but left it open for me to use it on other things if I preferred (I took the class, and I'm glad I did, it was great).
Klose Knit has a great selection of yarn, especially considering how small the store is. I've found a few that I am totally addicted to now. In addition, when I needed yarn for baby blankets for my cousins, Brigitte pointed me to one kind of yarn and even ordered a few colors for me.
Brigitte also runs a knitting night on the first Monday of the month at Kaldi's inside Schnuck's in Urbana.