Amigurumi is the Japanese crochet craft of making cute animals with oversized heads. Imported to the US, design ideas, patterns, and techniques have exploded, and the creative options are endless! Join us to learn basic crocheting skills, yarn selection, how to follow a pattern (both US-style and Japanese chart style), techniques specific to Amigurumi (invisible decrease, invisible join, joining pieces, finishing techniques, how to design your own amigurumi from scratch, and so on), and to share …

This is a diverse group of knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, ages and walks of life. Anyone and everyone are WELCOME. Artisans from the five boroughs, New Jersey and beyond. We have dinners, coffee breaks, yarn crawls and whatever other fun outings we come up with. Come join us!  

Meet fellow Crocheters near you! I'm combining the Crochet and Knitting groups into one big group to meet together 2x a month. We have both knitters and crocheters in our group. Get your yarn on and come have fun!

… If you have extra yarn or needles that you would like to share, please bring them. If you don't have yarn or needles, come anyway! We'll have some extra on hand that you can use. •March 3, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm •April 14, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm •May 12, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm •June 9, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm For more information please call the church office at 718-875-6960 or email mother.archer@gmail.com.

… Our activities: Yarn swaps, group projects, exchanging tips, attending conferences together, scheduling field trips to yarn stores, bringing in guest-knitters periodically, and of course knitting together!  We will meet in the Ironbound -- and any other places folks want to go -- at cafes and/or restaurants. We can meet weekly or semi-monthly or just monthly depending upon the group's interest. Looking forward to meeting you! Wishing you happy times, Adelina

Upper East Side Knitters connects knitters who are as passionate about yarn as you are. The great thing about our group is that by meeting regularly you will get to know other members well. We meet on weekday evenings and occasional weekends usually in the East 50's-90's. We also have special events such as yarn swaps and holiday parties. Membership is limited to knitters who live, work, or go to school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in order to create an active community. See "About U …

Welcoming New York/New Jersey/Connecticut residents interested in the fiber arts!

For crafters, by crafters. 

Get together with other spinners in the NYC area to spin and share techniques and ideas on creating your own beautiful unique yarns.

YAY!!!!!! You've found North Bergen Stitch N Bitch. We welcome anyone from the neighboring areas of North Bergen, West New York, Union City, Weehawken, Cliffside Park, Hoboken, Secaucus, Edgewater and beyond etc.We meet several times during the week but steadily every other Thursday to knit and trade ideas@ the North Bergen Public Library. We welcome members of all skill levels. Some are beginners and some are experts while lots of us fall in between. We're a pretty diverse group of all ages, oc …

Do you like crocheting, knitting, and other needlework? Do you like beer? (Of course you do!) Then this is the group for you! NYC Pints 'n' Purls is a Meetup group where folks can kick back with their needles and a pint of beer (or a glass of wine, or a martini) and just chitchat with other crafty folks. In fact, you could say we put the "craft" in "craft beer." (Groan!) Folks of all ability levels and all stitching crafts (tatting, cross-stitching, needlepoint too!) are invited to join. Don't …

Monthly Meetups in Manhattan are on hold for now.

This is a casual monthly gathering of knitters and wine-drinkers at Bar Olivino, a lovely wine bar in Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. We meet on the last Sunday of every month, from 5-7:00 p.m. The events are free and open to all - knitters, crochet-ers, embroider-ers, etc. Everyone brings whatever they are working on and we sit around together and talk, work, share, help one another and drink wine! All levels are welcome, but we ask people to keep in mind that there are no lessons, so it's …

Meet fellow Crocheters/Knitters near you! Come to a local Crochet/Knitting Meetup to share tips, learn & teach. Would love to have a swap meet too! Get your yarn together and come have fun! All levels welcome!!

Our main goal is to provide a resource and creative meeting facility for lovers all things hand-made. Focused in the Textile Arts, we offer courses, workshops, and special events.    Course topics include: Hand-Weaving on full sized multi-harness floor looms Screen-Printing in a state of the art facility  Dyeing (Natural + Synthetic) Fashion and Sewing Construction Embroidery, felting, and other needle arts Exploratory courses in Hat-Making, Shoe-Making, Silk Painting, Spinning, an …

We are a casual knitting group dedicated to sharing the love of our chosen craft, knitting (other needlecrafters are welcomed too). We welcome all levels of knitters... REALLY. All you need are a pair of needles, yarn and a positive disposition. We offer free advise, events, knit-a-longs (KALs) and classes for beginner knitters. Currently, we have regular meetings on Thursday and Friday nights, and Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons throughout the Park Slope and Kensington neighborh …