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 …

We are a group of like-minded creative types who enjoy jewelry making, sewing, paper crafts, embroidery and lots of combinations of all of these.

"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."  --Julia Child Want to get together with other artists? Want to maybe get some new ideas, work on a collage piece while chatting with a new artist friend?                             Then come join us at The Craftaholic's School of Art & Creativity!    Join the gang of fellow beginners and skilled artist for some art and creativity. Who couldn't use some art and fun in their life? We knit, make art, dra …

Card Making, Scrapbooking, 3-D Paper Projects, Unique Jewelry are just a few of the exciting classes that will be offered to this group! All located in the Heart of Bay Ridge Brooklyn. I've been crafting in all types of mediums for many years and in 2008 joined the Stampin Up! Team. I want to share my love for crafting and offer classes close to home, in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. The classes will offer opportunities to stamp, scrapbook, learn new techniques, and meet other stampers. The classes offere …

Stitch 'n' Bitch JC is a group of needle craft-loving denizens (knit, crochet, needlepoint, any needle craft is welcome) who are based in the Jersey City area and who enjoy practicing their craft together. All skill sets and ages welcome! Please note that this group is for people who want to socially stitch and is not a teaching group. While we don't mind answering questions and showing people advanced techniques, the group is not meant for those who want knitting or crochet lessons. Currently, …

Are you yearning to get your craft on? Maybe you've thought about starting to knit again, but you need the kind of encouragement that a group with a purpose can provide. Join our growing community of knitters who meetup once a month at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday afternoons to knit caps, scarves, socks and even vests for mariners on the seas and waterways of the world. Completed items are sent to the Seaman's Church Institute (SCI) a non-profit organizat …

After searching for groups that focus on whole foods, slowing down, getting back to nature and sharing a love of creativity and community, I didn't find quite what I was looking for in Central NJ. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge of (or learning about) food, gardening, home crafts, and spending time with women who want to live at a slower pace, please join. We can cook together, craft together, have a night in tasting wine, or explore the parks and reservation spaces.  Daytime and …

A group for yarn crafters, crocheters, and knitters. This is a casual get together for yarn crafting and socializing. All are welcome to join and participate in the group. We will meet at the West Cafe on Union Ave and Hope St. We will meet Tuesday evenings, every other week around 7:30. Let me know if you have any questions. Judd

Do you find it hard to make time to scrapbook? Do you stare at your pictures and just wish you could get them organized? Here is the perfect opportunity for you to get started! Even veteran scrapbookers will love our meetings! Join us at our monthly "mini-crops" where we'll work on our own projects, share ideas, and have a great time talking about our favorite topic - scrapbooking and papercrafting! Most meetings will take place in the Middlesex County area.

Every other Monday evenings, a group of volunteers meet at fresh art to sew sock monkeys that are sold on the fresh art website, craft fairs and several NYC stores. The proceeds from the sales of the sock monkeys go towards funding fresh art's programming for artists with special needs (for further information about fresh art's programming and the organization’s history please visit www.freshartnyc.org). All materials and instructions are provided, and no advanced sewing skills are necessary. We …

For crafters, by crafters. 

Ever thought "this outfit would look great with a floral crown" or "I wonder if I could make my own wedding bouquet" or "what would happen if I suspended this plant in the air"? If so, then this is the group for you! We are setting up weekly/fortnightly meet ups where we can do everything from making boutonnieres and poseys to trips to the flower markets to pick out the best materials to making large scale floral installations. Always take home your creation for yourself or to make someone happy …

Meet other local people interested in cross stitching and needlework.   Bring in your projects to work on and share.  Pick up tips from the members in the group. Learn about a new product or designer. Make friends and enjoy a chat while stitching.   Join us if you want to meet new people and love to cross stitch!

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 …

New York is unusual in having many boutiques. Most towns seem to just have malls with chain stores. New York also has many hat makers (fierce individualists with long fashion antennae). This meetup is an opportunity for the stores and the hat makers to meet each other, chat, exchange insights and possibly plan future collaboration.

Make Something Design Make Sell Community of Makers that actually make things Our goal is to make a community of markers that will help each other design cool things to be made and sell into a marketplace.  We believe there is a new revolution in industrial manufacturing from individuals being empowered by making their own things and selling them directly to others. Make things you like and others will like as well. We want to unleash the creativity of the individual that would transform society …