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(week ending november 20 2005)


01. fiddlesticks knitting garden shawl in "mushroom" zephyr silk wool

75%
02. cabled rib vest from men in knits in dark slate black water abbey two-ply

75%
03. leaf cascade stole in variegated purple / green / blue morehouse merino laceweight
on hold
10%
04. fibertrends pacific northwest shawl in "treebark" joslyn's fiber farms spider web hand-painted laceweight
on hold
10%
05. aran pullover from "knitting for baby" in "aran" naturespun sport
on hold
95%
06. heartstrings fiberarts beaded smoke ring in "raspberry" peruvian collection baby silk
on hold
60%
07. "simply stunning" green moss lace shawl from heirloom knitting in "smoke" kidsilk haze
on hold
1%


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Here are some resources and sites of interest that will help and inspire you to become a more accomplished crafter. If you want to contribute to this page, drop me a note with the information you'd like me to add. Enjoy!

denotes links added/updated in October.

 Organizations
American Needlepoint Guild
American Quilters Society
Big Apple Knitters Guild
Craft Yarn Council of America
Crochet Guild of America
Embroiderers' Guild of America
Empire Quilt Guild
Knitting Guild of America
National Needlework Association
NYC Crochet Guild
The Quilter's Guild of Brooklyn
Society of Scribes
Stitch 'n Bitch.org

 Charitable Organizations
Afghans for Afghans
All Crafts for Charity
Binky Patrol
Care Wear
Charitable Crafters
Chemocaps
Children in Common
Christmas at Sea
Critter Knitters
Cubs for Kids
Hugs for Homeless Animals: Project Snuggles
Knitting for the Neighborhood
Magic Blankie
Newborns in Need
Pillars of Hope
Project Linus
Stitches From the Heart
Warm Up America
Warming Families

 Reference, Resources & How To
ABCs of Knitting (English/Japanese)
About.com: Hobbies Listing
About.com: Crochet
About.com: Cross Stitch
About.com: Knitting
About.com: Needlepoint
Beginner's Guide to Needlepoint
Bella Online
Better Homes & Gardens Crafts
Canadian Living: Craft Club
Chic Knits
Church of Craft
Combined Knitting
Confessions of a Knitting Heretic
CraftPOP
Craftster
Dishcloth Boutique
e-How: Crafts
FibreArts Online
FiberLink KnitLink
Flor's Handknitting Info
Get Crafty
Girl Wide Web: She's Crafty
How to Become an "Expert Knitter"
Index of Knit Dishcloth Patterns
Jennifer's Knitting Bookmarks
Learn to Knit and Crochet
Knit List
Knitted Lace Bookmark Exchange
Knitted Lace List
Knitters Review
Knitting-and
Knitting Books & Pattern Reviews
Knitting Geek
Knitting Guild of America: Links
Knitting Pages
Knitting Patterns Index
Knitting Techniques (animated)
Knitting Videos
Knit-o-Rama
Learn to Knit
Quilt Links
Resources from Spelling Tuesday
Size and Measurement Charts
Socknitters Home Page
Socks 101
Stitch Guide
StitchersNeedle
Wise Needle
Wool Works
Yahoo Category: Needlecrafts
Yahoo Groups

 Craft Related Periodicals & Pattern Sources
Adriafil
Anna Creative Needlework and Crafts
Bergere de France
Berroco
Cast-On
Classic Stitches
Cross Country Stitching
Cross Stitching
Family Circle Easy Knitting
Heels and Toes Gazette
INKnitters
Interweave Knits
Interweave PieceWork
Knit It!
Knit 'n Style
KnitNet
Knitters
Knitter's Review
Knitting Digest
Knitting Now
Knitnet
Knitty
Machine Knitters Source
MagKnits
Needlepoint Now
Needleworks
Phildar
Rebecca
Rowan Knitting Magazine
Sandra
Sandra Baby (an annual for children thru age 2)
Sandra Children (an annual for age 2-11)
The Sophisticated Stitcher
Stranded
Twists and Turns
Vogue Knitting
Wool Gathering

 Miscellaneous Crafting Supplies
The Art Store
Bead Warehouse
Betz Designs (knitting bags & accessories)
City Quilter
Dick Blick Art Materials
eNeedle
Firemountain Gems
Impress Rubber Stamps
Joann.com
Jordana Paige Knitter's Purse
K Triming Co.
Kits 2 Kits (cross-stitch)
M & J Trimming
Martha Stewart: Crafts
Michaels.com
Needles
Needlepoint, Inc.
Needlepoint Shop.com
Odds & In's Online
Olde Willow Designs
The Organized Knitter
Paper & Ink Arts
Plaid Online
Samantha Taylor Needlepoint Designs
Smiling Sheep Needlepoint
The Stitchery
Tender Buttons
143 East 62 Street / NYC 10021
p. 212.758.7004
Uncharted Territory

 Knitting Classes: NYC
Most yarn shops have knitting classes. This listing is of additional knitting class resources.

Fashion Institute of Technology
MAKE Workshop
New School
Sew Fast Sew Easy
Urban Knitter

 Other Crafty Bloggers
Because the knitting bloggers list changes so frequently, I've decided to post the link to the index of sites on that list. If you have a site that is not affiliated with the Knitting Bloggers ring, please let me know and I will list you below.

Knitting Bloggers Index

 Yarn: Internet Resources
Amazing Threads
Angel Hair Yarn Co.
Aylin's Woolgatherer
Armadillo Needlecrafts
Art Fibers
Awesome Ewe
Baa Baa Knits
Blackberry Ridge
Black Water Abbey Yarns
Carodan Farm Wool Shop
Cherry Hill Yarns
Colinette Textile
Colorful Stitches
Colourway UK
Common Threads
Countrywool
Crescent Moon Fiber Mill
Discount Yarn Sale
Dzined Handpaints
eBay: Yarn
e-Knitting
Elann
Fleece Artist
The Fiber Shop
For Knitters
Got Yarn
Green Mountain Spinnery
Halycon
Handworks
Handpaint Heaven
Herrschners
I Knit Yarns
Joslyns Fiber Farm
Kaleidoscope Yarns
KnitPicks
the Knitter
Knitting Garden
La Lana Wools
Lacis
Lana Grossa
Morehouse Merino
Muench/Rebecca
Naked Sheep
One Fine Yarn
Patternworks
Perfect Touch Yarns
Personal Threads
Ramwools
Red Barn Farm
Sakonnet Purls
Schoolhouse Press
Shelridge Farms
Spinayarn Sales
Shoreham Knitting
Spin2Knit
Webs
The Websters
Woodland Woolworks
The Wool Connection
Woolstock
World Knit
Yarns-And
Yarn Expressions
Yarn Forward
Yarns by Design
The Yarn Stash
Yarnware

 Yarn: NYC Stores
Brooklyn:
Brooklyn General
135 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
p. 718.855.8885

Catherine Knits
544 77th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
p. 718.836.6439

Knit A Way
398 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
p. 718.797.3305

Knitting Salon
271 Third Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
p. 718.722.7399 / 917.755.0950

Peter Pan Yarn
8758 17th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11214
p. 718.234.1875

Red Lipstick
64 6th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
p. 718.857.9534

Roxy Yarns
1310 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
p. 718.338.6104

Sew Brooklyn
228 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.499.7383

Stitch 'n Stitch
1320 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
p. 718.692.0100

Stitch Therapy
176 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
p. 718.398.2020

The Yarn Tree
347 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
p. 718.384.8030

Yarnivore
325 Gold Street
Brooklyn, NY 11204
p. 718.522.0459

Manhattan:
Downtown Yarns
45 Avenue A
NYC 10009
p. 212.995.5991

Erdal Yarns
303 5th Avenue (#1104)
NYC 10016
p. 212.725.0162

Erica Wilson, Inc.
717 Madison Avenue (2nd Floor)
NYC 10021
p. 212.832.7290

Gotta Knit
498 Avenue of the Americas
NYC 10011
p. 212.989.3030

Habu
135 West 29th Street, Suite 804
NYC 10001
p. 212.239.3546

Kama Boutique
307 7th Avenue
NYC 10001
p. 212.989.8458

Knit
307 East 14 Street
NYC 10003
p. 212.387.0708

Knits Incredible
971A Lexington Avenue (Mezzanine)
NYC 10021
p. 212.717.0477

Knitting 321
321 East 75th Street
NYC 10021
p. 212.772.2020

The Lion & The Lamb
1460 Lexington Avenue
NYC 10128
p. 212.876.4303

Magry Knits
80 E. 7th Street
NYC 10003
p. 212.674.6753

NO-XS
80 East 7th Street
NYC 10003
p. 212.674.6753

P & S Fabrics Corp
355 Broadway
NYC 10013
p. 212.226.1534

Purl
137 Sullivan Street
NYC 10012
p. 212.420.8796

School Products Co., Inc.
1201 Broadway (3rd floor)
NYC 10001
p. 212.679.3516

Seaport Yarn
135 William Street, 5th Floor
NYC
p. 212.608.3100

Stitches East
55 East 52nd Street
NYC 10022
p. 212.421.0112

String
1015 Madison Ave (between 78 & 79)
NYC 10021
p. 212.288.YARN

Unique Knit Craft
257 West 39th Street
NYC 10018
p. 212.840.6950

Vardhman
270 West 36th Street (2nd floor)
NYC 10018
p. 212.695.2804

Wallis Mayers Needlework, Inc.
30 East 68 Street
NYC 10021
p. 212.861.5318

The Woolgathering
318 East 84th Street
NYC 10028
p. 212.734.4747

The Yarn Company
2274 Broadway (2nd floor)
NYC 10024
p. 212.787.7878

Yarn Connection
218 Madison Avenue (2nd Floor)
NYC 10016
p. 212.684.5099

Queens:
D&R Fabric and Yarn Center
36-04 Ditmars Boulevard
Astoria, NY 11105
p. 718.777.0182

Knitwits Knitting Studio
35-16 Bell Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11361
p. 718.229.0156

Smiley Yarns
92-06 Jamaica Avenue
Woodhaven, NY 11421
p. 718.847.5038

Staten Island:
Wild & Wooly Needlepoint
18 New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
p. 718.987.7000


Check out Jackie's NYC yarn store list for a more frequently updated list.