I know you may be saying to yourself, "knitting is sooo 2006"!! And indeed, the crafting craze seemed to have its apex about 4 years ago, but as a hobby, artistic endeavor, or pragmatic means to clothe one's family; sewing and knitting never go out of style! For new parents, finding a little downtime between feedings, burpings and the thrill of diapering can be a challenge. Knitting or sewing or working on any small craft project is a gift of quiet time to yourself. The Bay Area has plenty of classes and workshop offerings around town to get you started and give you inspiration for home based projects like knitting beanies, booties and anything else you can dream up!
Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics aside from having the coolest name, offers both sewing and knitting classes for all ages. Specialty classes include A-line skirts, pants that fit and recycled sweater and tee workshops. Located on lovely Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley.
Sew Images in Oakland offers beginning sewing classes several days a week and for the truly ambitious among us, a quilting class!
Swankety Swank also deserves a mention for its name alone-but aside from the tongue in cheeckiness of it- the little boutique on Divisadero offers all the crafty classes one could hope for. Knitting, tote-bag making, intro to sewing..and then, inexplicably, belly dancing classes as well.
photo credit: Flickr, vitamin C9000
1 comment:
I would love to learn how to knit one of these days! Looks like fun, but I'm always worried it will turn out horrible...I'm too distracted to count!
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