Thank you for choosing Knitty City for your knitting and crochet needs.
We strive to provide the best service New York's Upper West Side has to offer.
Saturday, May 30th
Give a big welcome to Shannon Dunbabin, co-owner of Cascade Yarns! Shannon will be doing a yarn tasting in the afternoon 12:30-4:30pm. She will be bringing sample garments from Cascade for you to see and we'll have plenty of yarn for you to try.
Shannon is very hands on with all of Cascade's operations, so this will be a great opportunity to ask her about any of the yarn sourcing, milling, color selection, dying, you name it.
At 6pm, Shannon will be staying to teach Color Theory after hours. Seats are limited, so registration for the Color Theory class is required.
Tickets now available! Come to CitiField on Wednesday, June 10th, 7pm for a night of fiber fun.
Join fellow knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, cross stitchers, and other textile artists to cheer on the Mets as they take on the St Louis Cardinals.
This year we are sitting in the Coca Cola Corner and adjoining sections. Make sure to bring a project to work on!
Pop-up shops at Knitty City are an opportunity for entrepreneurial individuals to have a space to show and sell their products.
We will feature a different small business in front of Knitty City on Saturdays. Please stop by, check out what they have to offer, and ask them about what they do.
20% of all pop-up sales are donated to non-profit organizations. This season, we will be giving 20% to Mom's Demand Action.
Saturday, May 16
12-6pm
Jonathan Castro is our local UWS potter. We love his scented candles! His functional work is inspired by traditional Japanese pottery but with a modern style. His sculptural work draws inspiration from underwater plants and animals.
Saturday, June 6
12-6pm
Leah's fabric bags are must haves for all knitters and crocheters. She always has something new in the works, so we're excited as ever to see what she's bringing us.
Saturday, June 13
12-6pm
Alisa is a knitter, spinner, quilter, and maker of fabulous bags and stitch markers. Her specially designed drawstring bags are perfect for all purposes.
Saturday, June 20
12-6pm
Hanging on by a String is a vegan focused hand dyer. Ashley dyes some animal based fibers, but her passion is with tencel, bamboo, cotton, and eucalyptus.
Friday, June 27
12-6pm
Murky Depths is a New York favorite. Debbie specializes in deeper and more sophisticated dyes. She always has new colorways cooking up. Come see what treasures she has in store for us.
Wednesdays, 6-8pm at Knitty City after hours
Bring one of your many Works in Progress and hangout and meet fellow crafters in the store after hours. There's no teaching after dark, but we'll keep the register open if you need to pick up any supplies.
Every Thursday EXCEPT the first Thursday of each month (Book Club Thursdays)
Meets in store, 6-8pm
We're bringing back in-store events, starting with a soft-opening of our weekly Men's Night on Thursdays. Bring your knitting, crochet, or spinning and join us for a casual after hours hangout at Knitty City. No reservations necessary.
Fridays, 5-6pm in front of Knitty City
Do you have a pile of clothes you've been meaning to fix? Why not sew on that button or patch that hole in the company of other makers and menders? Come to Mending Circle, where we will gather, share ideas about repair, extend the lives of our garments, and hopefully make a dent in that pile!
Mending Circle is intended as an informal time and space to connect over our projects. It is not an instructional class or a repair service. Please bring your own materials. There is no charge to participate, but any donations will go to Fashion Revolution, an nonprofit organization fighting for "a global fashion industry that conserves and restores the environment and values people over growth and profit."
Book Club meetings are held at Knitty City on the first Thursday of each month.
The Knitty City Book Club is unable to accept new members at this time.
If you are interested in being on a waiting list, please use the Google Group link below.
by Percival Everett
Thursday, June 4
6-7:30pm at Knitty City
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Thursday, July 2
6-7:30pm at Knitty City
July reading to be determined.
by Abraham Verghese
Thursday, August 6
6-7:30pm at Knitty City
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977,The Covenant of Wateris set in Kerala, on India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
