Local Guilds
If you don’t see your guild on this list, please send us the info at
pghfiberfestival@gmail.com for consideration.
Pennsylvania
American Sewing Guild Pittsburgh PA Chapter
- Website: https://sewpittsburgh.weebly.com
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/americansewingguildpittsburghpachapter
- Instagram: asgpittsburgh
CONTACT: Email address: asgpittpa@gmail.com
Beaver Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild
- Meet first Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM (Sept-June) at the Chippewa United Methodist Church, 2545 Darlington Rd, Beaver Falls, PA
CONTACT: Sheila Drevna, 724-495-0825
Butler Machine Knitters
- Meet every third Thursday of the month (no meeting in December) at 10am at the Christ Community United Methodist Church, 205 North Duffy Road, Butler PA
CONTACT: Ruth Schnell, 724-445-3979 or Darlene Tolman, 724-543-4150
Butler Spinners & Weavers Guild
- Meets the first Wednesday of the month, usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Butler Cooperative Extension Office, 101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA.
CONTACT:President Wini Labrecque, 724-272-4285 or Vice President Carol McFadden, 412-821-3065
Centre County Knitters Guild
- Meets the first Thursday of the month, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CONTACT: President Kate Olsen, 703-740-6862 or kateolsen8@gmail.com
Creative Machine Knitters of Indiana, PA
- Meets the third Wednesday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. Beginners are always welcome.
WEBSITE: www.creativemachineknittersofindianapa.com
CONTACT: Flora Repine, 814-948-9253 or fmrspruce@verizon.net
Golden Dome Knitting Guild
- Meets the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church of Christ, 139 N. Main St., Greensburg, PA
CONTACT: Lorraine Hoffman, lorrainegaryh@aol.com
Kneedle Knerds United
- Meets the first Saturday of the month at the Altoona Area Public Library in the boardroom from 10 AM to 2 PM. All kinds of needle/fiber work is welcome.
CONTACT: Rose Balasco, camprn@aol.com
The Knitaholics
- Meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Sewickley (PA) Public Library, and welcomes all ages and skill levels
CONTACT: 412-741-6920 or check the library website, www.sewickleylibrary.org
Laurel Highlands Knitting Guild
- Meets the fourth Thursday of the month, January through October, at Ligonier Town Hall Room A
- Knit Night at Kathy’s Kreations, 141 E. Main St., Ligonier, PA, on the second Tuesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m.
CONTACT: President Kathy Zimmerman, 724-238-9320
Mars FiberKnots:
- Meet every Monday evening from 5-7 pm at the Mars Public Library
- Knitters and crocheters welcome, any experience level.
- FB page: Mars FiberKnots
Machine Knitters of Westmoreland County
- Meets the second Sunday afternoon of every month at the New Stanton Alliance Church from 2pm-4/5pm
- They consist of member’s show and tell and a teaching demonstration each month. We also host quarterly knit-ins where participants bring their machines for an entire day of knitting and learning from each other, seminars, workshops, etc.
- FB page: Machine Knitters
North Hills Art Center Fiber Arts:
- Meet 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month from 10am to Noon at North Hills Art Center, 3432 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh
- Website: http://www.northhillsartcenter.org/
North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild
- Meet 1st Tuesday of every month from 7pm at Berkeley Hills Lutheran Church, 517 Sangree Rd, Pittsburgh
- Website: http://www.NPQG.org
Novelknitters
- Meetings are held at the Lauri Ann West Memorial Library in Pittsburgh, PA
- The group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6 p.m.
- The schedule sometimes varies if there are holiday closures, and the library follows the inclement weather schedule of the Fox Chapel Area School District
CONTACT: Grace Abbs or Ann Andrews, 412-828-9520
Penn Hills Library Advanced Knitting Group
- Meetings are held at the William E. Anderson Library of Penn Hills, PA, every Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- One time fee of $10 to join
- Bring your own #8 knitting needles and yarn
CONTACT: Jean Kanouff, 412-795-3507, ext. 120
Peters Township Crochet & Knitting Club
- This Club meets at the Peters Township Public Library every 2nd Thursday of the month from 6pm-7pm
- Website is https://events.ptlibrary.org/events/month
- Address is 616 E McMurray Rd, McMurray, PA 15317
CONTACT: Jessica Young: jslyoung1728@gmail.com
Peters Township Panera Knitters
- This informal knitting group meets on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Panera Bread Restaurant in Peters Township on route 19. Many members are “remnants” from the now-closed Knit Shoppe in Canonsburg, PA
CONTACT: Linda Listing, 724 745-9497 or ursula@nauticom.net
Pittsburgh East Knitting Guild
- Meets every fourth Wednesday, from January to October, at 7 p.m. in Monroeville, PA
CONTACT: Andrea Noble, 412-380-9340 or noble9101@verizon.net, for meeting location and more information
Pittsburgh Fiberarts Guild
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Website-https://fiberartspgh.
org Instagram- FiberartsPghEmail- fiberartspgh@gmail.com
CONTACT: Email: fiberartspgh@gmail.com
Pittsburgh Rug Hooking Guild
- Meets the 2nd Monday of the Month (September thru May) at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Rd, Allison Park, PA 15101
CONTACT: Ann Mertz at mertz.a@verizon.net
Roofgarden Knitting Guild
- Meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Phillips Dressler Center for the Arts, 214 S. Harrison Ave, Somerset, PA
CONTACT: Alison Holzmann, alisonhlz@comcast.net
Sit-n-Stitch Cranberry
- Meets every Tuesday at 6 PM at Jason’s Deli located at 20117 Rt 19 in Cranberry Twp, PA. Jason’s is in the upper Plaza where Wendy’s and Giant Eagle are located. Anyone can join the group at any skill level, even those who want to learn to crochet or knit. Several in the group do both, Crochet and Knit. There are even some who use hand looms. Feel free to come check us out! We are a fun group
CONTACT: Jeanne Marino, ogman10@gmail.com or text me at 717-448-6969
South Cumberland Fiber Guild
- Meets the third Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Shippensburg, PA, Public Library
CONTACT: http://www.southcumberlandfiberguild.com
South Hills Knitting Guild
- Meets the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church, 975 Washington Rd.
- Dues are $20, and all skill levels are welcome
CONTACT: Jane Phillips, 724-825-7474 or JYPhillips@hotmail.com
Three Rivers Crochet (Crochet Guild of America chapter)
- Meets every Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Panera Bread, Boulevard of the Allies, Oakland, PA (beneath the Quality Inn)
CONTACT: Diane Halpern, 3riverscrochet@gmail.com
WEBSITES: http://threeriverscrochet.com, http://threeriverscrochet.blogspot.com
Three Rivers Embroiderers Guild (Embroiderers Guild of America chapter)
- Meets on the 4th Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. over Zoom. When in person meetings begin again they meet at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, PA
CONTACT: President Mary Van Tyne; VP/Membership Chair Raven Fagelson, 3riversega@gmail.com
Three Rivers Knitting Guild
- Meets the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sewickley, PA.
CONTACT: President Diane Patterson, dpatter1582000@yahoo.com
WEBSITE: http://pittsburghthreeriversknittingguild.wordpress.com
Three Rivers Quilters, Inc.
- Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM at the Baldwin Community United Methodist Church, Baptist and Weyman roads, Whitehall Borough, south of Pittsburgh
CONTACT: info@threeriversquilters.org
WEBSITE: http://www.threeriversquilters.org
Yarn Friends (Brackenridge/Natrona Heights/Tarentum area)
- Meets the last Monday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 at the Harrison Branch of the Community Library of Allegheny Valley.
- All skill levels of crochet/knitting welcome. Bring your own yarn and hooks/needles.
- Also has a Group on Ravelry to stay updated on meetings, etc.: Ravelry.com/groups/yarn-friends-natrona-heights-brackenridge-tarentum-area
CONTACT: Hillary Butts at HillaryB312@gmail.com, or call the library at 724-226-3491
Yarn It All
- Meetings are held at the Northland Public Library in McCandless Township, PA
- The daytime group meets every third Saturday of the month at 9 a.m..
- The evening group meets every third Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
CONTACT: Karen Nootbaar or Kati Coleman at 412-366-8100 ext. 112
Maryland
Chesapeake Purls (The Knitting Guild Association Chapter)
- Meets the second Tuesday of the month, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Edgewater Police Station, Edgewater, MD
WEBSITE: www.chesapeakepurls.com
CONTACT: Vice President Priscilla Arnett, 410-263-4853 or pris.arnett@gmail.com
New York
Foothill Treadlers
- Meet every Wednesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at W. Fort Ann Methodist Church, Fort Ann, NY. Bring bag lunch and $3 donation
CONTACT: Sue Granger, 518-547-8457 or frosty@logical.net
New York City Crochet Guild
- P.O. Box 4228, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163
CONTACT: Millie Zeno, Committee Chairwoman, 917-327-0849 or esperanzazeno@aol.com
Time For Ewe Spinning Guild
- Meets every Wednesday evening, 6 to 10 p.m., at Crafty Ewe Yarn Shop, Ticonderoga NY ($3 donation)
CONTACT: Sue Granger, 518-547-8457 or frosty@logical.net