D.I.Y. 'Til You Die
By Keith Wagstaff, Shopping Editor
Nothing brings hipsters and grandmas together like a good old-fashioned sewing class. Stop spending money at pricey boutiques and start making your own clothes with our guide to New York shops and classes that will get you knitting, sewing and spinning in no time.
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Etsy Labs
325 Gold St, Brooklyn, NY
Etsy.com is the ultimate spot for handmade crafts--lucky for you, the site's Brooklyn warehouse space has great resources and classes to help you sew, knit and sell your goods. -
Treehouse
430 Graham Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Love the independent, handmade designs on display? Take the small four-to-six person classes on knitting, crochet and jewelry making and maybe one day you'll be one of the shop's featured designers. -
The Yarn Tree
347 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Whether you're interested in spinning Mongolian cashmere or knitting silk mohair, this Williamsburg shop has the materials, and classes, to get you living in luxury. -
Downtown Yarns
45 Ave A, New York, NY
This East Village yarn shop offers plenty of relatively inexpensive classes on everything from beginning knitting to hat making. -
The Point Knittng Cafe
37A Bedford St, New York, NY
What's more quaint than taking a knitting class? Taking one in a small West Village cafe while sipping tea and eating pastries! -
Purl
137 Sullivan St, New York, NY
Everything from bamboo knitting needles to alpaca yarn, plus classes on quilting, sewing, knitting and more, make this Soho shop the place to get your crafting career off the ground. -
Brooklyn General Store
128 Union St, Brooklyn, NY
Come for the vintage fabrics, stay for the four-to-eight person knitting, sewing, spinning and embroidery classes. -
Home Ec
303 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The girls behind Brooklyn's Flirt boutiques offer supervised sewing time, classes and craft-making workshops at this cool D.I.Y. studio.
