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ARIZONA
 
Flagstaff, AZ
  Warming Hearts in America
 
Tucson, AZ
  Flowing Wells Extension Programs Inc Summer Y.E.S.
 
Winslow, AZ
  Poliwogs of Northern Arizona
 
CALIFORNIA
 
Anaheim, CA
  Katella High School
 
Arnold, CA
  Avery Middle School Needle Arts Group
  Hazel Fischer 2007 Extended Care Yarn Club
  The Loop Troop
 
Bakersfield, CA
  Mira Monte High School Knitting Club
 
Boulder Creek, CA
  Boulder Creek Elementary
 
Carmel, CA
  Carmel River School Knitting Afterschool
 
Clovis, CA
  Our Lady of Perpetual Help
 
Felton, CA
  St. Lawrence Academy
 
Foster City, CA
  Wornick Day School Knitting Club
 
Lemoore, CA
  Lemoore Middle College H.S. Knitting Class
  University Charter School Knitting Class
 
Livermore, CA
  Arroyo Seco Elementary School Crochet Camp
  Arroyo Seco Elementary School Knitting After School Program
 
Los Angeles, CA
  Canfield Elementary School los Angeles Unified School District
 
Milpitas, CA
  W. Burnett Elementary School Crochet Club
 
Murphys, CA
  Michelson 3rd Graders
  3rd Graders Hooked on Crochet
 
North Hills, CA
  North Hills Prep School
 
Pasadena, CA
  Blair Knitting Club/ Blair's Bears
 
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  Zion-Knitters
 
Richmond, CA
  Crestmont School
 
San Francisco, CA
  Hoover Middle School
 
Santa Clara, CA
  Haman Knitting Club
 
Studio City, CA
  East Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club
 
COLORADO
 
Colorado Springs, CO
  Rockrimmon Elementary School Square Circle Club
 
Denver, CO
  Kendrick Lakes Elementary Helping Hands Club
 
CONNECTICUT
 
New Haven, CT
  Waltersville Elem. School, Bpt, Ct Knitting Club/Mentoring Program
 
Wallingford, CT
  Common Ground Stitching Club
 
DELAWARE
 
Bear, DE
  St. Mark's Knitters
 
Hockessin, DE
  Serviam School After School Program
 
FLORIDA
 
Cape Coral, FL
  Diplomat Middle School Knitting Club
 
Davenport, FL
  Four Corners Yarn Buddies
 
Jacksonville, FL
  Beauclerc Elementary Fiber Arts Club
 
Saint Petersburg, FL
  Shorecrest Yarn Bunch Shorecrest Preparatory School
 
GEORGIA
 
Atlanta, GA
  Boys and Girls Club
 
ILLINOIS
 
Burbank, IL
  Reavis High School Fiber Arts Club
 
West Chicago, IL
  West Chicago Middle School Knitting Group
 
INDIANA
 
Austin, IN
  Edge After School Program
 
Carmel, IN
  Carmel Clay Public Library Children's Dept
 
Fishers, IN
  Libby Thomas Fishers High School Sit-n-Knit
 
Lowell, IN
  Lake Prairie Elementary
 
Oakland City, IN
  Helping Hands Knitting Program
 
Petersburg, IN
  Pike County Public Library
 
South Bend, IN
  Lasalle Intermediate Academy
 
IOWA
 
Shellsburg, IA
  Shellsburg Elementary ELP
 
KENTUCKY
 
Cadiz, KY
  Jumpin'July(Janice Mason Art Museum)
 
LOUISIANA
 
Mandeville, LA
  Mary Queen of Peace Catholic School
 
MARYLAND
 
Annapolis, MD
  Knitting Club@Georgetown East Elementary
  West Annapolis Elementary Knitting Club
 
Baltimore, MD
  A Good Yarn Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
 
Germantown, MD
  Bullfrogs Knitting
 
Glen Burnie, MD
  Southgate Knitting Tigers - Wednesday Southgate Elementary School
 
Lonaconing, MD
  Evangeline Webber Our Knitting Group
  Our Crochet Group I
 
Pasadena, MD
  Severn River Middle Knitting Club
 
Potomac, MD
  Beginning Needlepoint
 
Severna Park, MD
  Folger McKinsey Knitting Club
 
MASSACHUSETTS
 
Erving, MA
  21st Century
 
Montague, MA
  Warm the Children Project
 
Sharon, MA
  Girl Scout Brownie Troop #2209
 
MICHIGAN
 
Ada, MI
  Ada 4-H Group
  Knitting Group (School)
 
Beverly Hills, MI
  Berkshire Middle School
 
Birmingham, MI
  Pierce Elementary School Kids Club
 
Detroit, MI
  Trix School
 
Fair Haven, MI
  Knitting Knewbies
 
Gaylord, MI
  Friendship Church CRC
 
Imlay City, MI
  Imlay City Middle School
 
Jackson, MI
  Knit-Knot Preschool Knitting
 
Lansing, MI
  The Crochet Club
 
Petersburg, MI
  Petersburg Needle Arts Mentoring Program
 
Rochester Hills, MI
  HOHOH Crocheters
 
Romeo, MI
  Busy Hands 1
 
Royal Oak, MI
  Einstein Elementary School
 
Sterling Heights, MI
  Stewart Weaving Wonders
 
MINNESOTA
 
Excelsior, MN
  Excelsior Elementary
 
Golden Valley, MN
  Shirley Hills Primary Junior Knit Wits
 
Minneapolis, MN
  Kenwood Elementary School
  Hiawatha Community School
 
Sebeka, MN
  Sebeka Elementary Needle Arts Program
 
MISSOURI
 
Jacksonville, MO
  Neighborly Community 4-H
 
Saint Louis, MO
  Tesson Heights Sr. Liv. Community
 
St Louis, MO
  Knit Wits-Vital Breath Academy
 
MONTANA
 
Bozeman, MT
  Hawthorne Knitting Club
 
Chinook, MT
  Hays Recreation Center
 
Columbia Falls, MT
  Glacier Gateway School
 
Frazer, MT
  Hands in Motion c/o Frazer School
 
Plains, MT
  Plains Elementary School
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
Canaan, NH
  Indian River School Fifth Grade Indoor Recess
 
Merrimack, NH
  MUES
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Clifton, NJ
  Clifton Afternoon Knitting
 
Edison, NJ
  Edison NJ Knitters Group
  Teen Arts Festival Middlelsex County College
 
Lawrenceville, NJ
  Homeschool Sewing Circle
 
Paterson, NJ
  YMCA Of Paterson
 
Perth Amboy, NJ
  Samuel E. Shull School
  McGinnis Middle School McGinnis Knitters
 
Robbinsville, NJ
  Girl Scout Troop 1461
 
Waldwick, NJ
  Village School for Children
 
NEW YORK
 
Bronx, NY
  KIPP Academy
  Sagirah's K.U.T.I.E.S New Genesis Christian Fellowship
  Madison Square Boys & Girls Columbus Club House-Teen Center
  St Brendan School
 
Brooklyn, NY
  James Madison High School
  Home Program/Arts Center Program
 
Huntington, NY
  Jefferson Primary School
 
Jamestown, NY
  Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown
 
Kingston, NY
  Chambers School Knits!
 
Mamaroneck, NY
  Hammocks Junior High School Lunch Program
 
Mattiituck, NY
  Fun
 
New York, NY
  I.S. 111 Arts Elective: Knitting Club
  GED Plus/Vocational Foundatons, Inc Lunchtime Club
  Moss & Angrum's: Crochet/Knitting Divas
  "47" The ASL & English Secondary School Knitting Club
  "47" ASL & English Secondary School Crochet Club
  Children's Aid Society/P.S. 50
  Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
  Harlem Knitting Circle - Harlem Branch Library
 
Port Jefferson, NY
  Selden Library-Knit Kids/Sit N' Knit
  Girl Scout Troop #2786
 
Tuckahoe, NY
  Tuckahoe Public Library
 
NORTH CAROLINA
 
Greensboro, NC
  McGirt-Horton Branch Library
 
Mill Spring, NC
  Polk County Middle School Knitting Mini-Course
 
New Bern, NC
  Girl Scout Troop #119
 
Reidsville, NC
  Gifted Gifting Hands Reidsville
 
NORTH DAKOTA
 
Valley City, ND
  Kids Crochet
 
OHIO
 
Akron, OH
  Faith & Prayer Int'l Ministries
 
Chagrin Falls, OH
  John W. Raper School Fiber Arts Club
 
Cleveland, OH
  Fiber Arts At Success Tech Academy Eaton Corporation
 
Columbus, OH
  Notions Godman Guild Teen Program
  Como Elementary
 
Kettering, OH
  Alexandria Montessori School
 
Shreve, OH
  Crochet for Kids
  Knitting for Kids
 
Zanesville, OH
  Northside Church of Nazarene Youth Group
 
OKLAHOMA
 
Purcell, OK
  Peace Weavers-Kids Helping Kids
 
OREGON
 
Gales Creek, OR
  Gales Creek School
 
Gladstone, OR
  John Wetten Elementary School
 
Nehalem, OR
  North County Recreation District
  Fire Mountain School Library
 
Newport, OR
  Sam Case Elementary
 
Portland, OR
  Belmont & Hollywood Library
  Capital Hill Elementary School
 
Salem, OR
  Abiqua Adventures
  Englewood Elementary
 
Stanfield, OR
  Stanfield After School Program
 
Tualatin, OR
  Columbia River Girl Scout Association
 
Umatilla, OR
  McNary Heights Elementary Aterschool Program Knitting
  McNary Heights Elementary Afterschool Program Crochet
 
PENNSYLVANIA
 
Chalfont, PA
  Butler Bears Knitting Club
 
Delmont, PA
  Ravelings
 
Elizabethtown, PA
  Teen Knitting Club
 
Lansdowne, PA
  Lansdowne YMCA Before & After Care Program
 
Mansfield, PA
  Learn To Knit-European Style
 
Nazareth, PA
  Lower Nazareth Elementary School
 
Norristown, PA
  Montgomery Co. Norristown Public Library Teen Knits
  Montgomery Co Norristown Public Library Spin a Yarn
 
Philadelphia, PA
  Knitting Club Wagner Middle School
  Charles Santore Library
  Ebenezer Maxwell Museum Needle Arts
  Houston School Emerging Scholars Knitting
  Washington School-Knitting After School
  Science Leadership Academy The Knitting Club
 
Swarthmore, PA
  TCDN Summer Club
 
Tyrone, PA
  Sinking Valley 4 H Club
 
Wallingford, PA
  Crossroads
  Nether Providence After School Club
 
TENNESSEE
 
Memphis, TN
  Blessed Sacrament Homeschool Group
 
Ooltewah, TN
  The Center for Homeschool Excellence Basic Crochet and Knit Class
 
TEXAS
 
Arlington, TX
  Morton Crochets
 
VIRGINIA
 
Palmyra, VA
  Loudoun Sampler Guild
 
WASHINGTON
 
Colfax, WA
  Creative Endeavors
 
Des Moines, WA
  Parkside Crochet
  Parkside ES After School Knitting Club
 
Lacey, WA
  Thurston County Master Textile Quilting Advisors
 
Montesano, WA
  Elma Elementary School
 
Olympia, WA
  Thurston County Master Textile Quilting Volunteers
 
Redmond, WA
  Redmond Kids Knit & Crochet Club
 
Silverdale, WA
  New Frontiers Secondary School
 
Snoqualmie, WA
  NAMP At Snoqualmie Library
  Miss Acton's Otter Knitters
 
Vancouver, WA
  Minnehaha Knit Kids
 
WISCONSIN
 
Altoona, WI
  Altoona Middle School Knitting Club
 
Milwaukee, WI
  Milwaukee German Immersion School Roots and Shoots
 
Neenah, WI
  Neenah High School-Clothing and TextilesClasses


The "Guide" The "Guide"   To get started you'll need the Needle Arts Mentoring Program Leadership Guide. The Guide is a complete instruction manual for creating and maintaining your own Needle Arts Mentoring Program.

The complete guide is conveniently available online in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Download the PDF Guide text (645K)

Excerpts from the "Guide" include: |Table of Contents |Acknowledgements |Forward |History |Benefits |Getting Started |Steps to Success |Logistics |Conclusion| |Warm Up America| |Appendix|


Many thanks to our generous sponsors:
 
The National NeedleArts Association
 
Berroco, Inc.
 
Bryson Distributing
 
Caron International
 
Coats & Clark
 
International Council of Needlework Associations
 
Interweave Press
 
Lantern Moon LLC
 
Leisure Arts, Inc.
 
Lorna's Laces
 
My Handwork Studio
 
Patons/Spinrite
 
Plymouth Yarn Co.
 
Skacel Collection, Inc.
 
Stitch N' Pitch
 
Trendsetter Yarns, Intl.
 
Westing Bridge, LLC


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