Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
The “fiber guild of fiber guilds” for the Mid-Atlantic States in the USA.
MAFA’s resources page is a great place to expand your horizons. https://mafafiber.org/resources/
Ravelry
Ravelry is an inclusive, friendly website for knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers, and dyers. Ravelry provides a personal notebook for fiber artists to keep track of their projects, yarns & fibers, tools, and pattern library, a rich database of patterns and yarns, and a community with thousands of forums and groups to connect with other Ravelers over many interests. Everything on Ravelry is user-driven: everyone helps to make the site useful and fun. There are three main areas of Ravelry for you to explore: database, your notebook and community.
These three Ravelry groups are associated with the Fiber Guild of the Blue Ridge: one for the Guild as a whole, one for our knitting, and one for spinning:
https://www.ravelry.com/groups/fiber-guild-of-the-blue-ridge
https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/knitters-of-the-blue-ridge
https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/spinners-of-the-blue-ridge
YarnSub
Just like the name says. This site helps knitters and crocheters find yarns with the same characteristics (but maybe already in their stash!) as yarns specified in a particular pattern. http://yarnsub.com
Knitting Reference Library
Resources digitised by the Library Digitisation Unit, University of Southampton
“The Knitting Reference Library (KRL) includes the published works collected by Montse Stanley, Richard Rutt and Jane Waller. These comprise books, exhibition catalogues, knitting patterns, journals and magazines.
… The earliest published work is dated 1840 the most recent published in September 2012.
… All the books have been catalogued and are on open access. The knitting patterns, journals and magazines are all kept in our store on site for which we run a collection service. We have recently listed the knitting patterns by collector followed by type of knitwear then organised by decades. A selection of the patterns have been digitised but is dependent on copyright clearance.”
For Families
Jewelry, Embroidery, Knitting, and Paper Crafts Guide for the Family
https://kylarmack.com/blogs/news/jewelry-embroidery-knitting-and-paper-crafts-guide-for-the-family
A comprehensive set of links that include resources for knitting and crocheting for families
How to Finger Knit
Finger knitting is a tool-free and fairly easy way to get children engaged with fiber arts. The participants will leave with an i-cord like tube. Bulky or worsted weight (two strands held together) smooth yarns yield the best results. Yarn that is too fine makes a webby tube. Super Bulky yarn, while it makes beautiful knits, is too large for children to manipulate.
Learn How To Finger Knit (Easy And Beginner Friendly!) by Fiber Flux
Below are links to two and four finger knitting tutorials:
Art with Coach T How to Finger Knit Step by step with 4 fingers
Mindful Heart Beginner Finger Knitting with 2 Fingers and 2 strands
How to Knit on a Toilet Roll Knitting Loom
How to Knit on a Toilet Roll Knitting Loom by Happy Hooligans
How to Make Yarn Dolls
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Yarn-Doll