About knitting

Wren Ross leads workshops, Telling Your Story/ Wearing Your Story, with oncology patients at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For information, e-mail wren@wrenross.com

Local chapter of The Knitting Guild of America, Ba Ba Black Sheep, Stoneham Senior Center, 136 Elm St., Stoneham, bbblacksheeptkga@aol.com, 978- 664-2222, 781-438-9256, or home.comcast.net/~bbblacksheep/, meets second Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m., and offers knitting programs and info about local resources.

Stores

A Good Yarn 4 Station St., Brookline. 617-731-4900. Store offers classes and workshops. www.agoodyarn.biz includes patterns, tips, and glossary.

Circles 555 Amory St., Jamaica Plain. 617-524-5500. Free knitting circle on Sundays and a playroom for children.

The Knitting Garden 888-381-YARN. www.theknittinggarden.com. Online knitting store based in Massachusetts, offers patterns and info on yarns, accessories, and sales.

The Knitting Room 2 Lake St., Arlington. 781-483-3442. A new store that offers free online patterns and in-store classes. www.knitroomboston.com

Mind's Eye Yarns 22 White St., Porter Square, Cambridge. 617-354-7253. www.mindseyeyarns.com includes patterns and knitting info. Store sells natural and hand-dyed fibers for spinning and yarns for knitting and offers individual lessons, plus more general instruction at weekly knitting groups.

The Windsor Button Shop 35 Temple Place, Boston. 617-482-4969. www.windsorbutton.com includes info on sales and gifts. Store specializes in about knitting buttons but offers knitting supplies and weekly classes at lunchtime.

Woolcott & Company 61 JFK St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617-547-2837. Knitting supplies, weekly knitting group at a neighboring restaurant.

Groups

Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston 5-7 p.m., Location rotates each week, check Stitch 'n' Bitch message board for current location: groups.yahoo.com/group/stitchnbitch-boston/messages.

SUNDAYS

Knitsmiths 4-7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline (Coolidge Corner).

Circles 555 Amory St., Jamaica Plain. 10 a.m.-noon.

MONDAYS

Borders bookstore School Street, Boston. 6-9 p.m.

West Branch/Somerville Public Library Knitting Group 40 College Ave., Davis Square, Somerville. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

TUESDAYS

Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston Harvard Square Meeting, Peet's Coffee and Tea, 100 Mount Auburn St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 6-8 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS

Mind's Eye Knitting Group Mind's Eye Yarns, 22 White St., Porter Square, Cambridge. 7-9 p.m. After a free introductory meeting, it's $30 for six months. Shop owner Lucy Lee offers advice. Write to lucy@mindseyeyarns.com or call 617-354-7253.

Woolcott & Co.'s Wednesday Night Stitch 'n' Bitch Redline, 59 JFK St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 6-8 p.m. Not affiliated with Boston Stitch 'n' Bitch but was organized by the yarn store, Woolcott & Co.

THURSDAYS

Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston Back Bay Meeting Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 338 Newbury St., Boston. 6 to 8 or 9 p.m.

Classes

Brookline Adult & Community Education 617- 730-2700. www.brooklineadulted.org Introductory knitting classes and more advanced workshops.

Make Art 44 North Bennet St., North End, Boston. 617-227-0775. debbie@makeartstudio.com, www.makeartstudio.com Knitting and spinning workshops for the whole family.

The Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park will offer Learn to Knit classes and workshops beginning this January, check www.decordova.org for information.

Online

Local knitter Martha Spizziri's knitting blog, including information about yarn stores, classes and groups: marthasknitting.blogspot.com

Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston message board and info about weekly groups: groups.yahoo.com/group/stitchnbitch-boston

Local knitter Alison Hansel's knitting blog, The Blue Blog, has daily updates about her knitting and other resources: alison.hansels.net/blueblog/

Local Knitter Kimberly Tucker's knitting blog, Fireballhead: fireballhead.blogs.com

knitz International Knitting Meetup Day happens the third Wednesday of every month. Next is Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. Find out about local meet-ups: knitting.meetup.com/members/?fulltop=1&localeId=51

Knitter's Review includes reviews of yarns and books and discussion groups: www.knittersreview.com

Knitty, includes patterns, features, and a chance to submit patterns: www.knitty.com

Rebecca Magazine includes news, patterns, and tips: www.rebecca-online.com Rowan offers patterns, resources, and workshops: www.knitrowan.com/html/home