In addition to meeting other knitters, making new friends, and enjoying a shared learning experience, being a member of the Big Apple Knitters Guild comes with a host of other benefits. Membership benefits include:
- Free attendance at our ten monthly general meetings each year
- Subscription to City Purls, the Guild’s quarterly newsletter
- Regular email updates on events of interest in our knitting community
- Access to members-only section of BAKG website for links to helpful tutorials, past issues of City Purls, and other items of interest
- Invitations to members-only events such as outdoor BAKG meetups
- Discount pricing throughout the year for BAKG-sponsored events such as our workshops
- 10% discounts at participating yarn shops in and around New York City. Please show your BAKG membership card in store to receive the discount.
BAKG Discount Program — Participating Shops/ Vendors
- Annie & Company – New York, NY
- Clinton Hill Cashmere * (online only)
- Do Ewe Knit – Westfield, NJ
- Downtown Yarns – New York, NY
- Knit – Roslyn, NY
- Knitty City * – New York, NY
- mYak Yarns * (online and pop-up events)
- String NYC – New York, NY
- West Village Knit and Needle – New York, NY
* Click here for special members-only discount codes.
BAKG general meetings, workshops or other BAKG-sponsored events, whether in person or virtual, may be photographed and/or recorded by audio and/or video. By your in-person or virtual participation in these events, you consent to the photography and/or recording and to the use of your image and/or recording in print and social media.