Events Calendar

Join us during drop-in hours to use our button makers and zine supplies. Sewing, embroidery, and Cricut machines available by appointment.

A weekly fiber arts meetup where participants can share projects, socialize with other fiber artists, and work on their crafts. Bring your own supplies. No registration is required, but schedules may change, so call the Washington Irving Library at…

Do you sew, knit or crochet? Join us for a fabric arts meet up. Come and work on your projects with other art crafters in the community. All skill levels are welcome.

Coloring can be a form of therapy, and we always want to promote different ways to de-stress in the library.

Patrons will use a range of mixed-media materials to create a hanging mobile consisting of wire, string, buttons, and pieces of handmade paper.

Come Crochet with us!

Books, Hooks, & Needles!

Come learn about the development of the technology that is ceramics from the Mesoamerican time period to today! This sensory friendly program will give attendees the opportunity to make ocarinas (clay whistles) that they can take home.

Enjoy a weekly drop-in program intended for kids aged 5-11, including activities like brick building, crafts, games, and more.

Join Animation Professional Evan Burse for a fun drawing workshop in honor of Native American Heritage Month, and learn to draw Warpath: An Indigenous X-Men Superhero.

Participants will make their own dice set and learn a fun cultural game.

Join us for amazing stories and a craft to take home!

Join our knitting and crochet social club. We meet weekly, and people of all levels are welcome, including beginners. Please bring your own supplies. Registration is not required, just drop by.

Bring your crochet, knitting, embroidery, or hand-stitching projects to the library and enjoy a relaxing hour crafting and chatting with other needle-art fans. Limited supplies are available for practicing and learning.

Come to the Pico Union Branch Library and paint some miniatures! Painting can be therapeutic and meditative. We provide brushes, paint, and even miniatures that you can keep!

Families are invited to join us for kids' craft programs on Thanksgiving and winter holidays' themes on November 12 and December 10, respectively.

Participants will learn how to create corn husk figures inspired by dolls made by Native American communities, then use their imagination and personal style to dress and decorate their creations. Limited capacity. Call branch to RSVP.

Join us for henna tattoos.

Few things are as fun as getting your hands dirty, especially when the results are clay and compost seed bombs filled with California native wildflower seeds.

Draw, paint, knit, crochet, needle, color, or create in your own way! Stop by the library every Thursday for our ongoing Fiber Art and Arts Club. Bring your project, enjoy tea, and connect with others in a relaxed, friendly space.

All November and December, we'll be making gifts for friends and loved ones!

Patrons are invited to learn how to use software such as Canva to create their very own fun and festive holiday cards.

Join us for a needle-crafting group for ages 6 and up, meeting on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Join us at the library for a relaxing craft session where you can design and decorate your own one-of-a-kind bookmark.