Cline Library MakerLab and Creative Commons has a variety of materials you can use for sewing and knitting including sewing machines, fabric scraps, knitting needles and yarn.
Threading a Sewing Machine
The Cline Library MakerLab offers both sewing and knitting tools which are available for use at all times the library is open.
Hand Sewing
This video has six of the basic stitches to use when hand sewing.
This video shows how to sew a button on fabric. Includes examples for a two hole button, a four hole button and a shank hole button.
When you are trying to learn something new, the best teachers are often the ones who will walk you slowly through all of the basics in a way that is straightforward and easy to understand. It is this approach to learning that has lead us to create "How Patterns Work", so that those who wish to learn pattern making can have a simplified and streamlined introduction to all of the fundamental principles that lie at the core of pattern making.