Crochet Guild of America

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Type | Not for profit

Founded | 1994

Headquarters | Morton Grove, Illinois, United States

Membership | Individuals and companies

Field | Crochet advocacy

Number of Members | 2,674 (2009)

Key Personnel | Founder: Gwen Blakley Kinsler

Website | [http://www.crochet.org www.crochet.org]

The Crochet Guild of America (CGOA) is an association to encourage crocheting, based in Morton Grove, Illinois, United States. It was founded by Gwen Blakley Kinsler in 1994 and had roughly 2,500 members as of December, 2017 in the United States and abroad.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADHB&p_theme=adhb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED0296A393F0AA5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Crochet lovers link up to form guilds throughout America |last=Cohen|first=Gail|date= June 24, 1999 |work= Daily Herald |accessdate=15 January 2010|location=Illinois}}{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11E7631D428BDB00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=club offers crafters chance to bond, purl, chapter of national group meets once a month at library|date= January 27, 2008|work=Charlotte Observer |pages=4Y York|accessdate=15 January 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NS&p_theme=ns&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FEC014119DB50C6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Passion beads Libertyville woman teaches crocheting craft; business focuses on wearable art, jewelry |last=Goodwin|first= Lisa Bade |date= July 19, 2003|work=The News Sun|accessdate=15 January 2010|location=Waukegan, IL}}{{cite web|url = http://www.crochet.org/pdfs/about_CGOA_09.pdf|title = About the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA)|accessdate = 2010-01-15|last = Crochet Guild of America|year = 2009|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613034927/http://crochet.org/pdfs/about_CGOA_09.pdf|archivedate = 2010-06-13}}

The guild's purpose is to "educate the public about crochet, provide education and networking opportunities, and set a national standard for the quality, art and skill of crochet through creative endeavors."

As of 2010 there were more than 3,000 members, plus over 80 local chapters and two online chapters affiliated with the Crochet Guild of America. Members interact through the CGOA blog and at annual CGOA conferences - called Chain Link events.{{cite web|url=http://www.crochet.org/confrpts.html|title=Chain Link Conference |publisher=Crochet Guild of America|accessdate=15 January 2010}}