Knitting and quilting classes are on the schedule this fall at the 92nd Street Y (1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St, 212-415-5500, 92Y.org), priced at $150 for a six-class session. The City Quilter (133 W 25th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves, 212-807-0390; cityquilter.com) offers ten different classes each semester, where you can study hand and machine quilting. And Cooper Union (7 E 7th St at Third Ave, 212-353-4100; cooper.edu) offers knitting and crochet at many different levels, with classes such as “Lace Knitting: Unveiling the Anatomy of the Stitch,” at $200 for a four-session class, or $225 for five sessions.

Make Workshop (195 Chrystie St between Rivington and Stanton Sts, 212-533-9995; makeworkshop.com) also offers a variety of classes in appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knitting and quilting, ranging from $60 for a two-hour class to $240 for a five-hour session. Make Workshop covers other crafts, too, including jewelry and soap making, and how to make your own wallpaper using rubber stamps. Want to reupholster that great armchair you found on the curb? Head over to the Furniture Joint (182 Ave B between 11th and 12th Sts, 212-598-4260; furniturejoint.com), where a four-week course will run you $400.

Glass blowing is becoming increasingly popular and you can try it—plus bead-making, neon design and lamp building—at Urban Glass (57 Rockwell Pl at Fulton St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn; 718-625-3685, urbanglass.org), where weekend classes are $400, and longer, more intensive classes, and eight-session courses run up to $850.

The Written Word

It may take more than a one-time course or even a ten-week workshop to put together a novel or screenplay. But articles, essays and book proposals are manageable. Media Bistro (212-929-2588, mediabistro.com) has a wide range of courses both in the classroom and online about everything relating to media—from copyediting and food journalism to sitcom writing and penning a memoir. Subjects are taught in one-night seminars or one-day courses, as well as longer sessions—including the popular eight-week journalism “Boot Camp.” In addition to the basic Boot Camps for Journalists, you’ll find Food Writing, Travel Writing, Essays and Stiletto (writing for women’s magazines) Boot Camps.

Gotham Writers’ Workshop (555 Eighth Ave between 37th and 38th Sts, 212- 974-8377; writingclasses.com) runs the gamut of journalism and creative writing classes. You can find one-day workshops, but also four-, six- and eight-week sessions.

NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (145 Fourth Ave between 13th and 14th Sts, 212-998-7200; scps.nyu.edu) offers a variety of writing courses, including one-day intensives. The New School (79 Fifth Ave between 15th and 16th Sts, 212-229-5630; nsu.newschool.edu) has classes running from as little as 4 and up to 15 weeks, some with well-known writers such as novelist and Believer editor Heidi Julavits.

Theater and Film

Whether you’re new to the stage or have a good deal of experience, HB Studio (120 Bank Street between Greenwich and Washington Sts, 2120675-2370; hbstudio.org) is a great place to take classes that deal with every aspect of theater—acting, directing, singing, playwriting, screenwriting, improvisation, puppetry and more. They start at just $204 for a 12-week session.

The Sopranos’ Christopher Moltisanti and Johnny Sacrimoni may have been killed off, but Michael Imperioli and Vince Curatola—the actors who played them—are alive and well, and teaching acting (along with Sharon Angela, who played Rosemary Aprile) at Studio Dante (257 W 29th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves, 212-239-4500; studiodante.com), the theater company Imperioli owns. Take just one class at a time, if you like, for $40 apiece. You must audition first, though. Studio Dante also offers a six-week playwriting course.

Learn to make a film in two days? Yes, you can, at Cooper Union (30 Cooper Sq between 5th and 6th Sts, 212-353-4195, cooper.edu). The school’s weekend-long intensive, Independent Filmmaking: A Crash Course, covers the essentials of writing, directing and producing. On the first day, Produce, Direct and Shoot helps students understand the important elements of filmmaking. The second day, Distribute, Market and Finance focuses on selling a film.

If you’ve got a little more time and a great idea for a film, try Writers Boot Camp (800-800-1733, writersbootcamp.com). The Basic Training course is just six weeks long, and promises to help you complete a first draft of a full screenplay. You’ll also get script evaluation and get to hear guest speakers.

Landscaping

Just because you might live in a shoebox doesn’t mean you can’t indulge your earthy side. The New York Botanical Garden (Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Rd, Bronx; 718-817-8747; nybg.org) offers many courses designed specifically for New Yorkers, such as City Roof Design, a $42 one-day class about the special requirements and challenges of roof gardens.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1000 Washington Ave at Montgomery St, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, 718-623-7200, bbg.org) has a variety of gardening and landscaping courses, for those who have back yards and those who don’t.

Language

As many languages as you hear people speak in this city, you can learn. Even dying languages. Columbia University (2970 Broadway at 116th St, 212-854-9699; ce.columbia.edu), offers instruction in Yiddish through its school of continuing education.

If you want to learn French, the French Institute Alliance Francaise (22 E 60th St between Madison and Park Aves, 212-355-6100, fiaf.org) is a great place to go. The Institute offers courses in the language at all levels, and several workshops, like “French Slang,” for $75.

At Makor (35 W 67th St between Central Park West and Columbus Ave, moving to 200 Hudson St at Vestry St in 2008; 212-601-1000, makor.org), you can study French, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew, at $200 for eight sessions.

Food and Wine

New York City is many things, one of them being an international buffet. It’s also where you can learn to cook just about any type of food, in a day or two or longer.

The Institute of Culinary Education (50 W 23rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-847-0700; iceculinary.com) has courses in fare from just about every ethnicity on the planet, plus classes in very minute aspects of cooking and baking—such as numerous courses in working with sugar. The school also offers wine education, plus food and wine pairing. For $100, “A Gala Champagne and Buffet Evening” is a great opportunity not just to learn, but to dine as well.

The Italian Wine and Food Institute (60 E 42nd St between Madison and Park Aves, 212-867-4111; italianwineandfoodinstitute.com) has one-evening dining and learning experiences, such as “Super Tuscan & Other Great Wines of Tuscany.”

If you’ve got a sensitive stomach, or are simply health conscious, consider taking courses at The Natural Gourmet Institute for Food & Health (48 W 21st St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-645-5170). There you can take courses such as “Keeping it Cool in Summer: A Seasonal Macrobiotic Menu,” a one-day intensive for $85, and “Kitchen Tantra: The Six Tastes of Ayurvedic Cooking,” for $115.