You have moved to a beautiful area full of wonderful warm folk

I left the area 7 years ago so some of my info is likely to be out of date

And I'm sure others who are currently local will be along soon to tell you more and better.
In the meantime, my outdated suggestions would be:
Join DASH the Devon Smallholders group. North Devon DASH used to be very active, and a super bunch of people.
Get yourself along to the Lynton Farmers' Market, there will be lots of crafty folk there you can tap into for local knowledge.
There used to be a place in the main shopping street in Ilfracombe had lots of crafty and eco-project folk and things
I think there's some sort of crafty place at Alta Lyn at Higher West Lyn - it used to be just Ann and her alpacas but I think there's more going on there now.
I had a look in the
'regular groups' listing on Ravelry but all the Devon ones are south Devon/Dartmoor, not North Devon. I'm sure there will be some though

Best of luck in your new life, new home and new job - I am a little bit envious, I was very happy in that area and in some ways miss it still. Not least the lovely weather!