Knit Stars Masterclass with Julie Weisenberger: English Tailoring

Learn to create seamless sweaters with the polished fit and structure of ready-to-wear garments.

Drawing on Julie’s background in the fashion industry, this workshop brings a designer’s eye to sweater construction, helping you understand not just how to build a sweater, but how thoughtful choices can make it fit and flatter beautifully.

In this masterclass, Julie uses a small practice cardigan to teach her English Tailoring method for creating seamless set-in sleeves from the top down. She guides you through building the back neck and shoulders, joining the sleeves, shaping the yoke, and separating the body and sleeves, with practical techniques for pickups, increases, Magic Loop, and clean underarm joins. Julie also introduces the Cocoknits Worksheet for managing shaping and explores how proportion, color, stitch pattern, and neckline choices can help you create handknit sweaters you’ll genuinely want to wear.