Limited-time offer: Add Season 10 Knit Stars at the Earlybird discount
Get the full Season 10 experience by adding the 10 Knit Stars masterclasses to your Crochet Package! Offered at the Earlybird discount of $50 off through October 15, 2025. (Public price $297 - your price just $247).
Alicia Plummer • Reading Your Knitting + Fixing
Mistakes Anticipate, adjust and fix with confidence
Alicia Plummer is a knitwear designer with a storyteller's heart, crafting patterns that don't just fit; they resonate. In this course, she will help you unlock the secret language of your stitches so you can knit with more confidence and less frustration at any level. From cables to colorwork to everyday textures, you'll learn to read your knitting, anticipate mistakes, and fix common issues with ease. Includes repair and rescue techniques, like fixing snags, to extend the life of your handmade pieces.
Clara Parkes • Swatching With Intention
A creative journey in yarn
Clara Parkes, New York Times bestselling author of such titles as Knitlandia and Vanishing Fleece, has dedicated her life to unraveling the beauty and complexity of wool. In this course, she invites you to embrace swatching not just as a tool for gauge, but as a playful and purposeful exploration all its own. She’ll teach you her inventive practice for becoming a more skilled, intuitive, and fulfilled knitter. No rules, no pressure, just the joy of knitting one stitch at a time.
Filipa Carneiro • Purl Inlay
Blending color and texture in knitting
Travel to Lisbon, Portugal, and meet Filipa Carneiro, whose style blends the precision of an engineer with the creativity of a designer. Filipa will enchant you with her purl inlay technique, a distinctive colorwork approach inspired by weaving patterns originally developed for knitting machines. Filipa’s passion for innovation led her to adapt these patterns for hand knitting, creating a completely new approach to colorwork. You’ll learn the ins and outs of this method while exploring English, Continental, and Portuguese knitting styles.
Franklin Habit • Shadow Knitting
Create visual magic with light and color
Franklin Habit, author, illustrator, and sought-after knitting instructor, brings his expertise, magic and humor to Knit Stars! In his documentary masterclass, Franklin explores the joys of shadow knitting - a technique that combines color and texture to create intriguing hidden patterns that appear and disappear. You'll learn to work shadow knit fabric, read two kinds of charts, and design your own motifs. Franklin's engaging style will inspire you to push the boundaries of your knitting, creating beautiful things that will surprise and delight you.
Jen Geigley • The Modern Hand Knit Capsule Wardrobe Fashion meets sustainability
Jen Geigley, designer and author of six knitting books, is celebrated for her fresh, modern aesthetic and iconic designs like the Gaptastic Cowl. In this class, Jen guides you through crafting a personalized, timeless capsule wardrobe that reflects your unique style. Through daily inspiration, creative techniques, and thoughtful design, you’ll create functional and fashionable wardrobe staples that will last for years. This masterclass includes 4 new patterns that all work together!
Julie Ann Lebouthillier • Custom-fit Socks
Sized for every foot in the family
Julie Ann Lebouthillier, author of Knit a Box of Socks, is passionate about helping knitters customize perfectly fitting socks for every foot in the family. In this class, she breaks down everything from sizing and grading to customizing heels, toes, and stitch patterns. Whether you're knitting your first pair or your 100th, you'll learn to measure for the perfect fit, troubleshoot common issues, and confidently convert patterns between toe-up and cuff-down constructions.
Laura Zander • The Art of Meaningful Collaboration
Turn shared goals into shared success
As founder and CEO of Jimmy Beans Wool, Laura Zander has built a thriving business through innovation, creativity, and genuine connection. In this class, filmed on location in Vietnam where Della Q bags are crafted, she shares her approach to creating collaborations that work, last, and inspire. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at her process, from the first spark of an idea to building relationships that benefit everyone involved. Includes a simple and elegant bonus pattern, perfect for travel knitting.
Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner (MDK) • Log Cabin Knitting Creative techniques for timeless projects
Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner, co-founders of Modern Daily Knitting, are back as our first-ever encore Stars! They’ve built a thriving community of over 150,000 knitters worldwide through their blog, bestselling books, and vibrant online presence. In this masterclass, they’ll dive into one of their all-time favorite techniques: the addictive art of log cabin knitting. Learn how to master color interpretation, stitch techniques, and construction methods, empowering you to create your own knit treasures.
Norah Gaughan • Drawing With Cables
Mastering design, texture, and creativity
Norah Gaughan is a knitting icon, celebrated for her inventive cable designs. In this course, Norah will guide you through creating a cabled sweater, exploring the concept of "Drawing with Cables" to add texture and shape to your project. You'll start with intuitive design techniques, explore charts, adjust, and experiment with cable patterns. Norah will teach you how to incorporate both simple and complex cables, master increases and decreases, and refine your design along the way.
Pope Vergara • Intarsia With Beads
Exploring color, texture and sparkle
Pope Vergara, a Chilean knitwear designer known for her bold, expressive designs, will guide you through the art of Intarsia with Beads and Freestyle Knitting. In this Spanish-speaking course with English subtitles, you’ll learn how to create a show-stopping vest, exploring techniques including intarsia, adding beads using a crochet hook, incorporating stitches, and applying I-cord. Using detailed swatches and worksheets, Pope will take you step by step through designing with color, texture, and unconventional materials.
