Knitting Tips and Tricks
About Knitting Tips and Tricks
Baffled by gauge swatches? Having trouble with tension? Want to improve your cast ons and bind offs? This class is for you!
Join us for this eclectic, fast-paced class that is full of Heather’s tips and tricks to make your knitting shine. We will quickly cover blocking and measuring gauge, then move on to perfecting your cast ons and bind offs, taming your tension, ways to join new yarns, weaving in ends, joining to work in the round, cabling without a cable needle, and loads more!
What will students learn:
Lots of different tips for perfecting your knitting!
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
•Homework swatch, blocked.
•Smooth, light colored worsted weight yarn.
•Appropriate needles to yarn – circulars.
•Waste yarn, tapestry needle.
•Pen and paper (to take notes).
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit which includes:
Handouts
Pre-class Homework
One swatch, blocked. Using a solid, light-colored, smooth, worsted weight 100% wool yarn, cast on 30 sts with appropriate needles (size 7 or 8 will work for most knitters.)
Work 5” of stockinette st (knit one row, purl one row). Bind off. Don't weave in your ends. Please block your swatch before class. (Ideally, soak in lukewarm water, then lay it flat to dry, uncurling the edges and pinning square – without stretching the swatch.)
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 18
Skill Level
Beginner (no experience)
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
Must know cast on, knit, purl, bind off.
Contact the Teacher
Send a direct message from the teacher's profile page with any questions you might have about the class.
When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Classroom 7
How It Works
Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Heather Storta
Heather Storta has been passionate about knitting from her first lesson in 2003. As a devoted lifelong learner, the minute she learned about TKGA and the Master Knitter program, she signed up. She became a TKGA-Certified Master Knitter in 2014 and was immediately asked to serve on the MHK Committee.
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Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. The 20th annual Carolina FiberFest is March 13-14, 2026 at the NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh NC. Workshops will be held Thurs. March 12 - Sat. March 14, 2026.