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Looking for our most popular free tutorials and patterns? This month, KnitFreedom students enjoyed our tutorials for combating knitting hand pain, looking up crochet hook sizes, the famous Fleegle Heel, and more.

Are you currently injured and unable to knit? Or is knitting getting you through some rough times? Life’s better when you share your struggles. Today I share my journey to make my house a home with the help of amazing Feng Shui consultant Moni Castaneda.

Get comfortable knitting any moebius project out there by creating a gorgeous decorative felted bowl with five petal-like twists. Master the moebius cast-on and many intermediate knitting techniques.

Cabling can be tricky. We teach you to cable with confidence so you can create beautiful, intricate cabled designs like a superstar.

Learning Brioche can be overwhelming. There are strange new abbreviations to learn, and it can be hard to wrap your head around what exactly you’re doing. But Brioche is easier thank you think!

Our 20-video series teaches you the four steps of learning Brioche so you can create any Brioche project with confidence.

Links and resources from our February 2022 member’s Q&A call, including gauge swatches, grafting 1×1 rib with Kitchener, beginner hats, a better SSK, our upcoming Dog Sweater and Basic Hat classes, and more.

How to knit a Fleegle Heel toe-up sock using just shoe size, new child’s sizes for many popular KnitFreedom patterns, and a new, easy cast-on video for KnitFreedom members: “My Grandma’s Cast-On.” Plus, left-handed knitters get mirror-image videos!

Our new Crochet class is here! Get the class or KnitFreedom membership this week and qualify to win 6 fabulous crochet hooks or crochet hook sets from Furls crochet. Ends Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021.

I tried Portuguese knitting over the Thanksgiving weekend and it was quite a treat. After figuring out the setup and movements I was rewarded with relaxing, effortless stitches and a sense of calm. I can’t wait to make you a video class to show you how to do it! Skip to reinforcing heels.

This winter I’m planning on creating a Crochet class for KnitFreedom, publishing new sizes and weights for our Faux Heel Flap socks, working on a Ladder-Back Jacquard tutorial, and studying Portuguese Knitting.

We are no longer able to offer streaming PDFs, because the technology has become obsolete. The good news is, though, this shouldn’t affect how you interact with our material too much. You will still have offline access to your video classes – forever.

We’re having a Black Friday sale! Actually, it’s a whole Black Friday Weekend sale, so you’ve got three days – Friday, November 27th through Sunday, November 29th – to take advantage of these amazing deals.

I’m putting the finishing touches on a BRAND NEW VIDEO CLASS for you! It’s called “Easy Norwegian Felted Slippers,” and although it’s the perfect class for beginning knitters, even advanced knitters will enjoy knitting along with me in these 11 videos.

I’m so excited to introduce to you the newest member of our family, Mary Claire Phillips. Texan expat and resident of Washington, D.C., Mary Claire is joining the KnitFreedom team as our new Knitting Expert.

This month I’ve created 7 new videos based on readers’ questions. Use these to hone your Magic Loop and Toe-Up sock skills. Plus, we have new Knitting Topics pages for you to easily find our most important blog posts, videos, and recommended resources.

Candy, our lovely customer happiness guru, has decided to move on to new projects and will be leaving the KnitFreedom team. Please wish her well! Also, welcome to Elias, the newest member of our team, who will be taking on customer service questions and continuing our mission of customer happiness.

The KnitFreedom newsletter is back! I’ve updated all the video links, added helpful photos, and revised all the text. To receive the improved series of 43 emails you got when you first joined KnitFreedom, enter your email address in this post.

Since my customers have been asking for a way to log into their accounts and see their classes easily since at least 2012, I’ve spent the past year making that possible. Now all customers can sign in to their accounts with one password and see their classes.

This Ultimate Bundles Giveaway has ended. Thank you so much for participating! Keep in touch at ultimatebundles.com.

Hello lovely darling followers and blog readers, Liat Gat is back! Yes, that’s right, at long last, after a long, much-needed, and much-appreciated hiatus, I’m back at the helm of KnitFreedom and ready to take it wherever it’s going to go next.

Dear readers, I have to take a leave of absence from KnitFreedom due to a family emergency. The upcoming lace class will be temporarily canceled. Thank you for your understanding!

Signature Needles are my favorite straight needles and the official straight needle of KnitFreedom. This $250 gift certificate giveaway has ended, but you can find all their great needles at signatureneedlearts.com

I had to cancel my keynote speaking engagement in New South Wales due to a family emergency. Thank you so much to the Knitters’ Guild for inviting me to this special honor, I hope the camp turned out great anyway!

New video knitting class is here! Mosaic Knitting is a basic color-knitting technique for beginner to advanced knitters. The trick is that you only knit with one color at a time. Learn how with 6 thorough videos and swatch exercises and practice on a striped Mosaic throw pillow pattern.

This was a fun giveaway to celebrate the launch of my newest class, Fantastic Mosaics. Knitters entered by sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and by posting in the comments.

The Mosaic Knitting video class giveaway has ended, but you can still learn with our Mosaic Knitting video knitting class.

The Magnolia Handspun giveaway is over, but you can still knit this gorgeous, chunky, winter hat worthy of the Aspen slopes. Designed by Camille Emond of Magnolia Handspun yarn, this free lace hat pattern is perfect for bulky handspun yarn.

Now known as “Fearless Knitter,” this class was originally called “Intermediate Scarves and Stitches.” It is targeted towards beginning knitters who need foundational skills before moving on to knitting in the round and complex colorwork.

Having my hands occupied on an easy knitting project really helps me enjoy and appreciate things that move slowly, like the Colorado scenery.

As a member of the KnitFreedom community, you get FREE access to our 40+ original knitting patterns.