Online Learning
There are some amazing resources where you can learn to machine knit from face to face lessons to online courses. Here’s details of a few to get you started:
Knit It Now
The Ultimate Online Learning Library
Often described as the “Netflix of Machine Knitting,” Knit It Now (run by Sue Jalowiec) is a massive, highly structured online academy. A paid subscription gives you access to hundreds of video tutorials, comprehensive mastery courses, and their famous “Dynamic Patterns” that automatically calculate the stitch math for your specific machine and gauge.
Machine Knit Community (The MKC)
Premium Private App, Workshops & Masterclasses
Founded by Nic Corrigan, the MKC is a simply wonderful. It operates as a private website and mobile app where members get access to self-paced workshops, live monthly technique classes with industry experts, engaging Knit-Alongs (KALs), and an incredibly supportive, global peer network.
Not only that, Nic offers face to face lessons and workshops, she does the MOST wonderful modern machine knitting patterns AND her book on fairisle knitting on the machine is utterly brilliant (personal recommendation there) you can get her book here: https://amzn.eu/d/0j81yyQt
Claire Newberry
In Person Lessons, DesignaKnit & Pattern Masterclasses
Claire is a legend in machine knitting world, she is the font of all knowledge about all things related to Machine knitting teaching & knitwear design have been the mainstay of Claire’s career. Claire has been teaching machine knitting & designing ranges of knitwear concepts for the knitwear industry for over 35 years.
She is an absolute master of the Brother Garter Carriage and DesignaKnit (DAK) software. She offers a highly popular Patreon for learning DAK, as well as an extensive shop of premium, downloadable PDF patterns and DesignaKnit files that guide you step-by-step through complex techniques.
The Knitting & Crochet Guild (UK)
Face-to-Face Tuition Directory
If you learn best by having a teacher sitting right next to you, the KCG maintains a fantastic directory of independent teachers, tutors, and workshops across the UK. Whether you need a one-on-one masterclass or want to join a local group workshop, this directory is the absolute best place to start your search.
Knit Works London
Professional Studio Classes & Hire
Located right in the heart of London, this specialist studio is a machine knitter’s dream. They offer hands-on, face-to-face classes ranging from absolute beginner basics to specialist intermediate masterclasses. Best of all, once you know what you are doing, you can actually hire out their domestic and industrial machines by the hour!
Machine Knitting for a dummy
Online weekly zoom workshops.
Founded by Sherri Dumbrell in memory of her own machine knitting mentor, Machine Knitting for a Dummy is a wonderfully supportive community built strictly for beginners and those needing a refresher. Sherri’s teaching philosophy is all about keeping things incredibly simple—learning to crawl before you run, and avoiding the overwhelming “rabbit hole” of advanced techniques until you have truly mastered the basics.
The standout feature of Sherri’s community is her free, 2-hour live weekly Zoom workshops. Incredibly, she runs four sessions within a 12-hour window to ensure knitters across the UK, USA, Europe, and South Africa can all attend live. Alongside the free workshops and a highly structured Facebook group filled with challenges and pattern summaries, she also offers a low-cost, curated online course containing over 30 past workshop recordings and genuinely simplified beginner patterns.