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April Guild Meeting

  • 04/12/2021
  • 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Zoom



Faina Goberstein

Faina Goberstein is a prolific knitwear designer, author, and a professional teacher. She is the co-author of the bestselling books The Art of Seamless Knitting (Interweave, 2013) and The Art of Slip-Stitch Knitting (Interweave, 2015). She has taught at Vogue Knitting Live, Madrona Fiber Festival, retreats, local yarn shops and guilds. Faina has also taught online classes on Craftsy.

Growing up in Russia, Faina learned how to knit as a child from a neighbor. At that time in Soviet Russia there were only a handful of published books with patterns in them. If you knit a sweater from one of the books, you would end up wearing the same sweater as most of the knitters in the country!

While getting her MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Faina continued to be curious about knitting and designing knitwear. She attended a two-year course on couture knitwear design. There she learned about making flat patterns based on body measurements and how to modify them for different styles of garments. Faina’s interest in a wide variety of knitting techniques and stitch patterns is evident by looking at her designs and topics of her classes. She has over 100 published designs and three books about knitting techniques, and she is best known for her elegant and well-fitted classic designs showing off textures, cables, brioche, and slip-stitch techniques.

Faina will also be teaching classes. Registration will open Monday, February 15th.

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The April 2021 newsletter will have more information.
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