SHENA TSCHOFEN

Stop following patterns blindly.

Learn the logic behind knitting, so you can make confident decisions on any project. 

 

In under 90 minutes, Knit Wiser teaches you what most knitters spend years figuring out on their own — how to understand what your knitting is doing and why, troubleshoot when things go wrong, and trust your instincts over the instructions.

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What knitters are saying 👀

Janda

"This course can liberate you from the slavish copying of a written pattern. With this you can make any pattern your own and get better results."

Morgan

"If you've been too scared to start a sweater because it's a lot of time and what if it doesn't fit — this will help you have the confidence to overcome those fears and have it come out wearable."

Judith

"You learn the WHY behind things and not just a quick fix you won't remember the next time you have the same problem. So you get smarter and better and actually gain knowledge."

Hi, knitting friend!

If you’ve ever stared at a knitting pattern and thought,
"why is it telling me to do THAT?"

you’re in the right place.

Maybe knitting is a new adventure for you, and you want a map.

Or maybe you’ve been knitting for years, and you still feel like you’re just following instructions and hoping it works out.

That used to be me too.

I’d stop mid-project to learn a new technique, thinking:
"there's probably a reason for this I’ll understand later."

But more often than not, I’d finish the project and still wonder:

Why did I do it that way?

And I kept hearing the same thing from other knitters:

  • “I just knit what I’m told to knit.”
  • “I’ve been knitting for years and still feel like a beginner.”
  • “I change things and just hope it works out.”

After 10+ years of knitting (read: unravelling) and a degree in dressmaking, I realized there was a logic behind it all.

I could:

  • swap techniques without second-guessing
  • fix mistakes without restarting entire sections
  • look at my knitting and immediately see what went wrong
  • adjust patterns before things got weird

And despite ALL the knitting books and tutorials out there, nothing gave me the full picture in one place. The only way to gain this knowledge was to spend thousands of hours doing the thing.

Now, I'm all for nerding out on something I'm interested in. But what made me go from "what is this tangle of sticks and string??" to "I am the commander of this yarn!" was not some secret fermented sauce brewed under a harvest moon by yarn gremlins and sprinkled on future designers.

It was just a very specific combination of logical ideas.

So I put those ideas into Knit Wiser.

In under 90 minutes, you’ll go from:

“I just follow the pattern and hope”

to:

“I know what I’m doing and why - and if I'm not sure, I have all the tools I need to figure it out.”

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • read your knitting so you always know where you are
  • choose techniques and yarn based on what your project actually needs
  • plan and predict how your knitting will behave
  • manipulate the shape of your fabric with intention
  • troubleshoot mistakes (without unraveling everything)!

And once you master these skills, you'll unlock a new way of thinking that will change every project you knit from here on out. 

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What's included

  1. Knit Wiser

    11 lessons
    1. Welcome!
    2. Choosing techniques
    3. Reading your knitting
    4. Yarn
    5. Knitting physics
    6. 3-D shaping
    7. Tracking your work
    8. Not all patterns are created equal
    9. Fit and ease
    10. Debugging your knitting
    11. Tell me what you thought!
  2. Bonus Lessons

    1 lesson
    1. The gauge adjustment

Knit Wiser

Learn the logic behind knitting, so you can make confident decisions on any project.

$99 USD

(Bonus lesson on gauge adjustment included until June 17th only!)

One-time payment

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Get access for $99

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Learn the logic behind knitting, so you can make confident decisions on any project.

$99 USD

(Bonus lesson on gauge adjustment included until June 17th only!)

One-time payment

Instant access

Get access to Knit Wiser for $99