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- New to Knitting?
- Build Your Knitting
- Test Your Skills and Earn A Title, Pin and Master Knitter Certificate
- Members ... More Online Lessons Just For You
- TKGA Guild Presidents ... Learn-A-Stitch(R) Kits for Rental
- Classes at TKGA Conferences
- Top Ten Yarn Questions
- Copyright Questions
- Machine Knitting and TKGA
- Knitting with Kids
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NEW TO KNITTING?
~ For a quick starter lesson, click here.
~ Check the TKGA Catalog for details about the Learn to Knit correspondence course.
~ Read more about what TKGA offers new knitters - click here.
 
BUILD YOUR KNITTING
TKGA offers Correspondence courses such as:
- Basics, Basics, Basics
- Mosaic Knitting
- Professional Finishing
- Swatch to Sweater - Create Your Own Pattern
- Certification for Knitting Judges
- Machine Knitting - Getting Started
TEST YOUR SKILLS and earn a title, pin and master knitter certificate
For advanced hand or machine knitters TKGA offers a challenging opportunity to earn a Master Knitter pin and title.
MEMBERS ... MORE ONLINE LESSONS JUST FOR YOU
Members can login at the Members Only resource area for patterns and online lessons.
TKGA GUILD PRESIDENTS ... LEARN-A-STITCH® KITS FOR RENTAL
TKGA guilds can login at the Guild Resources area for details on how to reserve and rent a Learn-A-Stitch kit for one of your club/guild meetings.
CLASSES AT TKGA CONFERENCES
TKGA offers hands-on knitting courses at all conferences.
TOP TEN YARN QUESTIONS
Prepared by the Craft Yarn Council of America, here are the answers to ten top yarn questions.
COPYRIGHT QUESTIONS
Click here to download a copy of a brochure prepared by The National Needlearts Association that helps answer copyright questions.
Machine Knitting and TKGA
Click here to read about machine knitting and TKGA.
Find more about machine knitting in Member Login area (like this article by Marcia Moran on buying a knitting machine).
KNITTING WITH KIDS
For a series of articles called "Knitting with Kids" originally published in Cast On magazine from 1994-1996 by Nancie Wiseman, visit the Lessons and Articles archive in the TKGA Member Login pages.
TKGA encourages helping children everywhere learn to knit. We thank you if you are involved in teaching children in your family or among your friends. If your teaching efforts involve a group of children, such as a scout troop or an afterschool activity, you may want to look into a special resource like the Helping Hands Foundation's Needle Arts Mentoring Program (SM), which is dedicated specifically to teaching children across America the needle arts. The program is supported by various industry providers with donated supplies and lesson booklets, and if you qualify these materials can be sent for your class. Note that this is for children only, and supplies are sent as available. For more information visit www.needleartsmentoring.org.
A free knitting lesson can be found at http://www.tkga.com/pdf/howtoknit05.pdf.
If you are looking for a simple knitting project for children, you might consider the Precious Pals (SM) program. Children can knit simple sweaters or other outfits for stuffed animals and donate the finished Pals to local fire or police departments where they are used by first responders to help children in crisis. A sweater pattern for a stuffed bear can be found on the Precious Pals web page.
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