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Claire Newberry Knitwear Design Knitting Lessons | Knitwear Design | 3D CAD Training & Services pink cord knitting wrapped yarn on big large scale knitting machine. student is learning to machine knit on a domestic knitting machine DesignaKnit screen showing an edge to edge kimono style wrap with heart shaped lace design in a peach colour. The page shows the front & back of the design & how it will work when knitted.

Machine Knitting lessons & Knitwear Design Studio by Claire Newberry

Machine knitting lessons & knitwear design have been the mainstay of Claire Newberry's career. Claire has been teaching machine knitting & designing ranges of knitwear concepts for the knitwear industry for over 35 years.

Claire started her career as a designer in the knitwear industry, gaining valuable knowledge of all aspects of the industry. She then started selling unique concept knitwear swatches to fashion houses around the world, such as Oscar de la Renta, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Maje Paris & to high street stores such as Gap & River Island.

Claire has over 25 years’ worth of teaching experience, working as a part-time lecturer at several top UK universities, including Nottingham Trent University. It is with this expert knowledge that she will help you realise your goals as a knitwear designer, textile artist or home knitter.

Where to buy Claire's machine knitting patterns & subscribe to the Patreon DesignaKnit recordings

Check in regularly to see new patterns & DesignaKnit recordings

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Etsy

Here you can purchase all my machine knitting patterns

patreon is a subscription based learning platform where you can learn DesignaKnit machine knitting software at a pace that suits you. Lessons are recorded & you can watch them as many times as you like whilst you are a subscriber.

Patreon

Subscription-based Patreon beginner lessons on DesignaKnit are recorded £6 per month!

Knitmaster 360 knitting machine with lace carriage attached to the needle bed. It's pattern card is inserted into the machine's mechanism & is ready to knit the pattern

Machine Knitting Recorded Lessons

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Claire is passionate about yarn and working with small fibre producers. Get in touch if you are a fibre producer or grower & need a range of patterns bespoke to your brand

Read more about Claire’s story

Find out more about Claire’s journey into the knitwear industry, lecturing experience, to designing collections of exclusive knitwear concepts designs….

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