Let’s get it over with once and for all.
The basics. The thread.
The fundament of your knitting journey, this is our
Knitting Basics Workshop.
Book this course if you want to kick it off. Bring your shy friends, too.
This workshop is ideal to find your way into knitting. Whether you knitted before, dimly remember instructions your ancestors gave you ages ago or especially when knitting is entirely new to you, this workshop will let you pick up the thread and finally begin, restart and devote yourself to knitting.
Driven by the yarn, guided by our values.
We are feminists first, knitters second.
Our journey is about you just as much as it is about us.
Why you should knit with usJust like humanity itself, every knitted piece evolves and grows from the same thread.
Knitting can overwhelm you just as easily as life could. With the right instruction and a soft guidance, both these experiences can turn into wonderful journeys. Join us on our’s!
Your hands will love you for this.
your new friends will too.
What You'll LearnWe break things down into simple, manageable steps so you will never feel overwhelmed. As you progress in your knitting journey, you’ll develop both skill and self-assurance, one knit at a time.
Build Confidence
Each lesson is designed to equip you with useful strategies you can immediately put into action. It’s about learning with purpose and seeing real results.
We want to enable you!
Gain Practical Skills
Sonja, one of our instructors
Sharing our examples and guided exploration, you'll learn to approach with fresh eyes. This course is about unlocking flexibility, not following formulas.
Learn New Approaches
Whether you're starting out as a fresh knitter or revisiting the basics, you'll solidify core concepts and essential stitches while expanding into new territory. There’s room here to both grow and go deeper.
Strengthen Your Foundation
From in-depth workshops to exclusive maker’s content, these resources are made to move with you and move us all forward.
Meet the Threatwives
Janina
As our trained seamstress, Janina brings clarity and order into the world of knit. She is the mastermind behind our cuts, patterns and garment development, material mastermind and knitting expert - using both her hands and our automated knitting machine, she will teach you not only the basics, but assist you as soon as things become a bit more complex.
Eden
Threatwives would not exist without Sonja’s business drive, sunny mood and proactivity. Sonja is a hands-on instructor that will never leave you feel like a slipped stitch. With experience ranging from simple knits to highly detailed, complex patterns, Sonja will assist you in our workshops and help you feel comfortable and safe in your new favourite hobby.
Clara
Having gained professional experience in the field of branding and graphic design, Eden supports us with everything design, web and cross-medial de-tanglement.
She also knits, she goldsmiths, she weaves. Eden uses her hands.
Meet her in our workshops to gain insights into many different artforms.
Sonja
As another dedicated designer with a dedicated focus on performance art and music, Clara is not just an artistic powerhouse in her own sense, but a well-established knitter. Meet her in out workshops to fuse knitwear’s possibilities with your wildest design or material dreams.
Your questions, answered-
Unless specifically stated, bring your knitting loot, yarn and needles. Should you need something specific, we will state it.
If you feel a bit lost or are doubting if knitting is really for you, contact us. -
It always depends. Some workshops are free/ donation based, others cost a fee to cover material and our time investments.
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Absolutely, yes. We are regularly updating workshops, aligning with your needs and our ideas.
In the future, you can find our patterns here, too. -
Like, on earth? Yes?
With us, not so much. Nothing here is set in stone, but made of yarn. -
Tough one.
While we considered that, we decided to open Threatwives to all genders to make knitting happen for everyone. Literally everyone can knit here.
But: We are feminists, queer, trans and disabled ourselves and will never tolerate hateful behaviour in our space.
Everyone is invited and everyone is welcome, just be aware this system strives off kindness.Bring it and receive it.
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Hey, if you read this far, yes.
Our workshops are carefully planned with all experience levels in mind.
Through our hands-on-instructions you will feel comfortable knitting very quickly. Now for the question if this is for you as a person, there is only one way to find out: Come to our next workshop!
