Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Faina Goberstein is the designer behind FGDesigns, an author, knitter, and professional teacher based in CA. Her interest in a wide assortment of knitting techniques and unusual stitch patterns with interesting texture -paired with skills for a perfect finishing - is evident in both her designs and topics of her inspirational classes.
She teaches at various venues blarge and small around the country and internationally. Vogue Knitting Live, Rowan Connect, guilds, local shops, and fiber festivals like Interweave, PEI, Lambtown, NYS Sheep and Wool at Rhinebeck are among the plaves where Faina has presented either live or virtually.
Teaching and designing are at the core or Faina’s work. They complement and complete each other. Topics for classes come from experimenting with stitch patterns and construction of garments and accessories. He designs, in turn, become samples and visual aids for classes.
Faina also has a wide selection of online classes available on Interweave.com and Craftsy.com.
She is the author of Fresh Slipstitch and the co-author of The Art of Slip Stitch and The Art of Seamless Knitting. Her designs often appear in internationally recognized magazines such as Rowan, Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Cast-On, Farm and Fiber Knits, and in numerous books. She is best known for her innovative applications of slip-stitch patterns and her elegant, well-fitted classic designs.
Books:
Casual Elegant Knits, 2008, Martingale.
The Art of Seamless Knitting, 2013, Interweave.
The Art of Slip-Stitch Knitting, 2015, Interweave.
Fresh Slipstitch, e-book, 2024
Craftsy.com classes:
1.Slip-Stitch Colorwork: Mosaic and Beyond.
craftsy.com/class/slip-stitch-colorwork-mosaic-beyond
2.Sizing Knitwear Patterns.
craftsy.com/class/sizing-knitwear-patterns
3.Exciting Techniques for Colorwork
craftsy.com/class/techniques-for-exciting-colorwork
Website: fgdesignsknits.com
Facebook: facebook.com/faina.goberstein
Instagram: instagram.com/faina.go
Pinterest pinterest.com/fgdesigns
Interweave classes:
Sophisticated Finishing Techniques Online Workshop
interweave.com/product/sophisticated-finishing-techniques-online-workshop
Basic Brioche & Bold Brioche Cables Workshop Bundle
interweave.com/product/basic-brioche-bold-brioche-cables-workshop-bundle-2
Bold Brioche Cables
interweave.com/product/bold-brioche-cables-with-faina-goberstein-online-workshop
Slip-stitch knitting
interweave.com/product/slip-stitch-knitting-video-download
Faina Goberstein is the designer behind FGDesigns, an author, knitter, and professional teacher based in CA. Her interest in a wide assortment of knitting techniques and unusual stitch patterns with interesting texture -paired with skills for a perfect finishing - is evident in both her designs and topics of her inspirational classes.
She teaches at various venues blarge and small around the country and internationally. Vogue Knitting Live, Rowan Connect, guilds, local shops, and fiber festivals like Interweave, PEI, Lambtown, NYS Sheep and Wool at Rhinebeck are among the plaves where Faina has presented either live or virtually.
Teaching and designing are at the core or Faina’s work. They complement and complete each other. Topics for classes come from experimenting with stitch patterns and construction of garments and accessories. He designs, in turn, become samples and visual aids for classes.
Faina also has a wide selection of online classes available on Interweave.com and Craftsy.com.
She is the author of Fresh Slipstitch and the co-author of The Art of Slip Stitch and The Art of Seamless Knitting. Her designs often appear in internationally recognized magazines such as Rowan, Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Cast-On, Farm and Fiber Knits, and in numerous books. She is best known for her innovative applications of slip-stitch patterns and her elegant, well-fitted classic designs.
Books:
Casual Elegant Knits, 2008, Martingale.
The Art of Seamless Knitting, 2013, Interweave.
The Art of Slip-Stitch Knitting, 2015, Interweave.
Fresh Slipstitch, e-book, 2024
Craftsy.com classes:
1.Slip-Stitch Colorwork: Mosaic and Beyond.
craftsy.com/class/slip-stitch-colorwork-mosaic-beyond
2.Sizing Knitwear Patterns.
craftsy.com/class/sizing-knitwear-patterns
3.Exciting Techniques for Colorwork
craftsy.com/class/techniques-for-exciting-colorwork
Website: fgdesignsknits.com
Facebook: facebook.com/faina.goberstein
Instagram: instagram.com/faina.go
Pinterest pinterest.com/fgdesigns
Interweave classes:
Sophisticated Finishing Techniques Online Workshop
interweave.com/product/sophisticated-finishing-techniques-online-workshop
Basic Brioche & Bold Brioche Cables Workshop Bundle
interweave.com/product/basic-brioche-bold-brioche-cables-workshop-bundle-2
Bold Brioche Cables
interweave.com/product/bold-brioche-cables-with-faina-goberstein-online-workshop
Slip-stitch knitting
interweave.com/product/slip-stitch-knitting-video-download
