Knitting is a great hobby for certain people. It is, however, a difficult skill to learn. Knitting can be fun, especially if you are good with your hands and enjoy doing similar activities such as sewing, arts, crafts, and more.

Knitting Well Has Several Benefits:

1. It is a fairly inexpensive hobby.
2. You can create Wonderful, handmade, custom gifts for all of your loved ones on their birthdays, special occasions, and holidays.
3. It is always great to learn something new!
4. You will know how to do something that not many people know how to do, but might wish they did.
5. You could end up so good at it, and love it so much that you could start your own business. You could sell your creations online, as well as in your local clothing and department stores.

Are you a skilled knitter? Have you been doing it for years, know all of the ins and outs of knitting, and love doing it?

Why haven't you started teaching others to knit? So many people out there would love to learn this precise lasting skill.

You could teach from your home, or opt to teach classes elsewhere. Ask your local library if you could teach classes there. You should hold classes on a regular basis, such as once per week, biweekly, or once a month. You charge accordingly, or you could have customers pay for a 4-week session upfront - or whichever duration of class you choose. You should, if you can, hold three separate sessions. Those should be a basics class, intermediate, and advanced. You decide how long (approximately) it should take for someone to learn the basics of knitting, and then become intermediate knitters, and on to advanced. You could even teach a "keep up" class where people who have completed all three classes meet once a month, or bimonthly, to keep in touch with knitting.

You will need some snappy business cards and flyers ready. Scatter them around your local stores where people will see them. You could also have brochures that list all of your classes, what they are all about, and the fees associated with them. VistaPrint has some free marketing materials for first time customers at www.vistaprint.com

A website could be a great marketing tool for you as well. Get the word out by talking to other knitters in various forums. Create a newsletter about knitting that anyone could sign up for. Make sure you make it clear on your website that the information you offer is for beginners, or those learning. Those are the people you want there, because those could turn into your customers. You could also create online classes where you send lessons to your students via email on a regular basis, and offer one-on-one help via email and/or phone.

There are many possibilities for profits when teaching knitting classes. Brainstorm, and figure out which way of teaching would be best for you and your students!

Resources:

http://knittinglanai.blogspot.com/2007/01/tips-for-teaching-children-to-knit.html

http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/teaching-kids-to-crochet-andor-knit/1124/

http://knitting.about.com/od/yarn/a/bamboo_yarn.htm

http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingcommunity/qt/teaching_knit.htm

http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/?q=node/5382

http://www.maggiesrags.com/classes.html