About Michele Lee BernsteiN
Michele Lee Bernstein, PDXKnitterati, designs and teaches from her home base in Portland, Oregon. She loves designing accessories, especially if they use one or two skeins of very special yarn. She’s fond of texture (brioche, lace, entrelac, elongated stitches, assigned pooling) and applies interesting techniques to make small objects sing. Her patterns are available through Ravelry and Payhip.
Michele loves teaching knitters to be the boss of their knitting! She teaches at fiber festivals (Vogue Knitting Live, Red Alder Fiber Arts Festival, Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival), guild meetings, retreats, and local yarn shops. Her book, Brioche Knit Love: 21 Skill Building Projects from Simple to Sublime combines her love for teaching and designing, using simple accessories to take knitters from the easiest 1-color brioche through more complex brioche techniques.
Michele blogs about knitting, food, and music at PDXKnitterati.com. You can also find her on Instagram, Facebook, Ravelry, YouTube, and Twitter; she’s PDXKnitterati on all platforms.
Workshops
Michele will teach four workshops:
Wednesday, July 9, 9 am – 12 noon – Workshop 1 – Brioche Pastiche
Wednesday, July 9, 1 pm – 4 pm – Workshop 2 – Whale Conga Line Cowl
Thursday’s workshops will be held at the Encinitas Community Library — see individual workshop pages for details.
Thursday, July 10, 9 am – 12 noon – Workshop 3 – YO? YO! Fun and Fancy Elongated Stitches
Thursday, July 10, 1 pm – 4 pm – Workshop 4 – Sheepy Steeky Coasters
Learn more about the July 8, 2025 Guild Meeting and Michele’s presentation here.
