Leslye Solomon has been teaching both hand and machine knitting for over 20 years throughout the United States. She has taught sold-out classes at every Stitches seminar for  20 years, and recently has joined the prestigious teaching staff at Vogue Knitting Live New York and Los Angeles. Leslye is an accomplished author, and has produced many instructional DVDs for both  hand and machine knitters, including The Hand Knitter's Guide to Sweater Finishing, The Hand Knitter's Guide to Buttonholes and Bands, The Machine Knitter's Uh Oh DVD, The Hand Knitter's Guide to Knitting Socks, Knitting Socks on a Single Circular Needle, and The Hand Knitter's Guide to Knitting with Beads. Her DVD, The Absolute Best Way to Learn How to Knit, features her exclusive techniques to learn the method of Continental knitting. Her unique, fun teaching style has helped thousands of people become more confident, skilled knitters. Leslye has recently released her own line of knitting patterns, Patterns by Leslye. She is very excited about the upcoming release of the KnitSpeaker (pat.pend). app for iPhone, yet another product featuring the innovation that Leslye consistently brings to the knitting community.