Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater
Getting Your Grip
A course by Katie Jones , Crochet Designer
About the video: Getting Your Grip
Overview
“Now I will practically lead you through the hand set up, how to hold the yarn, create a slip stitch, and work a chain stitch. All of it will allow you to practice and prepare for the next unit. Note: In the video, at minute 6:05, I said: “and my next finger on my left hand”, and it should be right hand. ”
In this video lesson Katie Jones addresses the topic: Getting Your Grip, which is part of the Domestika online course: Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater. Learn how to crochet the iconic granny square and assemble your stitches to create a bold statement piece full of color.
Partial transcription of the video
“Getting Your Grip In this lesson, I'll take you through getting your grip and how you hold your yarn in your hook. It's one of the most important things in crochet and the hardest thing to get used to at the beginning. I'm using some Aran weight yarn and a 4.5 mm hook. If you're new to crochet, I recommend using an Aran weight or a chunkier yarn, because it's much easier to start using when you're holding your yarn and getting used to the chain stitch, which I'll be introducing. This is for starting off and your practice yarn. This doesn't need to be for your main project. Just get somethin...”
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Course summary for: Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Crochet, DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Textile Design
Katie Jones
A course by Katie Jones
Katie Jones is a UK-based crochet artist who runs her own crochet brand alongside her mum where she makes and sells fun, colorful, hand-crocheted pieces with sustainability in mind. Crocheting has been in her family for generations and Kate was first introduced to it by her grandma. She went on to specialize in knitwear at Central Saint Martins art school in London.
Katie’s forte is creating wearable, artisanal collections that are big on color and also stay true to her grandma’s philosophy of making something beautiful out of nothing. Her pieces have been featured in the V&A and the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence as well as in publications including Vogue, Dazed and Confused, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and more. She also won the Selfridges Bright New Things Award in 2016.
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