Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles
Yarn Types
A course by Carmen García de Mora , Textile Designer and Knitting Professor
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: Yarn Types
Overview
“ In this lesson I will give you an overview of the content of this course and I will show you the different types of threads and their characteristics. Thus, when you go to buy them, you can choose them wisely.”
In this video lesson Carmen García de Mora addresses the topic: Yarn Types, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles. Learn how to knit a circular, top-down garment and discover all that you can create without using seams.
Partial transcription of the video
“Yarn types In this lesson, I will recap the content of this course and we will start by looking at the materials we will need. In this course, you will learn to knit with circular needles. We will learn the continental method. We will start by knitting flat the basic stitches and then go on to knit in the round. There we will knit a small project and, when you have learned to knit in the round, we will knit our garment top down. In it you can choose your size based on your contour and swatches and with the variations that you want to add. To begin, I will talk about the materials you will n...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Accessory Design, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Textile Design
Carmen García de Mora
A course by Carmen García de Mora
After being awarded her degree in technical engineering for industrial design, Carmen García de Mora was left yearning for a life of knitting needles and yarn, a passion inherited from her grandmother. In that moment she decided to study a Master's in knitwear design and has dedicated herself to both this and teaching since 2005.
Up until 2020, she taught a class in industrial knitwear as part of a fashion design degree in Barcelona. She is also an industrial knitwear production consultant as well as a hand-knit garment and collection designer for adults and infants. As for more personal projects, she markets her new designs through Ravelry and shares them with her follows on Instagram.
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