Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles
Collect Fist Stitches
A course by Carmen García de Mora , Textile Designer and Knitting Professor
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: Collect Fist Stitches
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to see how to close the first sleeve. Once we have done it, you will have to repeat the same process, following the pattern with your second sleeve.”
In this video lesson Carmen García de Mora addresses the topic: Collect Fist Stitches, 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
“Picking up the cuff stitches Now that we have knitted the 45 cm of our sleeve, I will show you how to decrease to make a cuff. The first row of the decreases tells you, "Knit two stitches together during the whole row." That's just what we are going to do. So we place our needles to knit in the round. How? We already know. We start knitting the two stitches together in knit stitch. A way to loosen the fabric if it is too tight is, when you are going to pull the thread, you pull out the new loop and there you see that everything is as loose as you want. And we will continue to do the same th...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles
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Category
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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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