Knitting Realistic Stuffed Animals: Make a Puppy from Yarn
Yarn and Stitches 2
A course by Claire Garland , Knitting Pattern Designer
About the video: Yarn and Stitches 2
Overview
“You will see the shape that has been created by using these basic stitches, with which the puppy head will be knitted. It's worth experimenting before starting with your project!”
In this video lesson Claire Garland addresses the topic: Yarn and Stitches 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Knitting Realistic Stuffed Animals: Make a Puppy from Yarn. Explore creative knitting techniques to bring to life authentic-looking animal creatures and customize them using different patterns and shapes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Yarn and Stitches Now, I'll do a decrease, which is SKPO, which is an abbreviation for slip one, slip that off just like that. Knit one, so I'll knit the next stitch. Then, this slipped stitch here, I'll pass over. PO is pass over, so slip one, knit one, and pass the slip stitch over. That's my first decreased stitch. Now, I'll knit two, as I said. Now, this is another decreased stitch to learn and it's knit two together, which is exactly as it says. You put your needle into both. This is tricky. Sometimes you have to loosen the stitches a bit like that so you can get your needle into both ...”
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Course summary for: Knitting Realistic Stuffed Animals: Make a Puppy from Yarn
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Category
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Areas
DIY, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Textile Design
Claire Garland
A course by Claire Garland
Claire Garland is a knitting pattern designer with over 20 years of experience. She’s been making things her whole life, experimenting with embroidery, crochet, illustration, tapestry, and more, but knitting has always been her preferred medium. Her knitting career began with the creation of dolls, which she created along with their clothes, accessories, and patterns. Claire later went on to create realistic knitted animals using self-taught shaping techniques.
She sells her creations via Etsy and is passionate about photography, capturing them in real-life situations, and sharing them with over 120K followers on Instagram. She has also written and published several books, including Magical Woodland Knits.
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