Knitting Realistic Stuffed Animals: Make a Puppy from Yarn
Chin and Ears 3
A course by Claire Garland , Knitting Pattern Designer
About the video: Chin and Ears 3
Overview
“Next, I will show you how to knit the inner ear and join it with the outer ear. The last thing to do will then be to join the bottom of the ears to the head, creating their curved shape.”
In this video lesson Claire Garland addresses the topic: Chin and Ears 3, 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
“Chin and Ears I'll get rid of this loose end by threading it inside the head. Push that inside, tuck it away, and then I'll weave these ends all the way down to where I started. Thread them up. I'm running stitch in and out all the way down to the bottom. That's it. That's the outer ear done. Now I'll do the inner ear. For this, I'm using a single strand of mohair yarn, which is very fine. The stitches will be quite big but that's what you want. We start by picking up stitches along the inside edge of the outer ear because the inner ear mirrors the outer ear. Start by picking up just on the...”
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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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