Crochet Techniques for Colorful Clothing
Taking Your Measurements
A course by Marie Castro , Artisan Specialized in Crochet
About the video: Taking Your Measurements
Overview
“With the help of a tape measure, in this class I will teach you how to take measurements to make crochet clothes and I will also give you tips on how to work with different patterns. ”
In this video lesson Marie Castro addresses the topic: Taking Your Measurements, which is part of the Domestika online course: Crochet Techniques for Colorful Clothing. Learn to combine textures, yarns, and colors into seamless, easy-to-weave dresses and blouses.
Partial transcription of the video
“Measuring In this lesson, you’ll learn to take measurements for your projects, both for the blouse and dress. Why is this so important? We won't use the Small, Medium, Large system in this course. We’ll take measurements from the body to make your pieces. That way, we can make it for any body. It’s important to understand how this piece will drape on the body, and understand how much material we’ll use. If you want to know how much yarn you’ll use, you can’t know just from a crochet pattern. There are many factors involved, one of them, the measurements. We’ll use a notebook, a measuring ta...”
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Course summary for: Crochet Techniques for Colorful Clothing
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Crochet, DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Textile Design
Marie Castro
A course by Marie Castro
Marie Castro is a Brazilian DIY content creator and entrepreneur. At just 15, she began her studies and experiments in the world of fashion, textiles, and craftsmanship, and after spending some months working as a stylist for boutique department store Daslu, she went on to enter her textile collections in both Fashion Rio (Rio Moda Hype) and Dragon Fashion Brasil. She also participated in the touring exhibition Movimento Hotspot, which passed through a total of 13 Brazilian cities, and her pieces have been sold across Japan, Brazil, and Europe.
She was one of the winners of the YouTube NextUp Rio 2017 contest, an initiative to help boost the platform's most promising channels. She is recognized worldwide among the crochet community and has over 600K followers between Instagram and YouTube. She continues to grow her business as an entrepreneur in the world of craft, exploring new methods for creating artisanal clothing.
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