Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation
Cast On and Ribbing
A course by Laura Dalgaard , Knitwear Designer
About the video: Cast On and Ribbing
Overview
“I will show how to cast on and how to knit ribbing. To start casting on, I will teach you how to make the first row of loops. Then, you will learn the two basic knitting kinds of stitches: Knit and Purl! ”
In this video lesson Laura Dalgaard addresses the topic: Cast On and Ribbing , which is part of the Domestika online course: Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation. Learn how to knit with multiple colors and combine organic shapes to create custom clothing.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to do the cast on, and then I'm going to teach you how to do ribbon. To not make the cast-on too tight, I will use two needles to cast-on. I will hold them like this. It's a little trick to wrap the yarn around your fingers. for every 10 stitches you are casting on. It almost, fits every time. If the yarn is very thin, you will probably have a little too much. If it's very thick, do an extra tuned. We're gonna cast on 14 stitches. So I will just do 20 to be sure. I wrapped it around my fingers twice like this. To start with, you have to make a loop. Like this and...”
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Course summary for: Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation
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Category
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Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Textile Design
Laura Dalgaard
A course by Laura Dalgaard
Laura Dalgaard is a knitwear designer from Copenhagen, Denmark. She grew up in a family of artists, surrounded by creativity, before going on to study fashion knitwear at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. While studying for her MA, her work began receiving attention and attracting freelance projects that kick started her career.
Since graduating in 2018, Laura has built her own brand where she sells ready-made knitwear, knit kits, and knitwear patterns. She has also collaborated with clients including Anthropologie, The Maritime Museum of Denmark, and the Danish fashion house, Baum und Pferdgarten. She seeks to tell stories through color and composition in her designs, which she shares with over 30K followers on Instagram.
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