Design and Creation of Seamless Knitwear with Circular Needles
Body and sleeve separation
A course by Carmen García de Mora , Textile Designer and Knitting Professor
Joined October 2018
About the video: Body and sleeve separation
Overview
“When we finish knitting the section of our yoke, it is time to separate the body and sleeves, add the stitches for the hem of the armhole and, after a few rounds, try on our sweater!”
In this video lesson Carmen García de Mora addresses the topic: Body and sleeve separation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Creation of Seamless Knitwear with Circular Needles. Create a Nordic-style sweater with a circular yoke step-by-step, from taking measurements to knitting motifs around the yoke.
Partial transcription of the video
“Separating the Body and the Sleeves We’re done knitting our six sections of the yoke. It's time to separate the torso from the sleeves. I’ll knit the number of stitches for the center area of my back, since I have my start-of-round marker in the center of my back. According to the size you're knitting or the sweater you've calculated for your size, you'll have to knit the number of stitches you jot down on the pages you’ve filled out. In this case, I'll have to knit 14 stitches. Now we'll get a definite look at what we mean when we talked about the stitches on our underarm point. Now I'll k...”
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Course summary for: Design and Creation of Seamless Knitwear with Circular Needles
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Areas
Accessory Design, DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Knitting

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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