Design and Creation of Seamless Knitwear with Circular Needles
Lockdown and basic maintenance tips
A course by Carmen García de Mora , Textile Designer and Knitting Professor
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: Lockdown and basic maintenance tips
Overview
“Let's block! Prepare a basin with warm water, some mats, a meter and your sunscreen.”
In this video lesson Carmen García de Mora addresses the topic: Lockdown and basic maintenance tips, 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
“Blocking and Basic Maintenance Tips So now that our garment’s ready, let me walk you through how I block my clothes once I've finished them. First of all, I put on a bowl with a bit of warm water and a little soap for delicates, some wool-specific soap. Right now, you can find some special soaps that don't need to be rinsed later. That’s the case with the one we’re using. I’m just going to soak my garment. Wool takes a while to absorb all the water, so to speak, so, leave it soaking for a few minutes. Our garment’s been soaking for about five minutes. Now I’m going to rinse it. But it’s imp...”
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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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