Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles
A course by Carmen García de MoraTextile Designer and Knitting Professor
A course by Carmen García de Mora, Textile Designer and Knitting Professor
Learn how to knit a circular, top-down garment and discover all that you can create without using seams
With just two needles and some yarn, textile designer and professor Carmen García de Mora brings her world to life with stitches, weaves, and flourishes. Join her and discover her way of living and conveying her ideas creating timeless handmade garments.
In this course, learn to knit with circular needles using the continental method. Follow Carmen step by step and make a seamless top-down garment from scratch. By the end, you'll have all the tools to get creative with your needles, combining different materials, stitches, and patterns.
What will you learn in this online course?
27 lessons & 21 downloads
Yarn Types
9 minutes, 7 seconds
Circular Needles and Cables
5 minutes, 52 seconds
Right Stitch 1
13 minutes, 41 seconds
Right Stitch 2
13 minutes, 18 seconds
Reverse Stitch 1
18 minutes, 56 seconds
Openwork Drawings
17 minutes, 3 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start this course by getting to know your teacher, Carmen García de Mora. She talks about her background, creative process, and her adventures in the world of knitting. Learn about her influences, sources of inspiration, and the endless possibilities of knitting with circular needles.
Select the materials and tools you'll need to truly get your desired effects. Carmen teaches you about what characterizes the different yarns. Get to know the differences between the needles and their accessories.
Now for the fun part! Explore the binary world of knitting: left to right and backward stitching. After practicing the basic stitches, make a few sketches to follow before getting started on a sample necklace to start you off circular knitting.
Carmen will walk you through how to make a simple top-down garment using circular needles, based on your chest measurements and own knitting sample. You also learn how to read a knitting pattern and determine your size. Now you're ready to start conveying your ideas through your knitting needles and yarn.
What is this course's project?
Make a top-down seamless garment in your size and personalize it with tips and tricks from the teacher.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone with a passion for the artisan, whether you've never picked up a knitting needle in your life, or want to broaden your horizons with new techniques and processes.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is required for this course, just some intrigue and a passion for learning.
In terms of materials, you need the appropriate sized knitting needles and cords for your chosen yarn, a textile measuring tape, stitch markers, knit blockers, safety pins, scissors, a notebook, and a pen.
Reviews
- 9 days ago
Llevo tejiendo desde toda la vida, pero con el estilo inglés, así que solamente me interesaba cómo tejer en continental, pero me he enganchado al curso, tiene tantas cosas bonitas, Carmen lo explica tan bien, que hasta parece que estoy aprendiendo de cero, qué maravilla <3
- 17 days ago
Los videos son muy facil de seguir y se explica muy bien.
- 1 month ago
el curso de 100% provechoso, puedes empezar desde cero. Carmen, es magnífica
- 2 months ago
Carmen explica de maravilla.
- 2 months ago
Hola!, es un curso padrísimo, super completo! y en español!!; SUPER RECOMIENDO LA INVERSION!!; me encantó la historia de la profesora! y además tiene bastantes mas lecciones (videos) en cada unidad que lo normal o estándar en el resto de los cursos; se aprende bastante!
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.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Materials
- Yarn Types
- Circular Needles and Cables
- Additional Materials
- U3
Basic Stitches
- Right Stitch 1
- Right Stitch 2
- Right Stitch 3
- Reverse Stitch 1
- Reverse Stitch 2
- Reverse Stitch 3
- Openwork Drawings
- How to Increase the Stitches
- Circular Knit 1
- Circular Knit 2
- U4
Garment Measurements and Structure
- Structure and Composition of Your Garment
- How to Follow the Pattern and Choose Your Size 1
- How to Follow the Pattern and Choose Your Size 2
- Variations and Their Possibilities
- U5
Knit the Garment
- We Start at the Neck until We Reach the Shoulders 1
- We Start at the Neck until We Reach the Shoulders 2
- We Start at the Neck until We Reach the Shoulders 3
- We Knit the Back and the Front Separately
- We Finish the Body and Collect Sleeves 1
- We Finish the Body and Collect Sleeves 2
- Collect Fist Stitches
- Finishes
- FP
Final project
- Introduction to knitting with circular needles
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FAQs
You’ll learn techniques for knitting seamless garments using circular needles, how to read and interpret patterns, combine knit and purl stitches, structure top-down garments, create textures and lace, and apply professional finishing touches.
This is an intermediate-level course. Basic knowledge of two-needle knitting, such as casting on and knowing knit and purl stitches, is recommended.
You’ll need circular needles in various sizes with cables, yarn skeins, stitch markers, scissors, a yarn needle, blocking mats, and a measuring tape.
Yes, the course teaches the continental method, which involves holding the yarn in your left hand for faster, more efficient knitting.
Yes, you’ll learn the top-down technique to knit garments from the neckline down in one piece, eliminating seams.
The course guides you step-by-step through reading written and charted patterns, using abbreviations, symbols, and charts to customize designs and sizes.
You’ll learn how to weave in ends, block your pieces, create professional closures, and apply finishing techniques to enhance the look and durability of your knits.