Creating Garments Using Crochet
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 18 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Alicia Recio Rodríguez
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Would you like to make your own crochet garments filled with style and color? Alicia—better known as Alimaravillas—is a nordic crochet designer and yarnbomber that has taken social media by storm with her minimal designs filled with hipster vibes and nordic style. Let her guide you through her tricks and techniques so you can finally make that statement piece you’ve been dreaming of, with just a hook and simple stitches.
In this course, Alicia shows you how to create garments with your own hands, using a crochet hook. Discover how to create textures that mimic knitwear textures made with two needles, and have fun creating while learning the stitches you need to make your own modern crochet pieces. See the basic steps to making a pattern so you can create anything you want and discover a technique that will allow you to add a burst of color to your creations: the Colorwork technique.
Description
Get to know Alicia, better known as Alimaravillas, see the artists that inspire her creations, and discover how she uses Instagram to keep in touch with those that love and follow her work.
Get to grips with the tools and materials you’ll use in the course, learning the difference between types of yarn and how they can be used.
Alicia shares her tips to start crocheting and creating patterns, starting with how to hold your hook, how tight you should keep your stitches, how to make a sample or measure up your sections, as well as telling you what to keep in mind with each type of crochet knot. Then, start creating different textures with a knit-effect to your stitches.
Next, learn how to make patterns and discover the different types you can use to create more elaborate garments.
Move on to making your piece for your final project, first by making the back section, then the front, and then the sleeves, using your pattern for each part. Learn and use the Colorwork technique to add more colors into the same crochet piece, finishing it up with an original, fun collar.
Finally, see how to work on the finishing touches and invisible stitches, learning about different methods to inspire you to keep creating your own unique crochet pieces.
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