Tapestry and Knitting for Garments and Accessories

Lorena begins by introducing herself and talking about her background as a visual artist and artisan. She shares some of her biggest influences and briefly sums up what the course entails.

Get to know her inspiration process in more depth and let it help kickstart your search for references and create your mood board. Familiarize yourself with the basic criteria for selecting fibers, textures, and colors for your garment, then learn how to sketch the tapestry appliqué.

Lorena then explains how to knit in the continental style, showing you the knit stitch, the purl stitch, and the rice stitch, which is a combination of both.

Look at how to set up the warp and make a tapestry sampler. Lorena teaches you techniques like fringing, plain weave, Egyptian knot stitch, Spanish lace, double half hitch, soumak, and Rya knots.

Time to get to work! Now you've got to grips with the techniques, start creating your one-off piece, then learn how to join the appliqué to the scarf.

Have a look at the countless other pieces you can create with all you've learned and find out how to care for your items so they last a lifetime.