This course consists of several blocks that are self-contained. You can choose any of them or attend all of them in the order presented. The material is arranged in increasing complexity. The techniques used in this course are almost all (with a few exceptions) performed on a single-fonture machine, including even the simplest one. When attending any of the blocks, it is advisable to start with the Introduction, because it discusses the requirements and a large number of types of patterns that can be used when knitting such items as rugs, bedspreads, baby blankets, etc.
Course program
- Features of knitting large fabrics (blankets, bedspreads) on the machine.
- Requirements for patterns.
- Types of patterns that can be used when knitting blankets, bedspreads (about 20 types). Knitting of sample patterns. Practical exercises.
- The division into “children’s” and “adult” products is conditional. This unit covers
- products that can be made on a machine with a single fabric, without using the assembly of individual elements, although some children’s bedspreads can also consist of several elements that require assembly. The assembly methods are described in the next blocks of the course.
- Requirements for children’s products. Preparing for knitting: choosing yarn, pattern, sizes.
- Knitting products. Several patterns for thick blankets. The concept of U-shaped knitting.
- Finishing the edges of the product (bias tape, bias tape, corded cord and many other methods).
- Decorative finishing (also in several ways).
- Tying the edges of the product: ruffle, flounce, border. Corner trimming.
- Modular knitting of large fabrics (increasing the fabric in the process of knitting 3-4 lessons
- Knitting large parts (more than 1 m wide) with one cloth (square, rectangle, polygon, circle)
- Parquet technique (several options)
- Spiral knitting (10 loops technique for knitting machine)
- The “enterlac” technique for a knitting machine
- An original way to get a large canvas by partial knitting
- Methods of joining block parts, including decorative ones (on a knitting machine, by stitching) Knitted seams.
- Connection of colored stripes, including figured ones. “Gradient”