Garment Basics
Now that, hopefully, you have watched and practiced the techniques taught in the previous classes, you are ready to make garments.
We are calling it Garment Basics although we go into a lot of detail about sweater design and construction. We’ll take you through the process from design to finished garment focusing on three basic sweater pullover silhouettes. By watching this class, you will understand the process and be able to turn your own ideas into garments. Whether or not you have a linker, you will learn how to assemble a sweater in a variety of ways. Industry standard practices are used throughout.
Future classes will address raglans, v-necks, cardigans, plackets, pockets, yoke sweaters, cables and more.
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What will you learn
Who this is for
This class is for students who have some experience with the main bed of the knitting machine. Knowledge of the ribber bed, short rows and shaping will be beneficial.
What do you get
3 hours and 40 minutes of on-demand videos
Detailed written instructions and diagrams of the three garments demonstrated in class to follow along.
Exclusive access to our community forum to get questions answered by instructor.
What do you need
You will need at least a main bed. A ribber bed is beneficial, but garments can be made without a ribber.
Other tools used in the class: A calculator, pattern making paper, tape measure, sketch paper, a linker (again, not essential) a tapestry needle (bodkin), scissors
Syllabus
Introduction to 3 Silhouettes
Sweater Anatomy, measurements, and tech packs
Calculations and Graphing a garment
Garment Assembly – Linking & Rehanging pieces on the machine
Case Study & Demonstration –
Extra wide T-Shape pullover
Case Study & Demonstration –
Men’s chunky Stripe Sweater
Case Study & Demonstration –
Cashmere Crew
Linking
KNITWEAR
If you are interested in learning more about using the linker for knitwear, check out this book by our instructor, Helen Sharp, published in 2019.
See how we teach with these free preview lessons
FAQ
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All of our classes are available for students to start their learning and go at their own pace.
As soon as you checkout and pay, you'll have access to all the classes you paid for, in your student dashboard available to you immediately.
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Desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or smart device that has the most recent version of these browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
We do not recommend watching the class videos on a small screen though, it may be difficult to see what’s happening on the latch needles.
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We encourage students to post questions on our community forum, which can be accessed via the dashboard in your account.
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Buying a class will give you lifetime access to that class you purchased.
Members of TKSO Unlimited have access to our entire class collection, only while their membership is active. Members have the option to pay their membership fee monthly ($30/month) or annually ($330/year).
