Introduction to Knitting with Circular Needles

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.

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.