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Standard Garment Styling

Expand your DesignaKnit skills and learn techniques and tricks to make alterations to the standard DAK shapes.

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Design sweaters that FIT!

We're all shaped differently. Learn to manipulate your designs to fit YOU.

Don't just watch videos, this course includes practical examples as well as walk-throughs, practice exercises and challenges that will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to customize your patterns.

What's inside this course

1 Introduction and the Workspace 6 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 The Basis of your Garment Designs in DAK
  • 3 Explore and Set Up the Workspace
  • 4 Easier File Retrieval: Thumbnails
  • 5 File Management
  • 6 DAK 9 Default File Locations
2 Create and fine tune a pattern 6 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 New sweater | Start-to-Finish
  • 3 Try it Yourself
  • 4 Fine-Tune Fit
  • 5 Custom Sizing
  • 6 About Ease
3 Collars, Bands, Cuffs 4 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Bottom Hem and Ribbing
  • 3 Sleeve Length vs Arm Length PLUS Cuff
  • 4 Neckbands, Collars and Cardigan Bands
4 What's Next? Use your New Pattern 8 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Printing and Interactive Knitting
  • 3 Print for Charting Devices
  • 4 Garment (Japanese) Notation
  • 5 Adding Stitch Patterns
  • 6 How much yarn do I need?
  • 7 Yarn Calc Practice
  • 8 Original Pattern Drafting
5 Stuff You Should Know 8 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Arm Length vs. Sleeve Length
  • 3 Do you have enough needles?
  • 4 Armhole Depth vs Arm Scye
  • 5 Cardigan Overlap
  • 6 Tools Cheat Sheet
  • 7 Calculate Yarn Needed
  • 8 Skirts in DAK
6 Practice Makes Progress 3 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Styling Options
  • 3 Your turn ... Fine-tune a pattern
7 What's New | Standard Garment Styling 4 lessons
  • 1 NEW in 9
  • 2 Ease Tables
  • 3 Units Indicator (in/cm)
  • 4 Printing Options

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