Knitted toys can not only decorate the house, but also become good friends for your children. Dolls and animals for the interior can be crocheted and knitted, but for children's toys the former is preferable. Tied by simple columns or double crochets, the inhabitants of the children's corner keep their shape better, and they are easier to repair.
It is necessary
- - hook;
- - leftover yarn;
- - foam rubber;
- - synthetic wool;
- - wire;
- - cardboard;
- - buttons and beads;
- - patterns of toys.
Instructions
Step 1
Pick up the threads. Those who knit frequently usually have leftovers. For the first case, this is enough. If you still have to buy yarn, first choose cotton yarn, such as "iris", "poppy" or "chamomile". Garus will also do. In the store, be sure to ask what hook size you need.
Step 2
Learn to crochet and crochet stitches. Tie a chain of stitches. Insert the hook from you into the penultimate loop of the chain (the last one is the one that you just removed from the hook). Grab the working thread, pull it out through the loop, and knit it and the one on your hook together. When knitting crochet stitches, the working thread is first thrown onto the hook before inserting it into the loop. Try to make a straight canvas with one of the types of posts.
Step 3
Some details of toys (for example, heads, ears of a bear, body of a ladybug) are knitted in a circle or in a spiral. Make a chain of chain stitches. Lock it into a ring by inserting the hook into the loop with which you started the chain. Grab the working thread and pull it through this loop, then knit along with the one on the hook. Knit several stitches in a ring, trying to distribute them around the entire circumference. To complete the circle, at the beginning of each row, 1-2 air loops are made for the rise. The spiral is knitted without such loops, the next row is, as it were, a continuation of the previous one.
Step 4
For many toys it is necessary to learn how to knit a straight "pipe". As a rule, torso or paws are made in this way. Tie a chain and close it in a circle. Then knit the columns not in a ring, but in each loop. Make sure that the number of columns in the new row exactly matches that in the previous one. Add and subtract loops, knitting in one column of the previous row 2-3 or connecting several columns together.
Step 5
For the experiment, link something that is not time-consuming. For example, a small doll for finger theater. Close the chain of air loops (it should be slightly more than the thickness of the finger) into a ring and tie 5-6 cm with a straight "pipe". Then lower the stitches by knitting 2 stitches together throughout the row. If necessary, reduce the loops in the same way in the next row. Pull the last loop and bring the thread to the wrong side.
Step 6
Decorate the toy. Embroider the nose, eyes and mouth. Make ears or hair. It's okay if you get something uneven. Such toys usually reflect the character and mood of the master, so there is no need to calculate the position of each detail with millimeter precision. You will still have a cute little animal or doll, even if one of her eyes is not quite in place.
Step 7
Tie one or two toys according to patterns. Learn to stuff them. As a rule, one piece is first knitted and filled with synthetic cotton wool or padding polyester scraps. Fill up the hole. Tie the next part, fill it and tie to the previous one. Make the rest of the details in the same order.
Step 8
Unleash your imagination. You can use any thread, as well as materials for decoration. Eyes, nose and mouth can be embroidered, made from buttons, beads, remnants of leather or fabric. Wire can be inserted into the hare's ears, and a cardboard cone can be inserted into the long nose of the chanterelle. There may be the most unexpected color combinations. And every time you get something unique.
