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2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47
What can be made from small balls of multi-colored threads? It will not work to knit a scarf, because the quality and thickness of the yarn are completely different for it. For napkins, the yarn is a little thick, for socks it is too little … And throwing out a whole box of leftovers is still a pity. After all, the threads are good, but this amount is not even enough to finish a new sweater. There is the simplest and most creative solution. Try crochet toys for kids. If you don’t have your own yet, then friends and relatives will surely “have” a couple of kids who will gladly accept a new and unusual toy!
What tools do you need to crochet toys for kids? Of course, yarn. The most different. Not necessarily thick or the same. You can use wool or synthetics, acrylic or roving. Everything, even the smallest balls, can be easily turned into penguins, bunnies, fish…
Hooks. You will need several of them for different thread thicknesses and for a wide variety of details.
Needles for stitching future toys. Having connected several details, it will be necessary to sew them together to make a kitten or elephant. Even if the toyknitted in a circle, you will need to sew up a hole through which cotton wool or other filler was placed inside.
Floss threads for creating faces on dolls, claws on a tiger or whiskers on a dog. You can also use commercially available toy eyes.
Crochet toys. Do you need diagrams or not?
Usually, having invented or drawn a future toy, the craftswoman does not think about where to find the scheme for creating the next masterpiece. Therefore, we can say with confidence that it is absolutely not necessary to spend a lot of time searching for a description of the technology. Draw what you are planning to do. And then, having chosen the threads, just start crocheting toys using your imagination, beautiful yarn and craftsmanship! But for beginner needlewomen, at the first stage, you may need a diagram.
Crochet toys. Job Description
When you decide to create a toy with your own hands, you should draw it on a sheet of paper in full size. For the first job, choose a simpler model to practice. If the image of objects presents certain difficulties, then use a sheet of paper in a box. This will save a lot of time and make the process easier. Then, having chosen the appropriate threads, start knitting the details. The legs and torso are best done in the form of cylinders. Don't forget to leave room for stuffing the toy.
If crocheting is not a problem for you, then you can make, for example, a penguin. Enoughsimple in execution, it is very effective due to the combination of two colors of yarn. Tie the torso in the form of a cylinder expanding downwards. Then knit the head, add a red yarn beak, as well as small black wings. After filling the penguin, sew all the details. On the head, either embroider eyes using floss threads, or sew on ready-made ones bought in a store. Check that knots and threads do not stick out. Everything, the penguin is ready! Crocheting toys is not only easy, but also very exciting!
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