Crochet horses for children and adults

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Today we will try to tie a horse in different ways for adults and children. Crochet is unique in that the product knits quickly and easily, while holding any shape. And crochet horses will decorate the children's bedroom, the living room, and even the kitchen, but first things first.

"Wall" animals

From the intricate name it is clear that we are talking about a panel with horses. Such knitted panels can decorate the interior of any room. They can decorate pillows, paintings, tablecloths, curtains, bedspreads. It all depends on your patience and imagination.

Crochet horses for panels can be depicted in motion by you yourself on a checkered sheet, or you can find ready-made patterns. They will be knitted with a filet pattern (mesh), so patterns can be of two types:

• the background is knitted with a grid, and the pattern is knitted in columns;
• the whole pattern is knitted in columns, and the main lines in a grid.

Now let's move on to the panel pattern. First, a chain of air loops is dialed, the number of which is equal to the width of the product or scheme. Then the grid pattern is knitted, consisting of empty and filled squares:

• empty square consists of alternating stitches and air loops (column-loop-column-loop);
• filled is knitted completely with columns.

At the same time, such a panel is knitted from columns without a crochet, with 1 or 2 crochets. Everything will depend on the type of thread and the size of the product (the smaller the product, the less yarn).

How to crochet a horse for a child?

Toys can be for playing and for sleeping. In the first case, the horse must keep its shape, it is knitted with a single crochet. In the second case, it should be soft, it is better to knit with crochets.

A crochet horse (the diagram is shown below) is made quite simply.

1. Let's start with the oval body. A circle is knitted, the diameter of which will determine the thickness of the body. Then, without reductions (like knitting a hat), the length of the body is knitted. The body can be a regular oval shape or irregular, that is, the horse's croup is wider. Fill the knitted oval with synthetic winterizer or other filler and close the loops.
2. Knit 4 oval legs. For convenience, on the body, you can mark the thickness of the legs with a special marker and start knitting from the product itself. Then fill with padding polyester and finish knitting. Or you can tie the legs separately and then sew them to the body.
3. Now the neck is tied with a regular cloth, which is sewn on the side (do not touch the ends yet).



4. The most difficult thing remains - the head, which has a narrow end to the muzzle, and to the earsexpands. It is knitted from the nose, from a small circle that determines the diameter of the muzzle. Then from it, without additions, the eyes are knitted (about half of the head). Next, the loops need to be doubled-tripled to get a wide round head. Fill with padding polyester and close the loops.
5. Sew eyes, ears (knitted squares folded into a triangle). Sew the head to the neck, fill it with padding polyester and connect it to the body. Now it remains to make the mane and tail according to the fringe principle, pulling the ends of the threads through the loop and tightening them.

Crochet horses for a souvenir

Souvenir toys of small sizes (5-10 centimeters) are knitted according to this type. They are light in weight and can decorate key rings, car mirrors, mobile phones. For their manufacture, in addition to threads and a hook, you will need wire and synthetic winterizer.

An oval torso is knitted. A bent wire (legs) is immediately inserted into it, which is wrapped with wool (it is attached with glue). The body is stuffed with padding polyester and tied. A knitted long neck with a head is also sewn to it. Ears can also be made from wire wrapped in wool.

The final touch is round hooves that are sewn to the legs (to do this, bend the ends of the wire into a ring). Sew on the mane, tail and ribbon for the horse to hang on.

As you can see, crochet horses can be of the most varied shapes and sizes. They can knit clothes, a bridle, a saddle, a hat and various attributes. Sample can be takenshop toys or cartoon characters. Just turn on your imagination, take the hook in your hands and create!