Knitted doll - both a toy, and an interior decoration

Despite the variety of dolls in the toy store, it often happens that none of them suits your child. But you want to buy exactly the one that he needs. From this situation there is a way out - to tie the doll with your own hands. This solution will not only be fun for the baby. A knitted doll can become an element of interior design of both the children's room and the living room.

As a rule, such work is done by crocheting. Threads are best used woolen, lint-free. Ideally, they should be the same thickness and composition. The size of the hook must match the diameter of the thread. The amount of yarn that can be required depends on the size of the doll. First of all, you need to execute a sample. To do this, dial 20 air loops, unfold and tie 10 rows with columns without a crochet. The sample will help to calculate the number of threads that will go to the doll, and determine the density of knitting. The fabric should be elastic. If the sample is loose - you need to take the hook for size smaller. If the knitting is too tight - take the hook more. As a filler, cotton wool, foam rubber or sintepon is used.

Knitting dolls begin with the head. 3-5 air loops are assembled, they are connected by a dead post to the ring. Then it is tied with columns without a crochet. Columns should be 1.5-2 times larger than air loops. In each row for expansion evenly added columns without a crochet. After reaching the middle of the doll element, the loops begin to be reduced evenly so that the ball turns out. When the head is almost ready, and there is a small hole, it is better to fill it immediately, then it will be more difficult. In order to continue knitting and perform a torso, you will need in each row a uniform increase in the number of columns without a crochet. It's easy to do it. In the column of the lower row, two columns of the current row are executed. To reduce - two half-columns are tightened in one dead loop. Since the knitted doll should be with an elongated rather than a round body, having reached the required diameter in the product, further several rows are performed without increasing the number of columns. Having kneaded it evenly to the desired length, we reduce the diameter, fill the body with cotton wool, and finish it by tying the last 3-5 poles into one column.

Now you need to execute the hands and feet of the doll. They are knitted on the same principle as the head with the trunk. After that all the elements are fastened with secret seams. On his face are embroidered eyes, nose, mouth. The threads of the necessary length for the hair of the doll are cut and fixed. Tie them to the posts on the crown and occipital parts of the head. The knitted doll is ready. Now it is necessary for her to create clothes. Knitting for dolls is remarkable because it can be made with a crochet or with knitting needles. Clothing can be bound from any thread. The implementation of such small products does not take much time. For more reality, tie puppet clothing for all seasons of the year. This will allow the child to change the toy during the game, develop the motor skills of the fingers and simultaneously learn the world.

As already mentioned, a knitted doll can decorate the interior of the room. It can also be a toy in the form of cartoon characters: a mouse, a puppy, a cat, a fox, a crocodile and even a Cheburashka. To decorate the living room, you can associate not only a doll or a little animal. You can decorate the room with knitted flowers. Large knitted dolls can be placed on the couch and, if necessary, used as pillows.