Despite the variety of dolls in the toy store, it often happens that none of them fits your child. But you really want to buy the one that he needs. There is a way out of this situation - to tie the doll with your own hands. Such a solution to the problem will not only be fun for the baby. A crocheted doll can become an element of the interior design of both a children's room and a living room.
Such work is usually done with a crochet. Threads are best used woolen, lint-free. Ideally, they should be of the same thickness and composition. The size of the hook must match the diameter of the thread. The amount of yarn that may be required depends on the size of the doll. First of all, you need to run a sample. To do this, dial 20 air loops, expand and knit 10 rows with single crochet. The sample will help calculate the number of threads that will go to the doll and determine the density of knitting. The canvas should be elastic. If the sample is loose, you need to take a hook one size smaller. If the knitting is too tight - take a bigger hook. As a filler, cotton wool, foam rubber or synthetic winterizer is used.
Knitting dolls begin with the head. 3-5 air loops are gathered, they are connected by a deaf column in a ring. Then it is tied with crochets. Columns should be 1.5-2 times more than air loops. In each row, single crochet bars are added uniformly for expansion. When they reach the middle of the doll’s element, the loops begin to decrease evenly so that a ball is formed. When the head is almost ready, and a small hole remains, it is better to fill it with filler immediately, then it will be more difficult to do this. In order to continue knitting and complete the torso, a uniform increase in the number of single crochet columns is required in each row. It’s easy to do. In the column of the bottom row perform two columns of the current row. To reduce - two half-columns are pulled together in one blind loop. Since the knitted doll should be with an elongated rather than a round body, having reached the required diameter in the product, the next few rows are performed without increasing the number of columns. Having knitted it even to the desired length, we reduce the diameter, stuff the body with cotton and finish, knitting the last 3-5 half-columns with one column.
Now you need to complete the arms and legs of the doll. They fit in the same way as a head with a torso. After that, all the elements are secured with hidden seams. Eyes, nose, and mouth are embroidered on the face. Threads of the required length for the doll’s hair are cut and fixed. They need to be tied to columns on the crown and occipital parts of the head. Knitted doll is ready. Now she needs to create clothes. Knitting for dolls is remarkable in that it can be crocheted or knitted. Clothing can be knitted from any thread. The implementation of such small products does not take much time. For a better match of reality, tie doll clothes for all seasons of the year. This will allow the child to change the toy during the game, develop finger motility and at the same time learn about the world.
As already mentioned, a knitted doll can decorate the interior of a 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 knit not only a doll or animal. You can decorate the room with knitted flowers. Large knitted dolls can be placed on the sofa and, if necessary, used as pillows.