Crocheted decor has become commonplace in the life of many knitters. Pillowcases, rugs, hot coasters, potholders - this list is endless. Among the cute decorative crafts there are openwork angels crocheted. Schemes for their manufacture can be easily found or developed independently.
Scope of Angels
Most often, these products are used to decorate Christmas trees or as the main decorative element for Valentine's Day. Depending on the style, performance and size, several angels are hung in a row to the tape, one at a time or in groups, placed on tables and window sills.
An elegant angel (hook), the knitting pattern of which can be very different, is great for a gift. And especially such little things delight children.
Yarn selection and manufacturing features
To preserve the elegant style when knitting, it is advisable to avoid the use of bright colors and variegated colors of the figures. Traditionally, angels are portrayed in white robes. You can also use any other pastel shades: peach, yellow, pink, blue.
Thin cotton yarn is best suited for making these figures. However, too thin a thread greatly complicates the crocheting of angels. Schemes are often oriented to a thread with a thickness of 400 m / 100 grams. The larger the footage in the skein, the finer the yarn. The optimal thickness for this product can be considered as a thread thickness - 550 m / 100 grams.
In addition to cotton, you can use flax, viscose, silk, polyamide or microfiber. Acrylic is absolutely not suitable. Its threads always have fibers, and for this figure you need a perfectly smooth material.
To get a really high-quality angel, the hook, knitting pattern and yarn must match each other. It is better to choose a thinner tool - from 0.9 mm. Then the density of the canvas will be high. A tight canvas is characterized by neat identical loops and rigidity.
The simplest crochet angel: diagram and description
The easiest way to make a flat decorative figure. This will require very little time, effort and material. In addition, this type of work is affordable for knitters with any experience and experience.
The angel (hook) depicted in this photograph extremely quickly fits. The knitting pattern clearly demonstrates that the beginning of the product is the center of the head. It, as you can see, can be connected with a solid round part, and tied with wooden rings of a suitable size, as shown in the photo. The hair in this case is done using pico from the air loops.
The body and two wings are connected by one cloth, after which they begin to make the dress. At the end, they knit a lace border for wings and halo to make a real crochet angel. The scheme suggests performing these actions in the process of knitting a circular strapping. She goes along the edge of the dress to the wing, then to the shoulder, forms a halo and then goes to the second wing.
Pattern adaptation
For knitting a flat angel, you can use any familiar circular pattern. The principle of expansion of the canvas is the same as in any napkin. In order to get a figure from a round fragment, do the following:
- Count the number of rapports in the motive.
- Start knitting according to the pattern. In the first row, knit half the loops indicated in the pattern.
- Turn the canvas over and proceed to the third row. The goal is to get a neat half circle.
- Run as many rows as necessary to form the wings.
- Mentally divide the fabric into three parts and then knit only the middle third.
When all the rows of the scheme are knitted, you can perform circular strapping of the figure.
Volumetric angel crochet: diagram and description
The next type of figurine requires more skill of the craftswoman. His knitting is complicated by the fact that you need to carefully observe the proportions.
Carried away by knitting individual parts, you can find, for example, that the wings are prohibitively large, and the head is too small.
When performing the body of such a figure, you can also apply a circular motive pattern or develop a diagram yourself. In any case, you get an original and original angel. The hook, knitting pattern and yarn should be selected based on the recommendations outlined above.
The head can be tied in any convenient way. It is permissible to tie a wooden ring, a large bead or use a synthetic winterizer as a pad.
To connect the body, you can use a circular openwork pattern, but it needs to be changed a little.
The principle of expansion of the circular web will result in the formation of a perfectly round flat part. However, in order for the cone to come out and turn out to be an angel with a hook, the scheme must be performed at 50% or 25%. This means that when knitting the first row, the number of knitted columns should be reduced. Next, close the knitting in the ring and perform only part of the rapports to the end of the pattern.
How to tie wings
The main decoration of a knitted angel is the wings. They should look light and airy. Therefore, they should be performed especially carefully.
As a pattern, all types of nets and very delicate fragments of a wedge-shaped shape are perfectly suitable. As an example, you can consider the rather popular pineapple pattern.
The diagram offers several options for openwork elements, any of which is suitable for knitting wings. To give additional decorativeness, you can use a harness containing pico from air loops.
When all the parts are ready, they need to be sewn together and stiffened.
Final processing
As a result of the above steps, soft blanks are obtained. But these are not crocheted angels . Patterns, patterns and yarn slightly affect the degree of stiffness of the canvas, but you can get a really stable figure only after special processing of the workpiece. A knitted fabric needs to be soaked in a solution containing gelatin, starch or PVA glue. The concentration of the binder component in the solution should be high.
The workpiece is immersed in a container with a solution, soaked in all sections of the canvas and squeeze out the excess. Then put the workpiece on the previously prepared form, stretch and pin all the edges of the canvas with pins.
The form for drying the workpiece is made of cardboard. Turn it into a cone and fix the edges. So that the wet sheet does not soak the cardboard and does not take on its color, put on the bag on the form and only after that put on the blank.
The final decoration of the angel should be performed after it has dried.
Guided by the instructions described above, any craftswoman will be able to crochet angels (the patterns, description and photos given in the article will help with this).