Knitting pillows with knitting needles is not only interesting, but also practical and profitable for a needlewoman. Having created the product according to your own original design, you can get a unique designer pillow that will decorate the interior. Making pillowcases on your own, you can make them of any shape, size, color.
The Benefits of Handmade Knitted Pillows
Knitting pillows with knitting needles is an interesting activity in which you can show your imagination and skills. Such products have special advantages in comparison with analogues:
- For the manufacture, you can use the remains of yarn of any color and texture, the main thing is to successfully combine the material.
- Self-developed design will make the thing unique.
- A decorative element can be created purposefully, in accordance with the interior solution of the room.
- Minimum costs in the manufacturing process.
- Knitted pillows are very easy to care for.
- If necessary, the pillowcase can be dissolved and bandaged.
There are also its drawbacks that may arise during the manufacturing process and further operation. The yarn may fade, it quickly absorbs odors and dries out after washing for a long time. The process of creating a knitted product can last a very long time, since it takes a lot of time to knit.
What material can be used to create decorative pillows
A pillowcase made of knitting needles can be made not only from yarn. Knitted fabric combines well with dense fabrics such as velvet, denim and cloth. Pillowcase can consist exclusively of knitted fabric.
To make the product soft and pleasant during use, you should choose the appropriate yarn. Well-behaved children's and ordinary acrylic. To give a more aesthetic appearance, cotton and linen are used. For an unusual design, you can use “weed” yarn. Such material looks impressive, and is very pleasant to the touch.
You can also use wool mixture, which is characterized by a good processing of the thread. Boucle and plush are generally ideal options that look very beautiful and give the product some charm. Pillowcases made of such threads are suitable for use even by children in the process of sleep.
The principle of creating pillowcases
Knitting pillows with needles is carried out in accordance with the following algorithm:
- First you need to decide on the parameters and forms of the future product. Following the exact recommendations of the schemes, you can create real beauty.
- Choose an interesting design. To think over additional elements and parts of the overall picture. You can prepare a sketch.
- Then prepare the tools and materials: yarn, knitting needles with the corresponding material number.
Then a selection of knitting patterns for pillows is made. If desired, and certain skills, you can create it yourself. The pillowcase on which the volumetric braid or any other variant of the textured pattern will look original. You can pick up a pattern with air holes that look very romantic. The combination of several variants of techniques will necessarily lead to the receipt of the original product. And interesting patterns that are created using colored threads also look attractive.
Additional arrangement and decoration of knitted pillowcases for pillows
Knitting pillows with needles implies additional decoration, which can be practical. If you place the tape on the edges of the opening for the pillow, then the bows of them at the same time will be a clasp.
Additionally, beads, beads, pompons, lace, chains, textiles, metal elements, accessories, leather can be used. Often several options are combined within the same product, forming a real work of art.
An interesting option is to create applications from fabric or leather. Pillowcases are fashionable, on which, using embroidery and knitted elements, animal faces and other nature paintings are recreated.
Thematic options are also relevant. New Year pillows, birthday items and small pleasant little things for the simplest reason will be interesting and relevant gifts. A pillow with a large flower tied to its pillowcase is an ideal alternative to a bouquet.