All little girls, and sometimes some boys, love to play with dolls. There is nothing surprising in this. After all, communicating with a doll or other inanimate animals, children learn to communicate with each other, begin to understand what it means to be a parent. It is no accident that girls play more with dolls : they have a more developed maternal instinct and sense of accuracy, and there is a craving for creating coziness.
Observing how a child plays with dolls, you can roughly determine how he will become a father or mother for his child in the future.
How to knit doll clothes
Of course, every girl wants her doll to be the most elegant, that she has the best dresses, shoes, accessories. Therefore, little princesses themselves try to learn how to knit clothes for dolls or sew. If it doesn’t work out, mothers help them.
Clothing can be knitted or crocheted. The most important thing is to successfully choose the color and model of future clothing. Thanks to this, the young housewife learns to dress stylishly, to choose suitable clothes for herself, and a taste for the beautiful is instilled.
Beginning of work
Need to pick up a knitting needle or hook of the right size. If the size is large, then the product will turn out loose and will hang. First you need to take measurements. Like a person, a doll needs to correctly measure the length of the sleeve, the product itself, the length of the legs, the circumference of the head, neck, body and so on. If this is not done, the related product will be smaller or larger in size.
Threads can be taken both woolen and cotton.
Usually dresses begin to knit from the neck. Knitting patterns can be different: hosiery , garter, elastic, strokes, rhombuses, shells and others. Regardless of the choice of pattern, the doll’s knitted clothes will turn out beautiful and original if the needlewoman tries.
You can knit and crochet not only interesting styles of dresses, but also unusual hats: hats, caps, hats, scarves, headbands. Very nice shoes and boots on the legs of your favorite toy. Be sure to add knitted clothes with various related accessories: handbags, clutches, umbrellas, scarves and so on. On the resulting product, you can add various ribbons, bows, flowers, which can be made from satin ribbons, felt and fleece.
Clothes for dolls crocheted can be with different patterns. For starters, air loops are typed. Then the next and subsequent rows are knitted according to the pattern (double crochet, single crochet, half-columns, concave and convex columns).
An example of knitting a wedding dress for a doll
To make the dress very beautiful and chic, you can use, in addition to white thread, pink, blue, green, black and others. These colors will give creativity and completeness to the future product.
The main color is white. Knitting begins with the bodice. The required number of air loops is drawn onto the hook. For example, for Barbie - 27 loops. With the help of single crochets, 17 rows are knitted. Buttons for fastening are fixed on the back of the future dress.
Next, a skirt fits. It should turn out magnificent so that under it it was possible to fix a framework for airiness of a dress. The loops are fifty-two, and the number of rows depends on the required skirt height. Knits with crochets in a circle. Sleeves are knitted with double crochet and single crochet. In certain places, a second color selected in advance is added. All details are sewn together and supplemented with the necessary details: veil, skirt frame, handbag, sequins, rhinestones, flowers and so on.
Schemes on how to knit clothes for dolls are presented in many books on needlework. But in grandmother's or mother's piggy banks there are much more of them. Because at all times girls were fond of knitting.
Having learned how to knit clothes for a doll, you can start knitting for yourself and for your friends and relatives.