A useful hobby such as hand knitting continues to be popular. For centuries, it has been used for the manufacture of vital interior items and clothing. Today, his role is reduced to creative self-expression and a kind of therapy.
What a hook is good
Crochet has many advantages over knitting. Among the most obvious are:
- The presence of only one working loop.
- The ability to change the direction of knitting at your discretion.
- The widest selection of patterns, characterized by ease of execution.
- The ability to make additions and reductions of loops, due to which it is possible to obtain canvases of various shapes and configurations.
That is why knitted toys, summer fishnet things, clothes for animals and other similar products are much easier to carry out using a hook.
Why you need to tie the edge
Possession of the basic principles of crocheting will be useful even to the most ardent adherents of knitting needles. Crocheting products (schemes for such work is very easy to find) will be useful for decorating a variety of objects:
- Hat.
- Blouse, sweater and cardigans.
- Plaids and knitted blankets.
- Napkins and towels (both knitted and textile).
Strapping requires all open edges of the product. Some models include the implementation of strips, edges, or other types of design edges in the knitting process.
This method has its advantages: the strapping forms a single whole with the canvas, there are no sharp transitions, you do not have to worry about the accuracy of its execution and the coincidence of the density parameters. However, if with the help of tying it is planned to adjust the dimensions of the product, apply a different color or texture of yarn, as well as a specific pattern, then the only way out is to crochet the edge of the product. Schemes and examples of finished harnesses are located below.
Angle sash
Openwork corner design is the most popular type of harnesses. The scheme of crocheting the corners of the products has its own pattern: the mandatory expansion of the canvas at an angle of 45 degrees. Comparison of two such angles gives a right angle (90 degrees). This principle must be taken into account if you have to independently develop a scheme for tying them. For example, if you liked the pattern, but the diagram of the formation of the angle is not shown.
If everything is found, then it remains only to follow the instructions. Below is a crochet crochet scheme built on the principle of circular expansion of the fabric.
The center of the circle is a pico of three air loops (VP), in which five magnificent columns are knitted. Successive expansion forms a rounded corner.
The pattern is universal in that, if desired, it can be continued further, observing the rules of expansion and the formation of angles.
Crosslinking
We can offer also the old method of making vintage cotton or linen bindings. They were used to decorate:
- towels
- rushnikov
- tracks
- pillowcase
- tablecloths
- curtains
- blankets and other decorative textile and knitted items.
Such a crochet pattern is not suitable for clothing, unless it is planned to manufacture something in a folk style.
How does this happen
They begin to knit with a set of air loops, the number of which corresponds to the height of the future strapping, and they knit according to the scheme, increasing the fabric until its height along the side is equal to the length of the edge that needs to be strapped. Then the finished strapping is sewn with a “overlay” seam to the edge of the product.
A characteristic feature of this type of binding is the formation of a pattern by combining empty and filled square cells. Empty cells are two double crochet columns (CCH) between which there are two EPs. The filled cells are two CCH, between which there are also two CCH. The given crochet pattern perfectly illustrates this description: filled cells are indicated by crosses.
Knitting needles
Separately, it is worth mentioning the process of crocheting knitting products. This is done for several purposes:
- achieving a neat edge;
- if you wish, decorate the edge with an openwork pattern;
- when knitting a button placket;
- if necessary, change the dimensions of the product (increase the length or width).
The process is started after the main work is completed, all the details are connected and sewn. The best preparation of the product for strapping will be its steaming with an iron or washing in warm water. So you can see the real dimensions of the product.
Then perform the first row of strapping, which always consists of single crochet (RLS)! Here you have to strain your spatial imagination, since the principle of “loop into loop” is irrelevant, especially when working with the side edge of the product. It is necessary to select the number of eyelet loops.
Insufficient amount will lead to contraction of the canvas, and excess - to the effect of quilling. Therefore, experienced knitters recommend performing a test strapping on a piece of the product, at least 15 cm long (for an objective assessment of the result).
Woven webbing
If necessary, decorate a textile napkin, kitchen or bath towel, tablecloth or clothes, you can apply two types of strapping.
- Strapping tied directly to the fabric. To form its first row, a thin hook is used, which is threaded between the threads of the fabric. You can also use a buttonhole stitch, which is then tied to a cloth hook (as in the photo below). The disadvantage of this method is the difficulty in calculating the required number of loops.
- Tie the hem separately and then sew to the product. Such a crochet tying scheme is significantly simpler than the previous one and has an advantage: it is easier to adjust and adjust the tying size in time. However, here you have to deal with sewing on the border, and the seams can look rude.
Crochet a plaid: schemes and photos
In the manufacture of a plaid or bedspread, one of the mandatory stages of work is binding.
Its implementation is commenced when the product is completely ready. Crocheting products (the diagrams are located below) can consist of knitting elementary RLS or decorating a plaid with a more interesting border.
In the first case, the right angle is formed by knitting three RLS from one corner RLS, in the second - by observing the expansion rules described above.
Knowing the basic principles and mastering, even at the initial level, crochet techniques, you can quickly and accurately draw the edge of any product.