Knitting belts - this is one of the most popular activities among craftswomen who own a hook. The use of various techniques allows you to create hard and tight accessories with a long service life.
This article offers interesting crochet belt with patterns and description, some of them have an exclusively decorative function, others can successfully replace a regular belt.
What yarn is suitable for making a belt
When choosing a material should be guided by the appointment of the future product. Below you can see different crochet belts, diagrams and descriptions, photos and even a master class. Moreover, the appearance and scope of each of these items are completely different.
Narrow lace belts, as well as lace belts are often used to decorate wide tunics or dresses. For these products, you can safely use absolutely any yarn. The main thing is that in color and texture it matches the rest of the wardrobe.
Various types of cotton, linen, viscose, wool, microfiber, polyamide and even acrylic will be appropriate here. True, you should be careful with acrylic, as many products associated with this material look frankly cheap.
To make a wide and dense belt with a hook, the diagram and description of which includes some kind of a solid pattern, you need a stiff cotton or linen thread. Sometimes a decent appearance can be achieved using polyamide or microfiber, but in this case, the knitting should be very dense.
Narrow crochet belt: diagram and description
The photograph below shows the manufacturing sequence of the simplest belt. Material will need a little, about 10 grams. The thread should be quite thick, at least 200 m / 100 grams.
Even with minimal knitting skills, you can make such a belt crochet. The scheme and description of the product is extremely simple:
- Link a chain of four air loops (VP).
- In the second loop, knit 5 single crochet (STB).
- In the last loop, perform 1 stbn.
- Turn the web and tie one lifting loop.
- In the second stbn, knit 5 stbn, then in the 3rd stbn perform another stbn.
- Turn the work and repeat the sequence described in the 4th and 5th paragraphs.
The cord of the required length is supplied with ties - and that’s it, the product is ready! In fact, this is the most primitive and elementary ribbon lace. All other patterns are designed on the same principle, but contain a much larger number of rows.
The ties can be just threads, chains of air loops or even decorative ribbons. To make them heavier at the ends, it is recommended to sew beads.
Openwork crochet motif belt : diagrams and description
This model has always been popular for a very long time. For its manufacture, several identical or different fragments are knitted, which are then joined into a tape.
Surely every knitter has a favorite round or square fragment, which she can literally perform with her eyes closed, it is quite suitable for such a product as a crochet belt. The scheme and description of one of the motives are described below.
First you need to tie a chain of 6 VIs and lock it in a ring, then perform the following steps:
- 4 VP, a magnificent column of 3 columns with a crochet (STN), 5 VP, * a magnificent column of 4 STN, 5 VP *. Repeat from * to * to the end of the row.
- * 5 VP, 3 STN with a common vertex, a pico of 3 VP, 3 STN with a common vertex, 5 VP, STB *. Repeat from * to * to the end of the row.
The resulting flower has six vertices, it is very convenient for making an even belt (two vertices on each side connect to the second flower, two remain on top and bottom). Such belts are needed to emphasize the waist.
A good example of a simple flower. Being knitted from very thick yarn, it will be a great decoration for many dresses.
If you plan to wear the product on your hips, it is advisable to choose pentagonal motifs.
They need to be connected so that the belt has a semicircular shape.
Thick belt for jeans
The next variety of knitted belts is designed to perform a practical function: they are tucked into the loops of trousers and skirts.
Of course, the canvas of such products must be very rigid, otherwise it will stretch and there will be no sense in it. As mentioned above, cotton, linen, polyamide and wool can be considered optimal.
The thickness of the thread is at least 180-200 m / 100 grams, the knitting is very tight. To achieve sufficient density, you can use a smaller hook than the one recommended for the selected yarn (for example, not No. 4,5, but No. 3).
Secrets of tight knitting
The pattern can be simple single crochet or the most elementary ornaments. If the selected thread is not stiff enough, you can apply the following technique:
- Knit a number of stbn.
- Turn the canvas and perform another row, tying the newly formed stbn. That is, each of them will be double.
- Repeat the algorithm described in paragraphs 1 and 2.
This method is also good for making visors for caps, hat fields and stand-up collars.