Crocheting napkins is an old good tradition, which many craftswomen still support. The popularity and prevalence of such a decor greatly simplifies the search for the desired pattern and description for it. However, there is a flip side to the situation: crocheted napkins are so “boring” to knitters that they have become a kind of synonym for banality. The situation is saved by the development of fresh schemes and the search for new areas of application of familiar objects.
Types of Wipes
Despite the fact that the openwork circle always becomes the first association with the word “napkin”, there are square, pentagonal and hexagonal, rectangular, diamond-shaped and many other forms of napkins.
In the modern design, a large crochet napkin (the pattern can be relatively solid or openwork) most often remains round, but squares are also often found. I must say that decorative elements with right angles are easier to place on flat surfaces.
The basic principle of knitting napkins
The work of knitting almost any napkin starts from the center and, gradually expanding the fabric, ends with the widest range. The only exceptions are products assembled from several separately related motives.
Like a small and a large crochet napkin (the scheme can be of any shape) provides for the presence of several main components:
- Relatively dense center.
- Openwork main canvas.
- Strapping.
Depending on the specifics of the pattern, the main canvas of the product may include some elements. For example, they often use the technique of duplicating stripes of a pattern. They are located at different distances from the center, interspersed with very openwork or, conversely, solid sections. This distribution of ornament allows you to effectively expand the canvas in compliance with the overall harmony of the product.
Knitting napkins
This small napkin fits as follows:
- 5VP.
- 3VP, * 2VP, 1SSN *, 2VP.
- 3, 31.
- * 3VP, 1SBN *.
- 3VP, 5VP, * 2SSN with a common peak, 5VP *.
- 3VP, * 5VP, 1SSN *.
- 3, * 2, 5, 2, 1 *.
- * 4, 2, 4, 1 *.
- * 15VP, 1SBN *.
- * 2CCH with a common top, 3CCH, 2CCH with a common base, 5VP, 2CCH with a common base, 3CCH, 2CCH with a common top *.
- * 2SSN with a common peak, 6SSN, 5VP, 6SSN, 2SSN with a common peak *.
- * 2SSN with a common peak, 7SSN, 5VP, 7SSN, 2SSN with a common peak *.
CCH - double crochet, RLS - single crochet, VP - air loop.
The description from * to * must be repeated until the end of the row.
How to change the size of napkins
The technique of alternating stripes of patterns described in the previous paragraph can be extremely useful for craftswomen who want to change the size of the napkin. Individual elements can be repeated as many times as necessary or completely eliminated. An excellent example of how to crochet a napkin from several ornaments is the product shown in the following photo.
There is a very wide strip connected by a grid. Obviously, with its help, the expansion of the canvas to the planned dimensions was achieved.
Crocheted circular patterns of napkins also allow you to combine different patterns. The top combination of skill can be considered a successful combination of several elements and the creation of their own unique napkins.
Large crochet napkin: diagram and application
Such a large decorative element, like the one shown in the photograph below, has an extremely wide scope.
In fact, this is not even a napkin, but a real tablecloth. The size of such products significantly depends on the materials chosen by the craftswoman. The thicker the thread, the larger the napkin, but the pattern also looks coarser. Being knitted from tight threads with tight torsion, such a large crochet napkin (the scheme is proposed below) becomes an interesting carpet, umbrella, blanket or bedspread.
If desired, only part of the circuit can be completed. Passing to the final strapping immediately after the central part, you can get a napkin of a smaller diameter. A small motive without strapping becomes convenient for use in openwork dresses, pullovers, tops and bags. Crocheted napkins are often placed on the yoke of a knitted dress or on its side.
For convenience, the napkin scheme is divided into two parts.
Central fragment.
And two stripes of patterns with harness.
Description: crochet napkins
Begin work with a set of chains of eight air loops. In the second row perform 16 single crochet, and then continue knitting in accordance with the scheme.
The central part of the pattern contains the very popular pineapple elements. They are located in several rows and are very decorated with a napkin. "Pineapples" are well suited for expanding canvases, so they are so often used in napkin schemes. The first section of the circuit ends with several rows of mesh, on which a simple pattern of “bushes” will be placed. This geometric ornament is formed by the systematic filling of some grid cells with “bushes” of four double crochets. If necessary, remove any element of the circuit, the exclusion of this strip will be most convenient.
The final part of a large napkin
The main decor of this large napkin is a wide border that runs along its edge. The peculiarity of the scheme is that several patterns are combined here:
- Simple triangles of “bushes” on the background of chains of air loops.
- Double crochet zig-zag.
- Little Pineapples.
- Empty filet grid with cells of different sizes.
All these ornaments are arranged simply masterfully. The beginning of one pattern is performed simultaneously with the knitting of the previous one. Thus, the developers managed to organically fit such seemingly different ornaments.
The regularities of the formation of circular patterns and the principles of manufacturing decorative paintings described in this article are useful to those who are looking for information on how to crochet a napkin. Of course, following the detailed scheme is calmer, but only improvisation can give a feeling of true free creativity.