Embroidery crochet for beginners in photo and video lessons
Content
- How to embroider a pattern with a hook
- Cushion, crocheted
- We embroider beads with a conventional hook
- Patterns for embroidery on crocheted garments
- Video: crocheted embroidery
Every year crochet embroidery becomes more and moremore popular and in demand. This is primarily due to the fact that the technique for performing this embroidery is quite simple and even a novice craftswoman can easily master it.
How to embroider a pattern with a hook
Before you go directly to theEmbroidery, you must first prepare the material on which you will embroider the chosen pattern or ornament. Best for this purpose is suitable for flax, coarse calico or canvas. You will also need a hoop, a hook of 0.5 and a thread, for example - "iris".
Having prepared everything you need, you can safely get to work:
First of all, you will need to choosesome kind of pattern. For beginners, simple ornaments or patterns are best. Once you have decided, you will need to transfer your design using a copy or a special disappearing marker directly onto the fabric. The main thing to remember is that your fabric should be easily pierced with a hook and not tear;
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Such amazing embroidery will be worthydecoration for any pillow, pincushion, small pouch or even bag. You can also make an unusual napkin from this simple embroidery. To do this, you just need to crochet its edges.
Cushion, crocheted
An original embroidered carpet will undoubtedly becomeA beautiful decoration not only for the living room, bedroom, but also the children's room. In addition, such a "work" will not cause any difficulties, even for novice masters.
Here's how to quickly and easily embroider a pile rug using a regular crochet hook:
- At the initial stage you will have to find a suitable mat and choose a pattern for it. Also it is necessary to prepare in advance a hook, acrylic or woolen threads and a rigid canvas (stramin);
- After you prepare everything you need to work you will need to cut the thread. Their length should be 5 cm;
- Having done this, you can proceed to apply the chosen pattern or pattern to the canvas;
- Fold the thread in half so that it formsa loop. Then thread under the thread of your canvas hook with a thread, taking the remaining ends of the thread and making a loop, then return the hook back to its original position. Tighten the loop.
In this simple way you can easilyfill the entire pattern you choose. Your friends and acquaintances will be amazed that even novice needlewomen can produce such extraordinary works.
We embroider beads with a conventional hook
Compared with the usual classical methodEmbroidery with a needle, embroidery with beads using a hook saves a lot of time. This is due to the fact that the hook you almost instantly attach the bead to the fabric, while sewing a single bead with a needle, you will need to drag the thread as many as 4 times!
To work you will need:
Having prepared all the materials, you can start working:
To begin, you will need to string beads onto a thread and make a “stop bead” at one end. Thanks to this, your beads will not “run away” from the thread while working. This is what it will look like:
Next, you will need to pierce the fabric of your choice with the hook from the wrong side and, grabbing the thread, pull the loop to the wrong side.
Having turned the fabric with the wrong side up, you will have to insert the hook into the formed loop and select the next point on the fabric, in the place of which another loop will soon form.
Then you will need to turn the fabric right side out and move one bead to the first piercing with your hook.
Having done this, you will need to insert the hook onto the front side immediately behind the bead and, wrapping the thread around it, return to the wrong side again.
The embroidery turned to the wrong side will please you with the presence of now two loops. Your task is to drag the newly formed loop into the previous one.
However, there is a small nuance here:When pulling one loop into another, you must turn the hook 180 degrees. If you don't do this, your loop will either fall off the hook or you will split the thread with it.
We sew the next beads using the same pattern. As a result, our embroidery from the wrong side will look like this:
And on the front side we will see neatly attached beads:
Having finished crocheting, you will have to pull the thread to the wrong side and, intertwining it with the already knitted stitch, secure it.
Bead embroidery of various patterns usinghook gives us a lot of different possibilities. Firstly, it is good because you can choose beads of different shapes and sizes. Secondly, you can embroider in any direction.
In addition, the crochet embroidery technique is very simple.in execution, and this is especially important for beginning craftswomen. Using a regular crochet hook, you can quickly embroider not only simple ornaments, but also more complex floral compositions or patterns. The main thing is to be patient and use your imagination.
Patterns for embroidery on crocheted garments
Virtually any knitted product thatIt is possible to decorate with handkerchief, facial or purl sewn with an interesting pattern or pattern embroidered with a conventional hook. This can be done not only by a professional, but also by novice craftsmen.
Here are some patterns that even beginners can easily embroider:
Dolphin
The design is quite simple and can be used to decorate, for example, children's clothing. In order to make such a cute dolphin, you first need to embroider its outlines using a crochet hook, and then using
– “fill in” the drawing itself.
Kitty
This amazing and very stylish cat willLook great on a women's knitted dress or sweater. Such embroidery will not take you much time, but will instantly transform the product decorated with it.
Flower
Lovers of flower arrangements can try crocheting this wonderful flower. By repeating this pattern, you can decorate the hem or collar of the dress.
If you are not very good at drawing, then you can first transfer your chosen design onto papyrus paper. This will make your task much easier.
Then such an image will need to be secured to your canvas using a needle and cotton thread. To do this, it is better to use fairly frequent basting stitches.
Having previously stitched all the contour lines of the design, you will need to pierce them with a needle. Only then will it be possible to remove unnecessary paper.
Once you've done all this, you'll just need to embroiderCrochet all the contours, moving exclusively along the line of basting stitches. Then, using an imitation of a chain stitch, it will be possible to fill in all areas of the contour.
Remember that when embroidering any productscrochet, you must be sure to secure the working thread at the very beginning and at the end of the embroidered pattern. In addition, after finishing the embroidery, you will need to carefully remove the basting thread.
A huge advantage of crochet embroideryis that an outdated or boring pattern made in this way can easily be dissolved, and something new can be embroidered in its place. Thanks to this, you can safely experiment and not be afraid of ruining your favorite knitted dress or expensive fabric.
Video: crocheted embroidery
