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Master class on knitting monkeys with amigurum crochet for beginners with step-by-step description and photo.
Today we will tell you how to create a crochetamigurumi monkey - a small toy with soft stuffing. Your children will certainly be grateful to you for it, especially if you additionally knit other animals: cats, dogs, pigs and others.The amigurumi knitting technique used inknitting miniature toys, originally from the Land of the Rising Sun. However, the mutual penetration of national cultures made it possible to spread this hobby to many European countries, including Russia. This handicraft was especially warmly received by teenagers and mothers who want their baby to play with only high-quality products.
Amigurumi can be recommended to teenagers inas an excellent opportunity to take their first steps in crocheting, after which they will easily knit more complex things - summer dresses, berets, or even blankets and various covers. At first, amigurumi were knitted using a hook or knitting needles, but later crocheted toys took the lead. Nevertheless, you can still meet needlewomen who prefer only knitting needles. In addition to all kinds of animals, you can knit other items, giving them the properties of human nature. This could be, for example, a hat with eyes and small handles. Remember that in Japanese art, nothing limits your imagination.
Knitting a monkey.In order to start crocheting the monkey itself, you should first learn the basics of crocheting, then there will be nothing difficult for you, since amigurumi is crocheted in a spiral. The circles are not connected here, but there is also a European version, when after closing each new circle they start with a lifting loop.
An important condition for such toys is knittingwithout gaps, since the stuffing can come out through the cracks. In this regard, the hook should be taken smaller than the thickness of the yarn suggests. You can choose the right hook number either by having solid experience or by experimenting with several hook and yarn options, knitting small samples and comparing them. After that, you will begin to buy only such threads, changing only the shades, since brightness is important for such toys, although it is worth remembering the preference for natural colors.
The amigurumi toy is made from separate parts:The head, tail, limbs and body are connected after being tied. Only toys consisting of a head and body, without arms and legs, are made in one piece. To give the limbs a living weight, they are filled with plastic pieces, and the rest is stuffed with rag material.
An important distinctive feature of amigurumi toysis their inherent cuteness: a large spherical head, a cylindrical body, small limbs. In addition to the fact that such an animal will certainly please your child, it can be a great gift even for an adult. Nowadays, it has become fashionable among teenagers to take an amigurumi toy on a trip and photograph it against the background of all sorts of architectural curiosities and other attractions along the entire travel route.
More details about the knitting pattern.To get a spherical head when crocheting a monkey, it is assumed that the number of columns in the row is added and decreased. To increase - in one column of the previous row, 2 are knitted in the next. To decrease - the thread is pulled through the loops of the previous row twice, after which it is passed through all the loops on the tool.
While making the first row of the chain, hookis introduced into one or two arcs of the VP. When any projects require a convex edge, the tool is introduced into its opposite side. When working on the next row and the column preceding the row, it is necessary to introduce into two arcs to obtain an even knit. Only in exceptional cases is it introduced into the arc of the front or back part. In the case of a rapport in the row, in other words, a pattern that is repeated more than once, the order of the loops is indicated on both sides by the symbols **.
As a rule, the toy "Monkey"knit in a circle, creating a continuous row, while the density should be high and resemble a spiral. There are cases when it is necessary to mark the initial part of a new spiral row. In such cases, special marker pins made of plastic are used so that the pointed ends do not damage the thread. In the absence of such pins, a washable marker is used, or a piece of brightly colored thread is simply passed through one column.
Having knitted the rest with spiral rows, in the endyou need to make a half-column and connect the final column with the initial one in the previous row. The thread is pulled through, secured and cut. This completes the master class. You have learned how to knit amigurumi with your own hands. Knit with pleasure and give your loved ones cute toys.