How to weave a toy for a cat “Mouse” out of rubber bands? Detailed description of the work process, with recommendations and step-by-step photos

February 27, 2018 handmadebase

Every owner who has a cat in the house knowshow these animals love to play with balls or candy wrappers or anything that gets under their paws. But any cat’s favorite toy is – mouse! Pet stores have a wide range of toys for animals, however, any owner can make a toy for his cat himself. In this master class we will weave a mouse from rubber bands, which can become a toy for a cat or a child, or can simply become a desktop decoration.

Materials for work

Erasers are pale pink, pink and black;
Hook;
Clip;
Synthepon.

Stages of work

It is not difficult to weave this little mouse, as it weaveshe is in the same scheme. It will be especially easy for those needlewomen who know how to knit, because in this case the lumigurumi technique is used. First we will weave the individual parts: ears and tail. In order to weave the ears, we need to make a lumugurumi ring. This is an analogue of amigurumi, which is known to all needlewomen who are fond of knitting. To begin, take a bright pink elastic band and twist it three times onto the hook.Next, put a rich pink elastic band on the tip of the hook and pull all three loops that were on the hook through it. We put the other side of the elastic on the hook.There are two loops on the hook, pull the first through the second. There is one loop on the hook. Next, we wind the hook into three rings, which were formed by an elastic band, which we threw three times on the hook at the very beginning.There are four loops on the hook. We hook a rich pink elastic band and pass it through three loops on the hook. We put the second side of this elastic band on the hook.There are three loops on the hook.We carry out the first through the second and third. There is one loop on the hook again. Next, we again wind the hook into three rings and knit another elastic band of the same color in the same way. We need to knit three more elastic bands like this. You should end up with a chain of six loops. Each time, we first wind the hook into three rings, which are formed by an elastic band thrown three times at the very beginning.Count the loops from above.There should be five of them and one on the hook. Now we put a clip on the loops that are on the hook. This way we will see where the row ends. Now we place the hook under the first two loops. That is, if you look at the weaving from above, you can see five loops and one on a hook. They look like a chain of five links. Place the hook under the first link. On the hook we have a loop from the last row and two more loops from the weave. Now we put a pink elastic band on the hook and pass it through the first two loops on the hook. They form the first link in the chain. We put the other side of the elastic on the hook. There are three loops on the hook, draw the first through the second and third. We insert the hook into the next link and do the same. We weave like this until the end of the row. That is, up to the link on which the clip is worn. We weave one elastic band into each loop (link). When we reach the loop with the clip, we weave it in the same way and change the clip onto the loop on the hook. At the end of weaving, the number of loops should not change, since we did not add or subtract. That is, there should be six of them. Now we need elastic bands of the main color, in this case pale pink. Yours can be gray, white or any other. We will weave this row by knitting two elastic bands into each loop. That is, first one, then we put the hook into the same loop again and knit another elastic band. The ear is ready. Stepping back a little, we’ll make a knot on the ear to make it easier to attach it to the head later.We need two ears, so follow the same patternLet's weave another one. Now let's braid the ponytail. It weaves very easily. We wind the elastic band of the main color onto the hook three times. Next, take two elastic bands of the main color and pass them through all the loops on the hook. We put the other side on the hook. We take two more elastic bands, only now of a rich pink color, and put all the elastic bands from the hook on them. And so on until the tail gains length. The tail can be made striped or plain. If you decide to make it striped, then you just need to alternate the elastic bands by color. At the end, we weave one elastic band and make a knot by threading the first loop on the hook through the second.Let's move on to weaving the muzzle.Our mouse will be solid. Again we assemble a lumigurumi ring from elastic bands of the main color. Now we will only use this color. We weave the first row in the same way as we did the ears, only we weave not six elastic bands, but only five. Don’t forget to change the clip onto the elastic band that is on the hook at the end of each row. So, we have five loops on the hook, we only wove one row. The second row will be slightly different from the ear weave. We put the clip on the loop that is on the hook and continue weaving. Weave one elastic band of the main color through the first loop, passing it through all the loops on the hook, and put the second side on the hook. There are two loops on the hook, draw the first through the second. There is one loop on the hook. We put the hook back into the same first loop and weave it in the usual way. And through the second loop and the subsequent ones, except the last one, we weave one elastic band at a time. In the last, fifth, we will also weave two elastic bands. That is, at the end of weaving we will have six loops and one on the hook, for a total of seven loops. We change the clip onto the loop that is put on the hook. Third row: weave two elastic bands into the first loop, that is, first one, then insert the hook into the same loop and weave another elastic band. In the next two loops we will weave one elastic band through each loop. In the next loop there are again two elastic bands, and in the next two again one each. That is, we weave according to the pattern 2, 1, 1 and so on. At the end of the row there are ten loops. We put the clip back on the loop that is on the hook. Fourth row: we weave in exactly the same way, but according to the pattern 2, 1, 2, 1 and so on. That is, through the first loop we weave an elastic band twice, through the second – one, and after the third again two, after the fourth – one. We weave to the end of the row and change the clip. There are fifteen stitches in this row. Fifth row: we weave, as usual, according to the pattern 1, 1, 1. That is, we weave one elastic band through each loop. In this row the number of loops does not change. Sixth row: we increase the number of loops according to the pattern 1, 1, 2. That is, at the end of the row we will have twenty loops. At this stage we will make the eyes, because later it will be more difficult to do it. We determine the place under the eye. We insert the hook into any two loops, take a black elastic band, hook it and pass it through the elastic bands on the hook. We put the other side on the hook. We pass the first loop through the second. Remove the hook from the loops. We wind the hook from the inside of the weave and grab the black loop, draw it inside and fix it there, tying it into a knot. We do the second eye in the same way.Let's make a nose.We pass the hook through the very first ring into the weave. We put three pink elastic bands on the hook from the outside and tighten them inside the weave. We leave these elastic bands on the hook, place the hook from the inside onto the loop above, grab the second part of the elastic bands and bring them inside. We have a hook inside and there are six pink loops on it. We pass them through one elastic band of the main color. Let's make a knot.Let's return to weaving.Seventh row: weave according to the pattern 1, 1, 1, 2. At the end we get twenty-five loops. Eighth row: we begin to decrease. We knit one elastic band into the first three loops. Next, we thread the hook into the fourth loop and, without knitting anything, grab the fifth loop. And now we weave one elastic band through these two loops on the hook in the usual way. We weave the next three loops with one elastic band. Next, we weave one elastic band again, grabbing two loops together. So until the end of the row. That is, the scheme is 1, 1, 1, decrease. From the ninth to the fourteenth row we weave according to the usual pattern: 1, 1, 1. That is, we do not decrease or add. Fifteenth row: we will decrease. We weave according to pattern 1, 1, decrease. We decrease as in the eighth row, grabbing two loops in a row. At the end of each row, do not forget to change the clip so as not to get lost. Sixteenth row: we begin to close the weaving. Scheme 1, decrease, 1, decrease. So until the end of the row.There are ten loops in a row. Let's attach the ears.We determine the place for the ears. We thread the hook from the inside and grab one of the two long loops. We pull it inside. Next, leaving this loop on the hook, we step to the side and again wind the hook from the inside and grab another loop and pull it inside. We have a hook inside the weave and two loops on it. We pull the first through the second and tighten the knot. Same thing with the second ear. Now let's attach the tail. To do this, we determine a place on the mouse’s body and insert the hook from the inside. We hook the loop on the tail and drag it inside. Place the hook under two loops and pull one elastic band of the main color through them, putting the other side on the hook. There are three loops on the hook, we pass the first through the second and third, we get a knot. We tighten it.Next, fill the mouse with filler.All we have to do is close the weaving. Seventeenth row: weave every two loops together until the weave is closed. We make a loop from the last elastic band, tighten it and hide it in the body of the mouse. Our cat toy is ready!

Comments

comments

Materials for work

Stages of work

Comments

Related posts: