This detailed master class "Knitting a tree for games" with a diagram will teach you how to crochet a toy - a tree.
For crocheting toys - tree– you will need the following materials: knitting threads of different colors, different textures, different thicknesses; synthetic padding (batting, or any other stuffing material); plastic balls (from old toys, large beads, etc.). Tools: crochet hook, sewing needle, scissors. Toy knitting pattern. Knit a tree from the bottom up. The color is arbitrary. But for starters, we chose the traditional - brown. Bottom. Knit a circle with single crochets (sc) of any size, for example, 10 cm in diameter.We go up. To do this, we do not add more sc. We can even decrease several, for example, 5 sc, i.e. we skip them evenly throughout the row.Roots. These are knitted "ruffles" from the last row of the bottom. From this same row we knit the first row of the rise. Next, we knit sc, decreasing 3 sc in every second row. To do this, we skip them without knitting.Having knitted several rows, for example, 8 rows, we change the thread. And we knit, also decreasing, 5-7 rows.If you plan to embroider the trunk, it is better to do it as you knit. This will make it easier to embroider than when the trunk is finished knitting.We knit a hollow. To do this, first do not knit 3 sc. In the next three rows, do not knit 1 sc from each edge.We knit two rows without decreasing/increasing. And in the next three rows we add 1 sc from each edge. And in the next – we add 3 sc. Thus, we close the oval edge of the hollow.Continue knitting, evenly decreasing 3 sc in each row. Add embroidery. In some places you can sew on beads or buttons.Knit to the size we need. Knit the remaining columns together with one column.For the inside of the hollow, we knit a "cup" to fit the size of the hollow. The base of the cup is equal to the hollow cutout. The height of the walls is the thickness of the trunk in this place.We tie the edge of the hollow with sc. We stuff the trunk with soft material.We sew the inner part of the hollow.Along the edge we knit single crochets.We tie the plastic balls with sc of different colors and different threads. We sew the tied balls to the top of the trunk. While playing, the child will hold and turn the tree inhands. Textured crochet, voluminous foliage in the form of balls, sewn-on beads, buttons - all this will massage, develop tactile sensations and even thinking. But the child, of course, will not think about this. After all, this is first and foremost a game.A bird may live in the hollow. And a hedgehog, for example, likes to visit it!