Yarn crafts for children and adults - making cool handmade crafts

Those who knit, almost always have extra skeins or remnants of yarn. No need to throw them away - it is better to make crafts from yarn and thread together with children. Cute toys will be a great gift for a holiday or on the occasion of a significant event: New Year, birthday, Mother's Day.

Toys with yarn

For yarn crafts, you do not need to know how to knit: for some products you only need yarn thread.

Yarn doll

A homemade doll looks unusual and interesting. To make it you will need any color yarn (smooth or medium fluffy), heavy cardboard, scissors, remnants of fabric, buttons, any decor.

How to make a doll:

From cardboard, cut a rectangle, the height of which corresponds to the height of the toy, for example, 15×6 cm.
Wind the thread on cardboard is the future body of the doll. Such tight wraps should be at least a hundred, otherwise the doll will not hold shape.
Under the top edge of the thread and make a knot.
Pull out the cardboard blank and form the head - pull the thread bundle in the right place.
On the sides separate the two sides of the bundles of thread of equal thickness and tie in two places - the hands. Thread can be braided into plaits.
Tie the waist, threads in the bottom divide to get a puffy skirt.

On a doll you can sew a dress, tie an apron.

Furry toys

For this handicraft take two whole solid skeins of different colors, such as white and red. Each skein is tied tightly in the middle, the threads are cut on the sides so that you get two big shaggy pompoms.

Cut out eyes from white cardboard, glue pupils of black colored paper, then glue eyes to pom-poms. The result - two fun furry-eyed creatures.

Knitted crafts

Together with a child, you can knit interesting beautiful crafts for school and home.

Octopus .

For the craft you will need bright monochrome yarn, syntepon, two black beads. For the head of the octopus you need to dial three air loops, close and tie a small circle with a diameter of about 1.5 cm. Then gradually stop adding stitches and continue knitting without additions.

Cut off the thread when you have reached the desired head size. For the bottom, knit a separate circle, do not tear the thread, and continue knitting: gather a chain of 15 air loops and make a spiral out of the chain, making 3 columns with a stitch in each loop.

Stuff the head with synthetic material, attach the circle to the head with 2 to 3 no stitches, depending on the length of the circle. Again gather a chain of air loops, tie a spiral. A total of 8 legs-spirals should turn out. Thus, at the same time knit spirals and join the bottom of the head. At the end of sew beads-eyes.

Knitted Jewelry

Knitted earrings and bracelets are great options for handmade yarn crafts for children 10-11 years old. What mother would not be happy to receive a gift of smart crocheted earrings for Mother's Day?

For the original earrings you will need fine yarn with lurex, crochet and simple smooth earrings without a pendant of bijoutera alloy. The pendant is knitted in the form of a spiral chain, its length can be any. The spiral is further decorated with beads and attached to the base of the earrings with the same thread. Such a spiral can also be used to make a bracelet for a complete set.

Handmade yarn crafts can be viewed on our website imaster.desigusxpro.com/en/ below. Many of them can be made by photo and without instructions.

Home Decor

Hand-knitted decor is distinctive and stylish. It both decorates the house and shows that "skilled hands" live here.

Cover for a sofa cushion

You can use any color yarn for the cover. If you have a lot of multicolored leftovers, the cushion will come out mottled.

The easiest option, which a child can handle, is a square or rectangle connected by stitches. Rows of colored yarn can alternate as desired. If there is a little yarn, then knit only one side, and to decorate the second side take the fabric.

A more complicated option is to use the technique of patchwork knitting. From the remnants of yarn knit squares of different colors of equal size, then join with a hook or needle and thread. The result should be a fabric the size of the cushion. You need to leave one entrance open (on the short side) in order to sew a zipper or make the entrance in the form of an overlap flap.

Pincushion for needles

Needlepoint knitting in the form of a sun - a great way to spend time together with a child. It will be both fun and practical at the same time. For the craft takes soft yellow yarn, crochet, sintepon, decor (beads, sequins).

Instructions:

Recruit three air loops, close and knit with columns without stitches two identical circles with a diameter of 9 cm. The knitting should be tight. One circle can be knitted by a child, and the other by an adult.
Connect the two halves of the columns without a stitch, leaving a small hole, do not break the thread.
Stuff the needlepoint with synthetic fibers or other synthetic filler, and close the hole.
Continue knitting in a circle: in each loop of the previous row, knit three columns with two hooks - you get a wavy edge, symbolizing the rays.
Decorate the needlepoint with beads or sequins around the circumference along the base of the rays.
On the back, crochet a loop at the base of the wavy pattern to hang the craft.

Needle holder, made by the hands of a child, will be a great practical decor for the house. The handicraft can be used simply as a toy and hang it in the nursery.

Handicrafts made of yarn by hand bring special joy - they are individual, made to your own taste, in their manufacture you can usefully apply the rest of the material. Crafting develops imagination, helps children love creativity.