Amigurumi: master class for beginners in knitting Angry Birds, sheep and hare

For all who have not yet encountered miniature and cozy amigurumi toys, I strongly advise to get to know them better. After all, this kind of toys are simple to perform and look very interesting.

For all those who are interested in making amigurumi toys, a master class for beginners will be very welcome.

Creation of knitted toys came to us from Japan and immediately found a response among our knitters. In the process of knitting amigurumi dolls, the master class has to be adapted into Russian, as most of the schemes are in Japanese. Of course, this is not a problem for experienced lovers of knitting, but for beginners, detailed photo-instruction is simply necessary.

Traditional amigurumi dolls crochet as well as crocheted. In both cases very pretty and pretty toys are obtained. You can choose the method of manufacture that is closer and easier for you.

Acquaintance with amigurmi

Master class on knitting amigurumi I want to begin with an introduction to the basics of knitting dolls. First of all, it is necessary to study how the initial row of amigurumi is knitted-the ring. Following the diagram or video tutorial, practice this element.

After this, go to the knitting patterns in a circle. There are two ways of crocheting a crochet: spirally and with wedges. Choose the best option for yourself and use it in your work.

Diagrams amigurumi

Bird Angry Birds

After understanding the basic elements of creating amigurumi, you can go to knitting toys. Of course, it's better to start with miniature simple models. As, for example, this

miniature bird from the famous game Angry Birds.

The size of the finished bird is only 4.5-5 cm.

Materials for work:

• 3cm plastic ball
• yarn for different colors crochet( Iris)
• eye beads
• hook 1

Work stages:

Body

Polystyrene balltying in a circle of RLS, watch the density of knitting, so that the base was not visible in the finished toy. If the ball could not be found, then it is possible to tie the ordinary ball according to the pattern of knitting the circle, taking into account the increments and the allowances for shaping the form and stuff it with cotton. As a result, we should get this kind of workpiece:

Eyes

With threads of another color( for example, white) we make 4 VP and we close knitting in a ring. We got 3 working loops. In the next row, in each loop, we untangle 2 RLS and finish knitting. In the center of the circle we sew beads with eyes.

Eyes sewed to the base of the figurine:

Beak

For knitting the beak, it is best to fold the thread in half to give it rigidity. We also gain 4 VP, but we knit not in a circle, but in a straight line, cutting in each row the number of columns. Those. In the first row we must have 3 scs, in the second - 2, in the third - 1 sc. The triangular beak has turned out:

The beak is also sewn to the bottom of the birdie:

The beak consists of 2 parts. For the second part we need to type 5 RLS and tie 1 row of RLS to get this workpiece:

Sew to the bottom of the first half of the beak:

Tail

We hook the thread behind the base of the toy and knit 6 cp, then re-thread the loop in the base of the toyand do 6 VP, then repeat the procedure and make another chain of 6 VP.

Padded shank

We fasten the yarn at the base of the toy and tie out 6 VP and in the next row we sew a row from the RLS.We fix the thread and go on to knitting the second part of the tuft.

Similarly, we attach the thread to the base of the toy and type 5 VP, tying 1 row from the RLS.We fasten the thread and get this crest:

Our bird is ready. And having shown a fantasy, you can try and tie other birds from this series:

Trying your hand at knitting simple toys, you can move on to other models.

Sheep

And the next crocheted toy will be a pretty sheep-symbol of 2015.

For its creation we will need:

• yarn of two colors
• yarn boucle
• hook №3 and №5
• two eye beads

For performance of work there is a very detailed description:

But the advantage of amigurumi is that it is possible to perform this or that toy according to different schemes. Therefore, I offer some more video lessons on knitting the main character of the next year - lambs:

Hare

The process of knitting toys is very exciting, so do not stop there. The hare crocheted for this master class will be an excellent ending to the amigurumi world:

A selection of video tutorials on amigurumi knitting: