How to make raccoon amigurumi?

Nowadays, when shops are full of various children's toys, it’s sometimes very difficult to choose, and you really want to please a child! Soft toys occupy a separate niche, require care and frequent cleaning. No wonder adults call them "dust collectors." Where does the child get a love for certain specific soft toys? In the modern world of gadgets, there is no escape from educational, informational or traditional videos. This is where kids get to know their idols - cartoon characters. So, we have come to the goal of this article. This is not a banal gift bought in a store, but a handmade toy made by hand. Knitting style such as amigurumi is gaining popularity.

What is this? A mysterious word came to us from Japan - this is a kind of crocheting small toys. Besides size, they are distinguished by their disproportionality - a huge head and a small body. However, now the toys are no longer very similar to the Japanese, which are used as amulets and jewelry. In Russia, they are used only for the entertainment of children.

Knitting is performed in circular rows. The density is very high. To achieve this, smaller tools are used than the yarn itself. This technique is used so that the finished product, which will be filled with a special material (filler), does not let it out, keeps its shape. The toy is knitted with crochets, this also allows you to maintain the density of the product.

The muzzles of these characters are pretty, having a good and good mood for the child.By the style of amigurumi, you can connect animals, little men, revive absolutely any objects - from night pots to the sun. Here the flight of fantasy has no limits.

As an example, let's take an animal that is loved by both boys and girls - this is a raccoon, we will crochet it using amigurumi technology. The product itself is sized from 7 centimeters or less, you can tie the toy up to 50 cm, but this is your desire and goal. In our case, the tail is of great importance - it will be voluminous. Consider a method of manufacturing a raccoon using separately connected parts.

In order to tie a small toy, we need a hook, yarn and a good mood. Since the toys are small, we need a hook - 1.0 or 1.5 mm. The recommended size of the hook for knitting clothes is indicated on the yarn, so for toys they come from the size of the yarn, we select the hook 1-1.5 sizes smaller. Since we are knitting a frame, dense toy.

There are a huge number of patterns for knitting toys and videos to create an amigurumi ring, from which it all starts. However, they are unlikely to help beginners if there is no good and clear description. Now is the time to go to a raccoon knitting workshop. Below you will find detailed instructions with a description of each step. This will allow even a beginner to learn how to knit quickly.

Knitting of any part begins with an amigurumi ring (a sliding loop), it is done as follows.

1. First of all, take the yarn and put it on your index finger. The tip of the yarn is better left genuine.
2. Then, with the free tip of the yarn, make another yarn over your finger to get a ring. Hold with your thumb the junction of the ring so that it does not open.
3. Next, insert the hook inside the ring and grab the working thread, which was initially held by the rest of the fingers. We stretch the thread inside the ring.
4. Now again, grab the working thread and knit an air loop. Now the structure is better fixed, you can continue to make air loops, capturing and stretching the working thread from the inside of the ring.

Usually, to start knitting parts, you need to make 6 single crochet, then pull the amigurumi circle by the remaining tip and tighten all the knitted loops so that there are no holes in the middle of the circle. An important point - before making the first loop, you need to consider that the short thread forming the ring lies in the direction of knitting. It turns out that we introduce a hook inside the ring with two threads. One of which is the main one, the second is short for the loop coupler. We got the initial row.

Now we knit the shape of a circle by the method of adding and decreasing loops - this will be the head of our raccoon, and we will separate the ears and muzzle separately. The muzzle of a raccoon is dark in color, so we will use threads of black or dark brown color. The ears are also small semicircular; they are best done in dark colors.

The first row of the head is an amigurumi ring of 6 columns. To link the following, you need to use the increase. In the second row, you need to make an increase in each loop (12). In the third - through the loop (18), in the fourth increase through 2 loops (24) and so on according to the scheme. On row 12 and further, a decrease is made according to the same scheme.

We knit the body in the form of a cone, narrowed up, so it is better to start from the bottom - from the wide part of the part. The paws can be knitted in different sizes, depending on your imagination, but mostly these are small oblong limbs, tightened with dark thread at the ends to display the pads with claws.

The tail in our toy plays an important role.most likely, as observations show - this is the main place to pick up a toy in your hands, no matter how regrettable it may sound! But the children like it so much, and it’s convenient. Therefore, we make the tail of a large size, approximately the head + body.

Now you need to fill the cavity with some stuffing materials, it can be cotton wool, synthetic winterizer, wool and even sawdust. Often used in combination with a soft filler sand, granules, small pebbles that will stabilize the weight of the toy so that it does not fall. You can also add natural herbs (lemon balm, needles, lavender) to the filler for flavor, but in the operation of such additives, wetting should be avoided. For stuffing, it is convenient to use tweezers, evenly distribute the filler throughout the space.

As soon as all the parts are ready, it will be possible to start assembling, stitch and fasten them together. To do this, you need to take a needle with a strong thread and sew carefully all the details. To design the muzzle, you need to knit a separate nose or glue a semicircular black plastic.

Eyes can also be either tied, or buy special buttons with a moving pupil. The place between the eyes and the nose of the raccoon must be tied in the shape of a mask or paint this part, like in an animal. All these details can be performed in any way and in the way that suits you. Most often they use synthetic winterizer, foam rubber or comfort. As a decoration, you can use absolutely everything - from bright ribbons to unusual buttons.

So, the gift is ready! It remains to wait for the moment when it is better to present it. The main thing - it is made by you with special love and trepidation, and this is very important. This toy has so much positive and tenderness that your child will definitely feel. Such homemade toys have a very great moral and aesthetic value. Make a little effort and everything will turn out great.

Amigurumi raccoon knitting workshop in the video below.