Today, do-it-yourself items are gaining popularity, and it doesn’t matter whether it is clothing or an accessory. Looks nice children's backpack, crocheted.
How to crochet a backpack for a boy?
When choosing a model and color for a backpack for a boy, the age and interests of the child should be taken into account.
For the preschool kid, bright models with sewn drawings or ornaments are suitable. The colors are the most diverse, the main thing is that they combine with each other.
For older children, the creation of a backpack should be taken more seriously. Boys at this age are more demanding, so the model should be more athletic and “brutal”. But to consider that this cannot be achieved by crocheting is wrong. Just here you need the appropriate yarn and technique.
How to choose a yarn and a hook
When choosing yarn for knitting, the following requirements should be considered:
- sufficient density and stiffness of the yarn. This will allow her not to stretch during its operation;
- the average thickness of the thread, since a thin thread will require a longer manufacturing time, and the product will turn out to be unreliable.
Which is better to buy:
- Coarse linen. The only drawback of this yarn is that it does not have a variety of color palettes.
- Cotton of medium thickness . Probably the best yarn for making a backpack is medium stiffness and a huge selection of colors.
- Acrylic - yarn has many colors and shades.
Keep in mind that acrylic can stretch, so you need to knit as tight as possible from it.
How to choose a scheme if you are a beginner
The beauty of knitting a backpack, just for the boy, is that for these patterns you do not need any patterns and lace. Here you can do exclusively with double crochet (1 or 2), or single crochet. Thanks to this, knitting is simplified and accelerated as much as possible, even a beginner will cope. All that is needed is to decide what form the backpack will have:
- backpack bag - the model is a cylinder with an oval bottom, the top of which is simply pulled together on a cord;
- a backpack with a cylindrical or rectangular base that closes on the valve. In this model, you should consider how the valve will attach to the front of the backpack. This may be a button, button, magnet, ties.
We knit a backpack for a boy - detailed instructions
The scheme of a cylindrical backpack consists of :
- bottom. In this model, it is oval;
- side solid part, the length of which is equal to the length of the oval;
- valve, if it is on a backpack. The standard form of the valve is a trapezoid, the smaller base of which has a fastener, and the larger base is attached to the back side;
- straps are simply tied strips of appropriate length.
Scheme for a rectangular backpack:
- the bottom is rectangular in shape. The length of the bottom will form the width of the backpack, while the width of the bottom will form its thickness. As a rule, the ratio of length and width forms a proportion of 4: 1;
- side part. There are two possible patterns and patterns: a. from the bottom immediately begin to knit the side part n about the entire edge at the same time, that is, knitting goes in a circle. The thread is attached to the columns of the bottom; b. the side part consists of four parts. Two large rectangles - they form the front and back of the backpack. And the two smaller rectangles are the side parts. The dimensions of the lateral parts should correspond to the dimensions of the existing bottom. After each of the four parts is tied to the desired height, they are sewn together, and then fixed to the bottom. The essence of this method of knitting the side parts is as follows - when stitching the side parts, decorative seams can be formed that will serve as a decoration for the product.
- valve and webbing - if needed.
After all the parts are tied, the product is assembled. A valve is sewn to the main part of the backpack, if it is present on the product, and then the straps.
The length of the valve and straps should be comfortable so that the product can be easily removed and put on.
Interesting ideas
Backpacks with valves in the shape of animal faces are perfect for small children.
For older boys, striped blue and white with a nautical theme or backpacks-bags in the form of a soccer ball are suitable. To implement the football theme, you will need to tinker a bit and make accurate calculations, but the result is worth all the costs!
