DIY yarn doll

In Russia, dolls made of yarn were made as a talisman: for good luck or for protection from dark forces.

Now it is possible to make such a toy in order to spend time with the child, teach him needlework or show that things can be produced independently. This craft will be useful for needlewomen, because it will help get rid of the accumulation of knitting yarn, if there are a lot of pieces unsuitable for large items.

DIY yarn doll - how to choose yarn?

Any knitting yarn will do.

Acrylic yarn is the best choice because it is the softest and cheapest. A yarn with an admixture of wool or a hangar will also look good, but it can often be pricked, which a child will not like.

The color of the threads does not matter either . It will be fun for the kids to make both green and blue men, but for plausibility you can take beige, light pink yarn for the base and darker for hair.

The thickness of the threads does not matter either. If the threads are thin (single), then you will have to make more turns to achieve the same splendor and volume. Such threads are better suited for making toy hair, as they will look more believable, you can even take mouline thread.

In other words, any yarn that is lying around your house or just like you is suitable.

Master class: a doll made of yarn for little children and their parents

1. First, we will make a cardboard blank on which we will wind the threads, this is more convenient than winding on our own hands. The height of the workpiece depends on the desired height of the toy, usually from 10 to 15 cm . So the toy will conveniently lie in the child’s hand. It is important to choose a thick cardboard so that it does not wrinkle when we start winding the threads, otherwise the doll will be uneven.

It is not necessary to make a cardboard blank, you can find an item that is suitable in size, for example, a phone.

2. Now we begin to reel our threads. How to understand when to stop? It all depends on how you see your baby doll and how dense yarn. Soft acrylic can be wound until a layer three centimeters wide has a finger height. Thick woolen or cotton threads even before.

3. Remove the workpiece from the cardboard. Pass the thread through the loop and tighten on one side. Gently cut the other end so that we get a magnificent brush.

4. At a height of about a finger or one and a half, we drag the brush with a thread so that the head comes out.

5. Two ways to make hands

  1. From the same brush. Part of the thread is separated into hands, the rest is pulled on the belt. The yarn that went into your hands can either be braided or simply tied up at the edge, imitating your palms. But first, these threads need to be cut so that they are more like hands in length.
  2. Make a new brush. You can wrap some more yarn, half or even a third of the body. Here are the same two options: braid or simply bandage at the edge. If you decide to weave braids, first cut both edges of the wound workpiece. Without weaving, you need to either wrap a smaller cardboard box, or shorten your hands already on the little man. When the hands are ready, we wedge them into the brush so that on equal sides there is an equal amount of yarn and we are tightly bandaged. Now the doll appeared waist.

6. Now you can simply trim the bottom of the product, and we get a doll in a fluffy skirt. You can make legs. We divide the threads in half and either weave the braids, or we tie them tightly below. You can do several dressings, imitating the knees.

7. To make a hairstyle, we again wrap the required number of threads on a cardboard.

Do not make too thick hair, half of the base is enough.

We cut this skein on one side, and we attach the fold to the head on the thread that holds the brush. Hands lower and straighten the hair so as not to hide the face of the toy, but also not to leave glades on the back of the head. Again, options : braid one or two braids, bandage the hair in the same place where the neck is bandaged, to fix or bandage on the head like a wreath.

If you made a mischievous guy, you can leave a fun fountain on the top of your head, in which case it makes no sense to wind long hair.

Tips for making yarn dolls

Now you can dress up the toy, add skirts and shirts, decorate your hair with hairpins and flowers.

Skirt. From the fabric we liked, we cut a rectangle the height of a toy skirt, and three times as wide. Sew directly to the waist of the toy, forming folds. You can not sew an entire skirt, but only make an apron.

If the hands of the toy are unstable and hang loose, you can bandage the doll’s chest crosswise with thread. Such details can then be easily hidden under clothes made of cotton or felt.

Such a toy can become an ornament or a keychain, a gift or a talisman. But the real game is to create it.