The crochet technique allows you to make various things and crafts, including those of complex configuration. You can tie a jar, a square box, a bottle of a fancy shape with colored threads, making an original box for storing various small items. Buttons, jewelry, candies, needles and thimbles, beads, hairpins - a crochet box made with your own hands can become a reliable, and most importantly, beautiful storage for any small items.
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Crochet boxes: patterns and manufacturing stages
For handicrafts you need to prepare the following materials and tools:
- hook, scissors, measuring tape to measure the size of the future craft;
- a jar or box that will become the basis of the product;
- knitting threads (multicolored yarn scraps are perfect, preferably with synthetic fibers included - such threads will last longer);
- buttons, beads, ribbons that will be used for decoration and original decor.
By the way! For knitted boxes you can take any jars of a suitable shape: from cosmetic cream, baby food, coffee, tea. Even an ordinary glass jar can be radically changed with the help of knitting, so that no one will suspect a standard container in an elegant knitted product.
Round knitted boxes: detailed instructions
For beginner knitters, it is best to try your hand at making round crochet boxes. Any plastic jar, such as a cream jar, will do. Depending on the size, you will need 30-50 g of thread, hook No. 2.5 or 3.
Detailed description of how to crochet a round box
- First, knit the bottom. It should be dense, so it is best to knit single crochets or single crochets. Knit according to the pattern, gradually increasing the number of loops until the circle reaches the required diameter.
- The side walls are knitted in a circle with double crochets without adding. At this stage, experienced knitters can knit various decorative elements of the pattern: make yarns, bumps, insert openwork elements.
- The side walls can be knitted in different colors, changing the thread in rows.
The finished openwork covers are starched and stretched onto prepared bases. - In the process of knitting a round box with a hook, do not forget to try on your craft on a jar, checking the size and determining the subsequent volume of work.
- If the plastic jar is inserted inside, then it is necessary to knit the inner knitted side. It is created similarly to the front side.
- The lid is knitted in the following way: two circles of the required diameter are made. A plastic lid is inserted between them and tied with single crochets. The edge can be decorated with a contrasting thread and the "crayfish step" technique.
- The final stage is the creation of decorative elements. These can be flowers, leaves, you can sew on buttons, beads, seed beads, decorate with ribbons, inserting it into openwork holes.
Round knitted boxes for needlewomen are an opportunity to show imagination and make a beautiful, original thing.
Knitted openwork products with patterns of floral motifs
Extraordinarily beautiful openwork crochet boxes with diagrams and descriptions. Their peculiarity is the absence of a frame. They are starched or soaked in sugar syrup, after which they become strong and hold their shape.
Openwork boxes for needlework are knitted according to the pattern. Square products look very beautiful. It is necessary to knit 6 openwork squares, connect them with each other with single crochets in the shape of a cube.
Fairytale mushroom
An unusually interesting and original handicraft is a knitted box in the form of a mushroom. If you know how to knit in a circle, then it will not be difficult for you to knit the stem and cap of the mushroom. But the easiest way to do this is with a crochet hook.
Important! The mushroom shape is held by thick threads and single crochets, which will create a dense pattern.
The mushroom stem is knitted from light, beige thread according to the pattern. For the cap, you should take brown yarn, from which a circle is knitted according to the pattern with decreases in the last rows for a beautiful rounding. The cap can be decorated with a pompom from the same yarn or use your imagination, knitting leaves, berries.
Unusual house
An original and unusual gift can be made with your own hands - a crocheted box in the shape of a house with diagrams and descriptions.
To make it, take a round jar or cardboard box. It is tied in a circle with double crochets according to the usual pattern. Windows and doors can be knitted as you go with threads of a different color or appliques can be made and sewn on. The roof of the house is knitted in the form of a cone. For rigidity, you can insert cardboard inside. Use your imagination to decorate the roof. You can decorate it with flowers, leaves, sew on ribbons, beads.
Square box
If you don’t know how to crochet a beautiful box for beginners, then try crocheting a square one.
Take any cardboard box of a suitable size, 100 g of the main yarn and several colored balls to create a flower arrangement. Knit squares that correspond to the size of one side of the box using a checkerboard pattern according to the diagram. Knit the back side of the future product using a regular granny square. The front and back squares are connected to each other (the sides of the box are inserted between the layers) with single crochets. The lid is knitted in the same way. To add volume, cotton wool is stuffed inside between the layers and the cardboard interlayer.
Heart-shaped box
An unusual type of handicraft is a crocheted box made of decorative cord. It is knitted strictly according to the pattern. After the work is completed, the product must be starched and left until completely dry.
To make the heart shape perfect, try making an improvised frame out of wooden spacers (you can use toothpicks) and stretching the finished product between them.
Pincushion cakes and knitted cake
If you have a lot of colorful yarn leftovers, make a cute pincushion in the form of small cakes and pastries. Such boxes are crocheted according to the pattern. For rigidity, make a frame from felt. This is a soft but dense material that does not wrinkle well.
The sides, bottom and lid are cut out of felt. They are crocheted with regular double crochet stitches. All the parts are sewn together or connected with single crochet stitches.
An original craft in the form of a cake can be made from an ordinary candy box.
Making original yarn chests is an unusual type of handicraft that will bring you a lot of pleasure. You will not only feel joy in the process of work, but also get an original useful thing that will decorate the interior or become a useful place to store various little things.
VIDEO: Knitting a box with a lid with your own hands.
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