How to crochet a hare with your own hands - easy step by step master classes with photo examples for beginners

The toy stores are filled with ready-made products made from various materials and reminiscent of characters from fairy tales or cartoons.

Passionate needlewomen always try to make original products at home, in which the warmth of the performers and their craftsmanship is preserved.

With the help of a crochet, you can knit a unique and cute bunny, which will become the favorite toy of a child, made by the hands of a loved one.

Knitted toys for children

The art of making crocheted toys is so diverse and popular among needlewomen that it has become an independent direction in this form of decorative creativity.

Crochet toys are used as playthings or interior decorations. They are made in the form of figures of animals and fairy tale characters, from soft threads of different colors.

In addition to a nice gift made with love, crocheted toys can be a good hobby for craftswomen of any age. On the Internet, many needlewomen share schemes of knitting toys, accompanying them with master classes and photos of their works.

Basic rules for beginners

Before starting work, it is useful to read the tips from experienced needlewomen, who generously share them on the pages of specialized sites. Their knowledge will be useful for beginners to qualitatively perform the toy in the fastest way.

To do this, the masters recommend:

1. Find a suitable master class with a step-by-step description of the actions, preferably with the opportunity to ask questions to the author of the models.
2. Choose a yarn, taking into account the specifics of the product. Usually it is cotton, pure or with the addition of stretch, as well as polyacrylic yarns.
3. Choose a hook size, which should be slightly larger in diameter than the thickness of the yarn (# 1-4).

The color of the yarn for knitting must match the purpose of the toy. For small children it is good to perform the product of gentle tones, and for decorating the interior will suit shades that are in harmony with the general color scheme of the room.

Knitting a hare

Before proceeding to work on the fabrication of the toy, it is necessary to prepare tools and materials.

To do this, you will need:

• 30 grams of light-colored acrylic threads;
• 10 grams of black or dark brown floss for finishing;
• 2 beads for the eyes;
• soft stuffing;
• hook, size 1.5 or 2.

Getting Started

The order of execution of the crocheted toy begins with the knitting of the head:

• The base is closed from 2 air loops, from which then knit 4 simple columns, so that in the end there are 5 columns without stitches.
• Beginning with row 2, you must add 5 simple columns in each row, including row 9. For the knitting of this segment should be set 45 columns.
• The next segment is rows 10 to 15, and in these rows the number of columns remains the same - 45.
• From the 16th row, you will begin to lose loops in order to get the oval of the head closer to the shape of a balloon.
• Having removed 5 columns in each row up to the 21st, you can fill the head with stuffing material and tighten the remaining few loops.

The result is a round hare's head, to which you need to knit the rest of the parts, including the long ears.

Making bunny ears

Having dialed the initial number of air loops, 4, in the 2nd and 3rd rows you must add 6 simple columns.

Then knit a straight section, from the 4th to the 15th rows, and then again begin to form the shape of the part, by adding 6 columns in each row.

The second ear is knitted in the same way, then they are filled with stuffing and sewn to the finished head.

Making the body of the toy

Knitting the main part of the largest hare like order of work on the head, but the middle of the workpiece should be more elongated, so the middle segment, which do not add and do not remove loops, continues from 10 to 18-th.

Then the body is also stuffed with soft filler through a small hole, which is then tightened.

Preparing the legs

After making the usual circular knitting loop of 2-3 stitches, you must add as many stitches without strings until the 5th row, until they are 20.

• Then the 5th and 6th rows are made in the pattern, and from the 7th row begins to reduce the columns by 10. After that the straight section is knitted up to the 30th row.
• Using the same knitting scheme, the second part is made and the hind legs are ready for further stuffing and sewing to the body.
• Details of the front paws of the toy are made on the same principle as the back, but the straight segment of their length reaches not to the 30th row, but only to the 19th.
• Last knit a small tail, which in order of work is identical to the beginning of the scheme of knitting legs, but ends on the 4th row.
• After that, all the parts, closed by the connecting loops and filled with stuffing, can be sewn with threads of the same color as the knitting yarn.

The eyes are made of beads, and with the help of mouliné are embroidered eyebrows, antennae, nose and mouth, which by means of tightening in the right places can be given different expressions of mimicry.

Velvety yarn bunny

Children like soft toys, pleasant to the touch, having a velour effect. To get such a product, it is necessary to use a special ribbon yarn.

The fiber knitted from it retains its shape well, is practical and comes on sale in a large range of colors.

The principle of crocheting a toy by crochet is to make the required number of parts, linked in a circle, the shape of which is created by the method of adding or removing loops in a certain order.

To work you will need:

• A skein of yarn in pastel colors;
• hook number 2;
• stuffing soft material for parts.

The size of the toy can be any size, and it is regulated by the number of stitches.

Among the cute velvety animals, small items are popular, which older children hang on backpacks and bags, treating them as a kind of amulets or talismans.

Tilda-style bunnies

The unusual bunny, with disproportionately elongated legs, was first introduced online by a Norwegian handmade class founder named Toni Finanger.

The bunnies feature a round head tied in a minimalist style and a thickened torso.

But the main unique feature of the Tilda bunny are its ears, which are more than half the length of the entire piece.

The toy's upper paws are made in the usual way, and the lower ones are dressed in big shoes, tied with threads of the same color as the body or some other.

Hare Tilda is dressed in different knitted things, such as hats and scarves with pompoms, jackets, dresses, pants and socks. All of these pieces are knitted separately, with stripes and appliques.

The works of different authors, presented in the many photos on the Internet, are different from each other, although they are made according to the same scheme. Each master brings his imagination and practical experience to the favorite theme.

Especially interesting are such bunnies, made in large sizes and designed to decorate the interiors of the living room, bedroom or children's room.

Among them there are many options, such as Tildas dressed as girls or boys, and even a Santa Claus hare.

Sleeping bunny.

Children love to fall asleep hugging their favorite toy, especially when it is lovingly made by the hands of a relative and close person. Especially for this purpose was invented bunny with embroidered eyes closed.

To make it, you will need about 50 grams of soft yarn in light colors, not causing allergies in children:

1. The head is knitted separately, in the form of a ball, which is then densely stuffed with a filler of absorbent cotton or fiberglass
2. The body is knitted larger than the head and flat, so that it lies well, and the toy does not roll over the crib.
3. Paws and ears can be knitted separately according to already known schemes.
4. If you want and have enough skill, the whole body can be made as a one-piece figure and immediately stuffed with fiber, and then sew the head and ears to it.
5. The quality of the threads must be designed for frequent washing of the toy, so that they do not fade and do not fray within a short time, as a child can get attached to his soft sleeper.

Some toy crocheting secrets

To make toys by crochet, it is important to choose the right yarn, which should have not only natural, but also polyacrylic fibers in its composition.

Such yarns do not form lint in the product, which children can operate indefinitely.

Adding stretch to the cotton threads contributes to the greatest practicality toys, as they do not shed, do not burn out under ultraviolet rays and can be easily washed.

Dense knitting, which is achieved by using a hook with a smaller thickness, not translucent and well covers the color of the filler.

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