How to make an owl using the amigurumi technique?

Amigurumi is a way of crocheting or knitting different animals and other objects. The technique originated initially in Japan. For amigurumi products, disproportionate parts are characteristic. This gives the product a cute charm. The peculiarity of the toy is that its head is always larger than the body. The amigurumi technique is very unique, it is the only one for knitting miniature animals. Amigurumi toys are great for home decoration, and children play with them with great pleasure. Small animals can serve as a keychain for keys or for a backpack. We will try to create a small owl using the amigurumi technique. This animal is gaining popularity among toys and stickers. You can also find a phone case with a cute owl and key rings. The owl itself knits very quickly and easily.

1. Nice look. Yes, undoubtedly, knitted toys can be called very cute. Their appearance attracts the attention of not only small children, but also adults. Their funny shape, big eyes, color and unusual design touch even the most severe people. Amigurumi-style toys bring joy, love and happiness.
2. Knitting method. Crochet toys in a circle. We make each detail according to the scheme, and then we connect it so that, as a result, they have no seams. Before sewing a toy, the details are stuffed with a special filler.
3. The diversity of the animal world. You can knit any animal, bird and even a little man.

Not a lot of materials are needed to knit a small owl. This attracts many needlewomen. What is needed first of all?

For the torso and head, you need brown or black yarn.It all depends on what color you want the owl to be. Of course, if you want to stand out, you can knit a red, yellow or blue toy. It will look great in a child's room.

However, color is not the most important thing here. The thickness and type of yarn are more important. One of the features of knitting using the amigurumi technique, which was not mentioned above, is the knitting density. This is achieved by crocheting a smaller size than the thickness of the yarn. For beginners, it is better to use acrylic yarn, because it has a large selection of colors and costs very little. You can also use cotton or wool yarn. It will be a little more difficult to knit a toy out of it, but it will turn out to be more voluminous. Plush and filament yarns will look great. But if you do choose such material, be prepared for the fact that everyone will want to touch your owl, because it will be incredibly soft and beautiful.

Essential knitting tools. The art of amigurumi involves doing work with a crochet hook, which, as mentioned above, should be smaller than the yarn. Hooks can be of different materials: plastic, wood, metal and even bone. The choice is yours. Crochet sizes depend on their thickness. You can purchase a tool from 1 to 9 mm. Knitting needles can also be used when knitting an owl or clothing for her (for example, a dress). They usually knit toys of a small size, because it is more convenient to pry on the loops of work.

Used to sew parts of the product together. The color of the threads should be the same as the yarn. The needles also come in different sizes - you should not take too large ones, so as not to stretch the yarn.

In addition to cutting off threads and yarns, the scissors can be used to knit clothing for a toy.

They are used to decorate finished toys. These can be sequins, beads and rhinestones. Owl eyes also belong to this item - they can be purchased at a store with handicraft materials or use buttons.

An important material without which the toy will not be ready. You can use synthetic fillers (sintepon, holofaber), which consist of polyester fibers. They are hypoallergenic, do not absorb odors and easily tolerate washing. Another option is natural fillers (six). Over time, it can lose its shape and desired volume. In order for the owl to be stable, it can be filled with cereals or sand. You decide!

Knitting using the amigurumi technique is almost the easiest. Even beginners can do this job. It is important to know that the rows fit tightly in a circle. If the toy is not tied as tightly as the description requires, the filler will crawl out - the owl will look sloppy.

The base of the owl is an amigurumi ring. To create it, you need to wrap the thread around your finger twice, insert a hook, which, having hooked the working thread, will pull it out. 6 single crochet stitches are knitted, and then the air loop is tightened.

Further, according to the scheme, the next row is knitted. It consists of 12 loops, that is, in each loop you need to knit 2 single crochets. Then a row of 18 loops, 24, 36, and so on. As soon as we reach the widest possible place, we begin to reduce the number of loops. This is done using a decrease - one single crochet connects 2 loops at once. It is the hardest thing to knit a decrease. We start as a single crochet - you need to grab the thread and stretch it through the next loop. But then we grab the thread through the loop and pull it through three loops at once.

Consider a master class on knitting an owl in sneakers. Children will definitely like such a funny toy.

Choose a thin, light brown yarn. We knit the head, adding a white thread so that we get 2 small circles next to it - these are the eyes of an owl. We will sew black beads or special eyes for soft toys on them. If you are selling DIY toys, order a whole package of these eyes from the online store.

We knit an owl collar from light gray yarn. Sneakers can be made in any color, but red will look best. Clothes can be made in a variety of ways. If this is a teenage owl, then you can knit a bright blouse and embroider a funny inscription on it. If our owl is a doctor, then we must not forget the dressing gown and hat. We knit a dressing gown with white threads, a hat too, but do not forget to make a red cross on it. An anatomy textbook or a stethoscope can be given to an owl so that it can listen to patients. The owl doctor is very old and smart, so let's add gray hair to her by tying in gray threads and glasses that can be made from wire. If our owl is a beautiful girl, then you can dress her up in a dress. In this case, it is better to take pink or red (or black, if you so desire). You can knit the dress separately from the owl (then you can change her clothes), or you can make the torso red, as if an owl in a fitted dress.

As soon as all the details are ready, we fill them with padding polyester, and then we sew the toy. You can add a little cereal to the body so that the toy is stable and does not fall from the light breath of the wind. That's it, our beautiful owl is ready!

When crocheting, it's important to take your time. If you decide to knit a toy in 10 minutes, then nothing will work. You will have to spend a lot of time to learn how to knit beautifully and neatly. We must try to knit the loops and not miss a single column. If you make a mistake, slightly dissolve the product and fix it.

Also buy enough yarn in advance. It will be very bad if it runs out and the store does not have the right color or type. In this case, the work will have to be postponed indefinitely.

For knitting to be even and beautiful, always knit in one way. In the amigurumi technique, a single crochet is used, which in the diagrams is referred to as RLS, as well as a simple air loop - VP. The increase and decrease are indicated on the diagrams by the first letters - PR and UB. They are the most difficult to knit, so first it is better to learn, and then to knit beautiful toys.

How to crochet an owl amigurumi, see the next video.