Knitted New Year Gift Ideas

In the modern world, handicraft has become fashionable. The history of knitting begins in the 3rd century AD. This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation. It is remarkable that among young people this type of creativity is developing and flourishing.

Everyone is familiar with the crazy shopping on the eve of the New Year. However, if you have minimal skills, you can try and make New Year's souvenirs with your own hands. These products are exclusive, keep the warmth of hands, positive energy. Undoubtedly, knitted gifts for the New Year will make it cozy and joyful.

Knitted things look smart on children of any age. Dresses, suits, socks, hats, blouses can be crocheted or knitted. A soft bright toy will be a wonderful gift.

There is no limit to the fantasies of hand-knitted craftswomen. Here are the baby things that will always be needed:

• seamless socks on two needles;
• bolero for a girl;
• top for girls;
• openwork skirt for a girl;
• vest for a boy;
• booties;
• hat for a newborn;
• an envelope for a newborn;
• snood;
• scarf;
• toys: chanterelle, raccoon, goose and others.

Nothing will warm your baby like hand-tied things. If the moment of birth of the baby fell on the New Year, then the symbols of the New Year can be used in knitting. Basically, this is the embroidery of New Year's elements: Christmas trees, deer, Santa Claus, snowmen.

Happy New Year gifts for children 3-4 years old - crocheted animals. You can tie the symbol of the year, but, in general, kids will be happy with any animals. Older kids will appreciate crocheted cover for a book, tablet, phone case or knitted keychain.

For New Year's mom, you can give plaid striped or with "grandmother's" squarecrocheted or knitted. Openwork shawl crochet will also be a wonderful gift. Father will always need knitted mittens, gloves, slippers. An original gift for parents for the New Year will be crocheted snail teapot warmer, you can also knit heating pads into mugs.

You can give your spouse for a holiday a warm woolen sweater or a do-it-yourself sports hat. An intimate gift will be a surprise - crocheted boxers. There are many ideas of such boxers on the Internet.

Colleagues can be pleased knitted decorations on the tree. Small souvenirs: deer, snowmen, Santa Claus are traditional symbols of the New Year. Snowflakes, tangerines, boots, angels will come in handy for the New Year's holiday... Such gifts will bring warmth and joy to relationships with colleagues.

To start crocheting a New Year's gift with your own hands, beginners should learn the technique of knitting a variety of patterns... The technique is simple, even a child can master it. It does not take a lot of time. And then you can already start knitting snoods, scarves, booties. With each resulting thing, skill will grow, the desire to surprise relatives and friends.

Also knitting can interest, captivate... After studying simple patterns, you can knit a hair tie. Having mastered the knitting technique of the pattern you like, you can start knitting vests, socks, mittens.

Of course, hand-made New Year's souvenirs must be neat and necessary. Gifts for children need to be thought out carefully. If these are things, then they should be as comfortable and thornless as possible. It is better to use hypoallergenic yarn for knitting. Such yarn as cotton, viscose, silk, high quality acrylic will please the kid. Warm clothes are best knitted from merino wool or alpaca wool. In no case should you use mohair, angora wool, polyamide, lurex for children's clothes.

It is easy to check wool for naturalness: when set on fire, natural wool burns down as ash, and artificial wool turns into a plastic ball. You can also check the yarn for comfort by running a ball over your lips. The skin on the lips is sensitive, it will immediately react to prickly, discomfort.

DIY souvenirs will delight relatives and colleagues. But at work, you shouldn't give your buddies intimate knitted gifts. You can also guess with the size of hats, mittens, socks. Therefore, it is better for colleagues to give elements of New Year's decor:

• crocheted openwork napkins;
• souvenirs in the form of animals - symbols of the year;
• toys for the tree;
• crocheted Christmas trees in pots;
• knitted pots.

Learning to knit or crochet is easy if you have a burning desire and patience. Of course, this will take time at the beginning of the tutorial. Then, with a certain skill, the thing can be knitted in 3-4 days. It depends on the individual characteristics of the person, the level of skill. Small toys can be made quickly, in 30 minutes:

• Christmas trees;
• Christmas balls;
• animals are symbols of the New Year;
• snowflakes.

Knitted souvenirs will bring warmth, comfort to loved ones, as well as colleagues. This is a good alternative to store bought gifts. Knitted gifts for the New Year are always original. There is no need to be afraid for the quality of the gift. DIY gifts save your budget. Openwork knitting products look presentable at any time of the year.

In the next video, you will find additional ideas for knitted gifts for the New Year.