How to knit a Christmas tree toy with your own hands for the New Year

Every New Year is a reason to update the outfit of the "green beauty". Buying expensive glass toys is not always advisable if there is a child or a cat in the house - they will break. In this case, knitted New Year's toys will be the ideal solution to the problem. There are quite a lot of options for such products - you can knit any figurine or toy, spending a minimum of time. Additionally, you can think of a unique design, decorating the finished figurine with beads, shiny stones, colored embroidery.

What yarn is best for knitting toys?

Before you start working on a Christmas tree toy, you should immediately select the appropriate yarn. It should be taken into account that Christmas tree toys are small in size, so the thread should be thin and have a good texture.

The ideal option for making such crafts will be:

• cotton yarn;
• children's acrylic;
• silk thread;
• "grass";
• plush yarn.

In principle, natural wool, mohair, and synthetics can be used to make some versions of toys in a unique style. It is desirable that the type of yarn meets the standard.

For embroidery on the finished fabric, it is permissible to use floss or other sewing threads. Additionally, satin ribbons may be useful, which are also easy to decorate the fabric of a knitted product.

What else do you need for work?

In addition to suitable yarn, you need to prepare other tools and materials for work. Initially, you should decide on the tool for which your hand is “sharpened”. Knitting needles are chosen least often, and a crochet hook is chosen more often.

Additionally, a needle and thread will be useful for sewing together parts of some toys. When creating three-dimensional figures, synthetic padding, holofiber or finely chopped foam rubber are used as filler.

Don't forget about fittings and other decorative elements that can be used to decorate the base of a finished item. New Year's details can be used as decoration - tinsel, rain, confetti.

What decorations can be knitted for the New Year

In the process of transforming the house for the New Year holidays, various decorative materials can be used. Crochet Christmas tree decorations are especially popular. At the same time, it is not necessary to hang crocheted decorations on the tree; you can create vertical or horizontal garlands, window compositions, decorations for the fireplace or sofa.

You can come up with a lot of options for using beautiful knitted decorative elements in the New Year's decor of the room. The main thing is that the general theme and concept are maintained. Then the room will look harmoniously in the overall idea of ​​the holiday.

New Year's toys: a selection with descriptions and knitting patterns

Naturally, the fashion for New Year's toys changes every year. For example, in 2019, various pigs were more relevant. But in 2020, the symbol of this year is mainly used - a mouse (rat). But there are options and models of Christmas tree decorations that have remained relevant for more than one year. At the same time, there are many ways and schemes for their implementation.

Snow Maidens

The Snow Maiden is a mandatory character that must be present in the decoration of the New Year tree. Below is a detailed description of how to make a knitted Snow Maiden in the form of a bell:

1. Cast on a chain of 22-28 air loops (VL). Close the chain into a circle.
2. Knit the first row with single crochet stitches (SC). If you want to create an openwork frill, you can use SC.
3. Next, in each subsequent row, decrease by 2-4 columns until you get a cone with 6 loops at the top.
4. Then change the working thread to beige and continue to form the ball (head). This is done by adding and then decreasing the number of columns.
5. Embroider the eyes, nose and mouth. Sew braids to the base of the head, which are formed by weaving three threads together.
6. Separately, you need to knit a small hat alternately with front and back loops, which it is advisable to sew to the head.

The Snow Maiden's fur coat can be trimmed with narrow panels of artificial fur or covered with "grass".

Crochet Angels

New Year's crochet toys in the form of an angel are especially relevant on the eve of the Nativity of Christ. An additional plus is that making such a toy for a Christmas tree is not at all difficult if you use a clear algorithm:

1. The work begins with preparing the base for forming the halo. As a rigid base, you can take a ring from the neck of a plastic bottle.
2. Tie the ring with white yarn using single crochet stitches.
3. Having tied the entire ring in a circle, it is worth working on the serrated edge, which should be formed along half the circumference.
4. After forming the halo with a frill at the top, you can start working on the wings and body. For this, it is worth using a special pattern.

After making the angel, you can start decorating it. In the area where the halo transitions to the body, you can sew a small bow made of satin ribbon. A loop of satin ribbon should be attached to the figured edge of the halo, with which the toy is fixed on a spruce branch. The edges of the angel's skirt can be trimmed with beads.

Jacquard Christmas balls knitted

Master classes on making balls with jacquard patterns are understandable only to experienced needlewomen. When making them, the following patterns are used to form the drawings

When the base is ready, just fill the ball with holofiber and attach a loop for hanging at the top point.

White crocheted Christmas tree

It is quite easy to make a white Christmas tree. At the same time, using one pattern, you can knit a three-dimensional or flat structure. There are different sketch options. Some have difficulties in terms of working with loops, while others are completely simple and suitable for beginner needlewomen.

Additionally, the base of such trees is decorated with beads or rhinestones, which imitate Christmas tree decorations and garlands.

Crochet patterns for Christmas snowflakes

Every year you can create more and more new snowflakes of different modifications, as there is a huge variety of models of this type of decoration. Among them, there are quite simple and especially complex types of schemes, so it is worth choosing a sketch that is understandable to you.

Next comes a master class on creating a figured snowflake, which will be understandable even for a beginner:

1. Make a chain of 6 VP and close them into a ring.
2. Knit 2 sc into each loop.
3. In the next row, knit a CCH into each loop. At the same time, connect each pair of formed columns with a chain of 3 VP.
4. After closing the previous row, the next one is worked in the following way: knit the first loop from the air chain with a single crochet; in the second - 2 double crochets; work the last one as the first. Knit the remaining loops with single crochets.
5. The next tier is formed as follows: in the area where 2 CCH were formed, knitted into 1 loop, now you need to make a chain of 4 VP. Knit the remaining loops with SC.
6. The next row is finishing and is completely worked out according to the given scheme.

To add shine to the snowflake, it is worth sewing the edges of the product with glass beads, glue rhinestones. The same can be done with the middle, if the design allows it.

Snowmen

When making a snowman using the amigurumi technique, the only problem that arises is preparing the balls to form the body.

You can knit a snowman in the following way:

1. Form an amigurumi ring, tie it with 8 loops. You can immediately cast on a little less loops, for example, 6.
2. Divide the resulting chain into 4 equal parts, place markers.
3. In each subsequent row, an increase will be made exclusively in certain loops (for example, in even or odd ones - at the discretion of the needlewoman).
4. Knit a circle until the optimal size for the toy is reached. Then knit several rows (2-3) without adding.
5. Then the decrease is made according to the same scheme as the increase. When the hole starts to narrow, it is worth filling the ball with synthetic padding.
6. When there are only 4 loops left, you can finish the work by tightening them.
7. The second ball is made using the same pattern, but in a smaller size.
8. The next step is to make the decoration: arms (a strip made of sc), nose (a double chain of sc), legs (connected volumetric ovals filled with padding polyester).
9. Assembling the snowman. You need to sew the button eyes and carrot nose to the smaller ball, the arms and legs to the larger ball, then sew the balls together.

Additionally, you can knit a hat and a scarf for the snowman. It is necessary to make a loop in the head area to hang the toy on the Christmas tree.

Skates

A toy in the form of figure skates will look very beautiful and original on the Christmas tree. In addition to the yarn of the desired color, you also need to take a paper clip, which will play the role of blades.

Scheme for making volumetric skates – a unique interpretation of a Christmas tree decoration:

1. Tie one side of the paper clip with a single crochet stitch, grabbing the piece of stationery with the thread.
2. Then knit one part of the skate using single crochet stitches according to the pattern with the transition to the leg, but do not finish knitting the last loop of the back edge.
3. Having finished knitting one part of the skate, immediately move on to knitting the second, returning to the beginning of the work (the clip), knitting a row along the back edge to the remaining loop.
4. The second part is being developed using the same scheme that was used to make the first part.
5. Using a needle and thread, sew all the parts together. If you don't fill the inside with padding polyester, you can put a candy in the ridge.

You can decorate the base with a cord and knit 1 row at the top with grass yarn to get a frame. It is advisable to make 2 skates, since this toy is considered a pair.

Bells

As with snowflakes, there are many different crochet patterns for bells. Knitting such Christmas tree decorations is not difficult, since any pattern consists of 1 part of the product, which are then sewn together or connected in the process of knitting. You can immediately knit them in a circle.

If you hang such a decoration on your Christmas tree, the New Year tree will immediately be transformed.

Unusual knitted Christmas tree toys

You can also decorate the Christmas tree with decorative elements that are not quite standard for understanding. You can choose to make patterns where crocheted Christmas tree toys will look unusual and represent completely new types of products of this type:

• Knitted balls. To make such a product you will need thin cotton yarn, preferably white. Then select a lace pattern and form a toy. After the blank is finished, you need to starch the base and tie it to the loop.

Mini-clothes will look unusual on the tree - sweaters, hats, socks, dresses. Making such wardrobe items is quite simple. You can find any pattern for making doll clothes online, choose bright yarn and get to work. For some items, you can make mini-trempel from paper clips.

• Products in the same style are the latest fashion trend in the field of decorations. Round heads of various New Year characters, framed by a tulle jabot collar, will look interesting and unusual. Knitting all the details of cute faces is very simple. It is enough to make a ball, fill it with padding polyester and attach additional decorative details to the base.

There are many more non-standard examples of New Year's decorations for the interior and the tree in particular. But in most cases, an interesting design is complicated by a complicated and lengthy manufacturing process.

Knitted Christmas tree decorations have many advantages: they are environmentally friendly, have a unique design, as well as shape and color. Additionally, such decorations can be made in accordance with the general concept of the room's outfit. Knitting toys is not difficult if you choose clear and precise patterns. Among all the variety of ideas, it is advisable to choose those that will be relevant for a long time in any year.