Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles with your own hands

Knitting clothes for dolls became popular with the advent of Tilda dolls - English angelic thin wings, frameless legs and arms, elongated head.

Another modern trend is Tilda dolls, which have varieties in sewing techniques - a large head, no facial features except for the eyes. Their outfits give them individuality. More and more often you can see knitted clothes in master classes, made in different techniques and styles.

Knitting Techniques - Basic Styles

In addition to modern hybrid styles like patchwork, there are classic styles and their variations. The most popular is intarsia - a multi-colored knitting that is often mentioned in techniques for creating clothes for dolls.

Less commonly used is the Chamonix style, although it is similar to Cloquet - voluminous fabrics with folds. A cape or shawl in this technique looks beautiful.

The Missoni style is often used for knitting dresses and skirts. Bright zigzags, waves in contrasting shades create a charming look for the future doll. If you complement the outfit with a sweater in the entrelac style (knitted diamonds), you will get a freeform from different types of knitting.

Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles is considered the simplest and most convenient for creating new outfits. Unlike crocheting, you can create complex patterns, multi-colored designs, and combined outfits with knitting needles.

For any work you will need:

• knitting needles;
• hooks;
• scissors;
• yarn;
• needle;
• threads in the color of the yarn.

To knit clothes for a doll, it is advisable to choose thin, soft yarn.

The table of values ​​will help you choose the right material based on its characteristics:

Products	Type	Footage (m)	Weight (g)
Dress, cape	Sock	200	50
Jacket, pants, socks	Cotton	170-180	60
Jacket, thin pants	Jersey/cotton	125	50
Openwork elements, inserts	Thin cotton, sock	560	100
Lingerie, dress, skirt	Acrylic, lurex	280	50

When choosing yarn, pay attention to the quality and composition. Most often, natural cotton yarns contain additives. These can be microfaser acryl 6-9%, lurex 4%, acryl 96%.

Depending on the thickness and fluffiness of the threads, the size of the knitting needles is selected. Standard knitting needles are No. 2.0 and No. 2.5. Below are options for clothes that can be knitted with knitting needles for dolls.

Knitted dress for doll

When knitting a dress, you need to take into account the doll's height and volume. If the yarn is thin, the finished product will not stretch as much as when working with sock or knitted yarn.

The principle of knitting doll clothes is that small-sized items are created in the same way as large-sized clothes for people. A doll dress can have folds, gathers, and patterns with multi-colored threads. Depending on the chosen style, you may need a hook, needle, and thread.

The master class will describe the process of knitting a dress with frills. The knitting density is 22 loops per 28 rows for a height of 33-35 cm. The fabrics are 10*10 cm in size.

The tools you will need are:

• yarn in blue and white colors (you can use any);
• knitting needles No. 2.5 (for thick mohair/wool/cotton yarn);
• hook No. 1;
• button.

You need to start knitting the dress from the back:

1. You need to cast on 33 blue stitches and knit the first row with knit stitches.
2. In the second row, knit an openwork insert with white yarn - a strip on each loop *2 loops together purl with a yarn over (2 sts together purl yarn over).
3. Next, knit the front loops with a garter stitch, decreasing in 5 places by 1 loop on both sides in every 6th row. This is necessary for a smooth narrowing of the dress.
4. In every 9th row, knit openwork stripes at the same time. There are 4 openwork stripes per piece.
5. After 13 cm on the back, divide the fabric to insert the slit. Continue knitting separately.
6. At a height of 15 cm, create armholes with 3 loops on each to close the slit.
7. At a height of 18 cm, close all loops.

The front should be knitted in the same way, skipping the step of dividing the loops.

Knit the sleeves separately from the panels:

1. At a height of 18 cm, you need to create a neck opening. To do this, you need to close the middle 6 loops.
2. In the next front row, you need to close the neck opening with 1 loop on both sides.
3. For the sleeve, cast on 16 stitches and knit with the front surface.
4. In every 7th row you need to add 1 loop three times on both sides. So knit 9 cm of fabric.
5. At a height of 9 cm, you need to knit another 1 cm of fabric exactly to close the loops.
6. Sew the side seams of the sleeves and dress together, knit the shoulder seams and sew in the sleeves.
7. All openwork rows need to be completed by knitting arches of 3 air loops (air loops), resting on the adjacent connecting joints to the loops.
8. Knit the arches in the same way on the lower edge of the sleeve.

To finish the edges, you need to create arches:

1. Along the edge of the dress skirt, crochet an arch of 3 air loops with 5 double crochets to create the future frill (sc).
2. Tie the neck with 3 air loops, connected with a slip stitch through 1 loop of the previous (bottom) row.
3. In the next row, crochet 2 rows of single crochet stitches (sc) to create a frill.
4. Tie the slit on the back with 2 rows of sc.
5. In the next row, knit a buttonhole on one side – 3 ch. p. and sew on the button.

Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles can combine several colors. For a dress, you can choose any that go well with each other. If you work according to the pattern, it is worth remembering that the rapport in the knitting pattern is read from right to left, from bottom to top. The fabric is knitted in the same way - from the lower right corner.

Jumper

For the convenience of knitting a jumper on knitting needles, it is worth choosing a doll at least 30 cm tall. For example, a Gotz Kidz doll or similar will do. Outfits are often created for these models, and patterns for them can be found on the Internet.

If knitting according to the pattern is quite complex, you can use a table with symbols (see the item “Sarafan”) to make it easier to read graphic symbols and abbreviations for them.

To create a jumper with a pattern you will need:

• Alize Bella yarn – 100 g, 360 m or 25 g/50 m;
• needles No. 2.0 with cable;
• knitting needles;
• sock yarn for patterns, if desired (if you need to highlight the relief pattern with a different color).

You can't do without a stocking set of knitting needles in this master class. The yarn contains only cotton, so it is important to stick to the specified list of tools.

Also, instead of increases, you can knit loops with a yarn over or, according to the pattern, make a drawstring between the loops of the bottom row. You need to knit from the bottom up - first the sleeves, then the main part, then connecting everything together.

1. Both sleeves are knitted using the same pattern. First, cast on 28 stitches on double-pointed needles, distribute them between 3 needles. The fourth needle remains working, and the fifth is needed to create patterns.
2. Cast on another 28 stitches, joining the outer ones on both sides.
3. In the first six rows, make a 1*1 elastic band from crossed front loops 13 times.
4. Above each elastic band in the rows, make crossed loops above the same ones in the bottom row, the purl crossed loops remain above the purl of the previous row. There is no need to cross the purl sts.
5. After knitting the elastic, you can move on to creating the pattern - make 9 loops and add 1 increase in the next row to increase the loops in the future.
6. The pattern requires alternating purl crossed loops with three loops joined together. This pattern should be knitted with knit stitch and purl stitch.
7. Start row 7 with 3 purl sts, add lsc (front crossed stitch), knit 1 stitch as an increase, add 1 lsc, an increase and 5 purl sts. Cast on 1 lsc, 1 purl st, 1 lsc, 6 purl sts, 1 lsc, 1 purl st, 1 lsc and close with 3 purl sts.
8. Start row 8 with 3 purl sts, 1 lsc, knit purl sts, 1 lsc, add 6 purl sts, 1 lsc, join purl st to knit st, add 1 lsc, 6 purl sts, and close row with purl sts, knit sts, 1 lsc, 3 purl sts.
9. In the 9th row, cast on 3 purl sts, add ls (knit three knit stitches from the loop without removing the stitches from the left needle, then make a yarn over and knit the knit stitch from the same loop. The stitches remain crossed). Add purl sts, 1 ls, purl sts with ls together and knit purl sts with lsc and close the row with 3 purl sts.
10. The tenth row repeats the previous one, but knit the purl sts with the linl separately.
11. In the 11th row, knit 3 purl sts and remove to an additional knitting needle located at the back of the fabric. Add purl sts, ls and remove 4 purl sts to an additional knitting needle.
12. In the 12th row, knit 3 purl sts, lsc together with 1 purl st, knit 6 purl sts with lsc and complete the row with 1 purl st, lsc, 6 purl sts, 1 lsc, closing the row with 1 lsc and 1 purl st.
13. This row repeats the previous one.
14. Here you should knit 3 purl sts, lsc, 6 purl sts, 1 lsc with 1 purl st, remove the loop (from the three previous ones that were knitted together) and close the row with 1 purl st with 1 lsc.
15. In the 15th row, cast on 3 purl sts, add 1 lsc and 1 purl st, slip the loop onto an additional knitting needle located at the front of the fabric, add 4 purl sts, 1 lsc and slip the next loop onto an additional knitting needle at the front of the fabric. Add 1 lsc and 1 purl st, close the row with 1 purl st.
16. The entire 16th row repeats row No. 8. Then the following rows repeat the actions in rows No. 8-15.

After all the rows are knitted, you need to cut the thread and close the loop. The length of the sleeve with the elastic is 8 cm. The sleeve loops need to be transferred to a waste thread (any that is suitable for circular knitting needles). Then you need to knit an identical sleeve in the same way. The pattern does not need to be knitted in mirror image.

When the sleeves are ready, you can knit the main part:

1. Cast on 70 stitches and an additional 2 edge stitches onto the knitting needles.
2. In the first 6 rows make a 1*1 elastic band from crossed knit stitches.
3. In the front rows, knit the edge (1 lsk + 1 out. p.) 38 times, close with an edge loop. In the back rows, make edge loops on both sides (the first edge of 1 lsk + 1 out. p.), knit 38 times.
4. Next, knit rows 7 and 8, starting with the edge (3 purl sts, 1 lsc and 1 purl st), add 1 lsc and 1 purl st), close the rows with an edge. The crossed front loops should be alternated with the crossed back loops. A total of 16 rows with alternating lsc and purl sts + edge.
5. Next two rows knit with edge on both sides, and cast on 3 purl sts, 1 sl st and 1 purl st, alternating with a row of 3 knit sts, 1 sl st, 1 knit st, slip 1 stitch onto an additional needle, and 3 purl stitches. Knit a total of 16 rows.
6. The final two rows are knit 3 sts, slip one onto an additional needle at the back, add 1 purl st, 1 sl st, 3 sts and repeat the row pattern 8 times. There will be 16 rows in total.

Next, you need to repeat rows 8 through 15. To do this, you need to knit the main part to the height that the sleeves have. To make the seam in the armpit area even and beautiful, it is recommended to sew the parts using increases.

It is enough to make 2 sts on each side and knit them together, then connecting them with 4 additional increase loops.

The neck and cuffs can be knitted with single crochet stitches. Sew the buttons with thread if desired, or from row 37, knit a false loop and put the loops on the wrong side. Using this principle, you can knit a jumper with a different pattern.

Knitted hat

To knit a doll hat, you can take a melange thread and combine it with cotton. The standard size is suitable for a doll 35-40 cm tall with a head diameter of 15 cm. The tools you will need are knitting needles No. 3.0 and yarn of different colors.

1. Cast on 40 stitches onto knitting needles.
2. Then you need to knit 40 loops in the next row with a 2*2 elastic band.
3. Knit the next 3 cm of fabric according to the pattern indicated in point 2.
4. Then you need to switch to a melange thread and knit with the front surface 16 cm in height.
5. As you knit 16 cm of fabric upwards, you need to decrease the loops evenly on both sides until there are 6 loops left.
6. Next, you need to pull the remaining loops together with the working thread and secure the thread into a knot.
7. If desired, sew a pompom onto the resulting hat.

The circumference of the doll's head can be larger or smaller. Depending on the size, the diameter can be increased or decreased according to the principle of narrowing towards the top of the canvas.

Sarafan

Long dresses and sarafans for dolls can be knitted with beautiful patterns. Such fabric is light if you take thin threads. The sarafan in this master class is suitable for a Barbie doll or one that has similar dimensions.

To work you will need:

• pink cotton yarn;
• lilac mercerized cotton 100g, 330m;
• hook No. 2;
• knitting needles No. 2.0;
• buttons.

For convenience, it is worth introducing several symbols for this master class.

This will make it easier to read the diagram:

Designation	Transcript
Kr.	Edge loop
Persons.	Face loop
Out.	Purl stitch
N./yarn over	Yarn over
P	Crossed loop increase (pull through between loops)

To knit a classic sundress, the pattern and knitting will be read from top to bottom:

1. Using knitting needles, cast on 55 stitches of pink yarn.
2. In the first row, knit a kr.p. and 3 strips of front loops. The remaining 11 loops need to be closed.
3. In the first row, also knit 14 more persons, and close 11 loops. Next 5 persons, 3 persons. strips and the remaining ones.
4. In the second row, knit 1 and 3 knits. Then knit 5 purl, then cast on 6 stitches and knit 14 purl.
5. In the second row, also cast on 5 purl, 3 knit and the remaining edge stitches.
6. In the third row, knit 1 st, 42 knits with yarn over, knit 2 together. Finish the row with a knit stitch.
7. In the fourth row make knit, 3 front sts, 37 purl sts and 3 front sts with edge st.

Next you need to change the thread to lilac:

1. Knit the fifth row with the edge and cast on 45 front sts, kr.
2. In the sixth row, make a knit, 3 persons, 37 purl, again 3 persons and a knit.
3. Knit the seventh row with edges at the beginning and end, casting on 40 faces.
4. The eighth row is also done with edges on both sides, knitting 3 persons on the sides and 40 persons.
5. Ninth row knit, 42 knits and knit.
6. Tenth row: knit, 3 knits, 38 purl and 3 knits. Close the row with an edge.
7. Row 11 repeats the actions in row 9.
8. In the 12th row, do the same as in the tenth row, but add 3 knits before the last edge.

Next, you need to make increases in every 2nd row. In total, make 16 rows with 4 increases in each in a spiral - on the 13th row add 9 knit stitches 4 times, on the 15th row add 10 knit stitches the same number of times, and in rows 15-17 add 1 stitch more for each row 4 times.

Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles must be done sequentially. Therefore, it is necessary to connect the fabric together to form a circle.

The weaving begins in the 25th row:

1. Connect the plank loops by placing the right loop on the left one. Place the fourth loop from the right plank together with the edge loop on the left plank loop. Knit them together with knit stitches.
2. Connect the third loop on the right with the second loop of the strip on the left and knit them together. The second loop on the right on the strip should be connected with the 3rd loop on the left on the strip. Knit them together. cr.
3. Knit the 4th loop on the right with the same 4th loop on the left.
4. Next, tie both sides and tighten the thread with a hook.

On the additional loops you need to knit three more rows. In each, make 22 front sts and 18-9 front sts, decreasing them in each subsequent row. Then you need to change the thread to pink and knit 4 rows, alternating them - first 104 front sts, then 104 out. sts.

All loops should be closed, the threads knitted and hidden with a hook. Sew on the buttons. The neck should be tied from the front side with a sc.

Overalls

To knit a jumpsuit for a doll about 30 cm tall, you will need yarn of two colors. It is advisable to buy a melange thread, as it is perfect for solid, dense outfits. You will also need a set of 5 sock knitting needles No. 3.0, a 3.0 hook and snaps for the fastener. The knitting density is 22 sts per 34 rows = 10*10 cm.

1. Cast on 38 sts and distribute them over 4 needles: 1 kr. st, 7 front sts (the first 2 sts are needed for the strip – knit with garter stitch).
2. Next, cast on 1 st along the raglan line, 5 sts along the sleeve, 1 st along the raglan line.
3. Then cast on 10 sts for the front, 1 st for the raglan line and 5 sts for the sleeve.
4. Continue 1 st of the raglan line and 7 sts of the shelf. Here the last 2 loops are needed for the placket, knit them with garter stitch.
5. Next, knit with the front surface. It is important to make a yarn over in every 2nd row before and after the raglan lines.
6. When the fabric is 5 cm, you need to remove the sleeve loops and secure them with pins. The remaining loops need to be knitted in a circle, combining the loops of the shelves.
7. You need to knit the first and last two loops together.
8. After 3 cm from the last loops, continue knitting the legs. Therefore, you need to divide the loops into two equal parts. On each side, you need to add 4 additional loops.
9. Knit another 8 cm of fabric in stockinette stitch. In this case, you need to decrease one loop on both sides in every 4th row.
10. The next 4 rows should be knitted with a 2*2 rib pattern to close the loops.
11. The sleeve loops need to be returned to the knitting needles. Next, knit 4 cm with stocking stitch, and close 4 rows with a 2*2 elastic band.
12. The neck should be crocheted with a sc thread of a different color. You can make a crotch seam to sew the legs together. Then sew on the buttons.

Knitting a jumpsuit is no different from another similar outfit of a different style. The principle of constructing the stitching technique depends on the presence of inserts, frills, and neck processing. Clothes for dolls knitted on knitting needles can be supplemented with patterns and multi-colored inserts. They can be crocheted separately.

Shorts

Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles allows you to create amazing outfits that you can’t buy anywhere. So, for a doll 55 cm tall, you can make shorts, pants or a trouser suit.

Any patterns will be based on the classic knitting technique. For this, you need to take yarn, for example, gray, and sectional dyed yarn. The tools you will need are straight and sock knitting needles No. 2.5.

1. Cast on 66 sts with grey yarn and knit in a circle 7 cm with 2*2 elastic on 5 knitting needles.
2. Next, you need to add 4 loops in each row to create a gusset. You need to knit until you get a fabric height of 10 cm.
3. Next, you need to divide the loops into an equal number for both legs. Separately, you need to knit 14 cm. This is an approximate length, you can make the shorts shorter or longer.
4. Before you start knitting the legs, you need to decrease 1 loop from the inner parts three times in every 4th row.

In this simple way, you can knit shorts of any length. The pattern is attractive because it is suitable for knitting trousers (decrease by 2 loops), wide trousers (without decreasing loops) and even shortened models.

How to knit a skirt

Knitting clothes for dolls with knitting needles takes less time than creating outfits with a crochet hook. The advantage of saving time and resources will be appreciated by creators of dolls and clothes for them. Most often, craftsmen make dolls to order. As a rule, it is much easier to make a girl doll, and at the same time, classic outfits for her.

• The skirt should be knitted from the bottom up, as it will taper towards the waist.
• For work, take cotton yarn (240 m, 50 g – Vita Cotton or similar).
• 1.5 mm knitting needles and 1.3 mm hook for knitting and fastening parts.
• Elastic band of any width, but not less than 3 mm.
• The whole diagram is presented in a vertical position with the front loops displayed. This means that the back loops should be knitted according to the pattern - a back loop should be knitted over the crossed front loops, as in the rows themselves.

First, you need to conditionally divide the canvas into several wedges - this pattern is very popular now:

1. Cast on 92 stitches and knit 2 with an edge.
2. In the first row, knit 4 purl sts and repeat all 18 times. At the end, close with an edge.
3. Knit the second row according to the pattern: 1 purl, 4 knit sts, repeat 18 times and close the row with an edge.
4. In the third row you need to knit the edge, 4 purl sts, 1 hidden knit st. Repeat this step 18 times and close the row with an edge loop.
5. The fourth row repeats the actions of the 2nd row, the 5th row - the actions in the 3rd row, the 6th row - the knitting pattern in the second row and the 8th row repeats the pattern of the 2nd row.
6. In the 9th row, make 2 yarn overs and add a purl stitch, knitted together with two additional loops. Close the row with an edge.
7. In the 10th row, make an edge and cast on 1 purl stitch, add 3 knit stitches. Repeat 18 times and close with an edge.
8. In the 11th row, make an edge, add 3 purl sts, 1 knit sk, repeat 18 times and add an edge loop.
9. Rows #12, 14, 16 repeat row #10. Rows #13, 15, 17 repeat row #11.
10. In the 17th row, you need to make 2 together knitted purl loops and connect them with 1 purl st and 1 knit sk. Repeat all 18 times and close with an edge.
11. In the 18th row, cast on 1 purl stitch and 2 knit stitches, repeat all 18 times and knit the edge.
12. The entire 19th row consists of 2 purl sts and 1 knit sl st. Repeat all 18 times and add an edge stitch.
13. Rows #20, 22, 24 repeat row #18, and rows #21, 23 repeat the steps described for row #19.

The skirt can be complemented with patterns and inserts in the form of flares, wedges and patches.

You can knit clothes for dolls with knitting needles using patterns and drawings. Thanks to the basic meanings and decoding, you can learn how to make basic things, and knowing how to apply this in practice, it is not difficult to create your own ideas for doll clothes.

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