Miniature Crocheting and Knitting for Dollhouses
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With the right needles, hooks, yarns, and this book, you can create dozens of exquisite items for your dollhouse that take almost no time at all to complete. Rosemary Drysdale's extensive collection of 40 Lilliputian-size projects contains designs that are easy to execute, require very little yarn, thread, or floss, and are available nowhere else.
Full crochet and knitting instructions are clearly detailed in an easy-to-follow format. Helpful photographs of the completed piece accompany each project to guide you in your work, in addition to instructional diagrams which explain techniques and stitch variations. An added feature — totally unique to this publication — is the special section on switchable yarns that tells you which yarns and flosses are interchangeable.
Here are just some of the lovely dollhouse miniatures that you can make: Lacy Tablecloth; Welcome Mat; Ecru Doilies; Shell Bedspread; Oval Dining Room Rug; Lace Curtains; Bolster Pillows; Table Runner; Gingham Kitchen Set; Floor Pillow; Double Drapes; Granny's Kitchen Mat; Granny Square; Afghan Canopy; Bed Set; Scatter Rugs.
Specific colors are listed for each project, but the colors are only suggestions. Use your imagination to create color schemes that will best enhance your dollhouse and its furnishings.
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Miniature Crocheting and Knitting for Dollhouses - Rosemary Drysdale
Introduction
When my daughter was a little girl I gave her a dollhouse. As she avidly collected and made things for her tiny house, I too became fascinated with looking at the world in miniature. My lifelong love for crocheting and knitting naturally evolved into crocheting and knitting in miniature for my daughter’s dollhouse. I found that with the correct needles, hooks and yarns I could create exquisite items for her house that could not be found anywhere! Now, my daughter’s house cannot hold another item, and I wish to share my designs with other miniature enthusiasts. This book is a result of that desire.
Many of the designs are easy to execute, and require very little yarn, thread or floss to finish them. Also, when working in miniature, the projects take no time at all to complete! The projects are grouped in separate crochet and knitting sections, so pick the technique that suits your fancy. Full crochet and knitting directions are given with instructional diagrams to explain each technique and stitch. Photographs accompany each project to guide you as you work.
The most important aspect of crocheting and knitting in miniature is the yarn that you use. Pay careful attention to the yarn recommended for each project; if you are not familiar with that yarn, turn to the section entitled Switchable Yarns.
Look for your yarn in one of the five categories. You can substitute any yarns within a category, but do crochet or knit a test swatch with the appropriate hook or needles to make sure you have the correct gauge. Specific colors are listed for each project, but the colors are only suggestions. Use your imagination to create the color schemes that will best enhance your dollhouse and its furnishings.
How to Follow the Pattern Directions
ASTERISK (*): When an * appears, complete the directions immediately following it, and then repeat those directions across the entire row, or as many times as specified.
BRACKETS [ ]: When a series of directions is enclosed in brackets, work these directions the number of times specified, and then continue to work the rest of the row.
ITALICS: Useful hints and additional information—for example, the total number of stitches to be worked across a given row—are noted in italics. Recommended yarns are always noted in italics.
PARENTHESES ( ): Specific information and diagram letters and numbers are set off with parentheses.
WHIP-STITCH: To join two pieces together, such as pillows, take one loop from each piece and sew together following the diagram. Use matching yarn and small stitches for a professional result.
Whip–Stitch Diagram
TASSELS: For each tassel, cut 3–4 lengths of yarn to double the length of the specified tassel. With the ends even, fold the yarn in half to form a loop. Insert a crochet hook from the wrong side into the stitch or space along the edge of the project to be fringed; insert hook through the loop of yarn, and pull the loop through the stitch or space in the project. Insert the cut ends of the tassel through the loop, then pull to tighten the knot. After all tassels have been added, trim evenly.
BLOCKING: Cut a piece of brown paper about 2″ larger all around than the finished size of your project. Using a pencil and ruler, mark the finished size (given at the beginning of each set of directions) in the center of the brown paper. Lay the paper on your ironing board; place the crocheted or knitted project, wrong side up, on the paper. Using the marked lines on the paper as a guide, tack the project to the ironing board with rustproof pins. If your piece was worked with synthetic yarns, dampen it and let it dry by itself; if you used wool or cotton yarn, lay a damp press cloth over the piece and press lightly with a steam iron.
Crocheting for Dollhouses
How to Crochet
SLIP KNOT: Grasp the loose end of the yarn with your left hand and make an O
with the yarn leading from the ball (the ball of yarn should be hanging behind the O
). Pinch the top of the O
between the thumb and middle finger of your left hand, and hold your crochet hook in your right hand as you would hold a pencil. Insert the tip of the hook and bring a loop from the