Forest House
Forest House
Forest House
Forest house
Hello, everyone!
Do You want to learn how to create beautiful things with your
own hands?
That’s the place You are looking for :)
So, take a deep breath...exhalation...put yourself in a positive
mood, arm with magic crochet hooks and knitting needles and
let’s start!
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My name is Evgenia.
Like many other crocheters, I was involved in amigurumi making when I
had been in my maternity leave. I have three years of crochet
experience, and during a half of them I have been designing my own
toys and writing patterns.
Along with the toys making I fell in love with photography. I finished two
educational modules in a photography school. And now I successfully
reconcile two of my passions.
My toys are simple, without complicated details, but still they are very
deep, with their own character and story...
Contact me
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Materials needed:
Yarn needed:
For the house:
- Alize cotton gold, 29 (dark khaki) - 1/2 of a skein;
- Alize cotton gold, 385 (pistachio) - 1/3 of a skein;
- Alize cotton gold, 499 (beige) - 1/6 of a skein;
- YarnArt Jeans, 82 (khaki) - 1/5 of a skein;
For flowers and bushes:
- Gazzal baby cotton, 3449 (green) - 1/5 of a skein;
- Gazzal baby cotton, 3441 (violet) - 1/5 of a skein;
- YarnArt Jeans, 65 (lilac) - 1/5 of a skein;
- YarnArt Jeans, 52 (dark green) - 1/6 of a skein;
For mushrooms and leaves:
- Alize cotton gold, 499 (beige) - 1/6 of a skein;
- Alize cotton gold, 36 (copper) - a small amount;
- Alize cotton gold, 02 (mustard) - a small amount.
To crochet a toy, you can use any of the following types of yarn of appropriate shade:
Alize cotton gold, Alize cotton gold hobby, YarnArt Jeans or Gazzal jeans.
Gazzal Jeans, Alize cotton gold, Alize cotton gold hobby, YarnArt Jeans - number 2
in the Standard Yarn Weight System.
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Abbreviations:
sc - single crochet
dec - decrease
inc - increase
ch - chain stitch
dc - double crochet
Pay attention!
The forest house size is 16 cm (6,3 inches).
My stitches have a semi X shape.
The toy size can differ in case of working in the technique which
creates "V" shaped stitches (ticks) - if you do yarn over both times!
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Main part of the house:
Crochet a house using dark khaki yarn.
1 round - 8 sc in MR
2 round - inc*8 (16)
3 round - (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 round - 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc (32)
5 round - (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 round - 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 2 sc (48)
7 round - (5 sc, inc)*8 (56)
8 round - 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*7, 3 sc (64)
6 9 round - (7 sc, inc)*8 (72)
10 round - 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*7, 4 sc (80)
11 round - (9 sc, inc)*8 (88)
12 round - 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*7, 5 sc (96)
13 round - (11 sc, inc)*8 (104)
14 round - 6 sc, inc, (12 sc, inc)*7, 6 sc (112)
15 round - (13 sc, inc)*8 (120)
16 round - 7 sc, inc, (14 sc, inc)*7, 7 sc (128) (photo 1)
If your part is not even, iron it with an iron.
Cut a circle out from the thick cardboard according to the diameter of
7 the house bottom (photo 2). Put the cardboard piece aside for now
and continue crocheting.
17 round - 128 sc
18 round BLO - 128 sc (photos 3 and 4)
19-39 rounds (21 rounds) - 128 sc (photos 5 and 6)
Try on a cardboard piece inside, and if it turns out to be too big for the
bottom, trim it a little around (photo 7).
Cut the thread and fasten off.
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5 Door:
Start crocheting with khaki yarn.
1 round - 8 sc in MR
2 round - inc*8 (16)
3 round - (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 round - 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc (32)
5 round - (3 sc, inc)*8 (40) (photo 1)
Change the yarn color to beige. Cut the khaki thread and fasten off
(photo 2).
6 round BLO - 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 2 sc (48)
6 7 round - 48 sc. Crochet sl st at the end of the round (photo 3).
Leave a long thread tail for sewing the window.
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Window:
Start crocheting with khaki yarn. Crochet the piece in turning rows.
1 row - 4 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook: 2 sc,
4 sc into the last ch, 2 sc, ch (8) turn the work.
2 row - 2 sc, inc*4, 2 sc, ch (12) (photo 1)
3 row - 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2, (inc, 1 sc)*2, 2 sc, ch (16)
4 row - 2 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2, (inc, 2 sc)*2, 2 sc, ch (20)
5 row - 2 sc, (3 sc, inc)*2, (inc, 2 sc)*2, 2 sc, ch (24) (photo 2).
Change the color of the yarn to beige, leaving the tail of the beige
thread with the length of 15 cm approximately (5.91 inches) (photo 3).
6 Fasten and cut the khaki thread.
6 row BLO - 24 sc, ch (photo 4).
Leave the tail of the beige thread for sewing on the window.
Crochet along the window bottom (work about 10 sc) using the thread
of beige color which we have left when changing the thread color
(photo 5 и 6).
Attach the pistachio-colored thread to the front loops of the 5 row and
crochet sl st into these loops till the end of the row, hold the hook as
shown in photo 7. Cut the pistachio-colored thread, leaving a long tail
for embroidering shutters.
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Mark the location of doors and windows on the house. There are
approximately 10 loops between the door and the window, the bottom
of the window is located on the 22 or 23 round, the door is located at
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the bottom of the house base (photo 7).
Sew the parts to the house.
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Flower bush:
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To crochet a flower bush we will need green, purple and lilac yarn.
Hook 1.75 mm.
Stems, yarn color green:
2 parts - 16 ch (photo 1), crochet starting from the second ch from the
hook 15 sl st. Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
1 part - 21 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook 20 sl
st. Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
1 part - 26 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook 25 sl
st. Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
6 Twist the piece a little to give it its a curl shape (photos 2 and 3).
Distribute the stems between the door and the window: start from the
window side place 2 stems of 16 ch, then place a stem of 26 ch, then
a stem of 21 ch (photo 4).
Sew the base of the stems to the house, and secure them along the
length with a stitch in the middle.
Buds, 2 purple pieces and 3 lilac pieces:
Make 21 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook 20 sl st
(photo 5). Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
Roll the piece into a snail shape (photos 6 and 7) and secure it in this
7 position with a needle and thread.
Distribute the buds between the stems as shown in photo 8.
8 You can choose any the location of the buds
you like.
Sew the buds to the house.
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Bushes:
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Crochet bushes with green and dark green yarn, hook 1.75 mm.
Green, 2 pieces:
Make 21 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook 20 sl
st. Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
Dark green, 4 pieces:
Make 16 ch, crochet starting from the second ch from the hook 15 sl
st. Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
Twist the piece a little to give it a curl shape (photo 1).
Distribute the stems behind the window and behind the door in the
6 following order: dark green, green, dark green (photo 2).
Sew the stems in the same way as the stems for the bushes (photo 3).
Frame for the house:
At first we need to measure the circumference of the part. For this we
need thread and a cardboard bottom of the house.
Wrap the thread around the bottom as shown in photo 5, cut the
thread with a small margin of 2 cm (0.79 inches). Measure the thread
without stretching it. I got 36.5 cm (14.37 inches).
Now measure the height of the house wall as shown in photo 6. My
house wall height is 6.5 cm (2.56 inches).
7 So, we will need a piece made of cardboard, a rectangle 36.5*6.5 cm
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5 Attach a pistachio thread to the front loop of round 28 and crochet 160
sl st around (photo 1).
Do not cut the thread, we will continue crocheting.
Work another round of sl st between rounds 27 and 28. We will
crochet this round so that the roof fits more tightly to the house.
Crochet like this:
1. Pass the hook between the loops of rounds 27 and 28, catching
both fabrics (photo 2). Bring the loop out as shown in photo 3.
2. Pass the hook again through the next loop between rounds 27 and
28, grab the yarn and pull up another loop. You now have 2 loops
6 on your hook (photo 4). Now pass the second loop through the
first, crocheting a sl st. You have 1 loop on your hook again.
Repeating the second step, crochet this round in a circle, grabbing
both fabrics (photos 5 and 6).
The main roof is ready. The bottom of the roof should fit fairly tightly to
the main part of the roof (photo 7).
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5 Roof window:
Start crocheting with khaki yarn.
1 round - 8 sc in MR
2 round - inc*8 (16)
3 round - (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 round - 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc (32)
Change the yarn color to beige. Leave the end of the khaki thread for
crocheting along the outer side.
5 round BLO - (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 round - 40 sl st.
Using the khaki thread that we left for crocheting (photo 2), crochet 4 rounds in a circle into
the front loops (photo 3).
Embroider the shutters in the same way as we embroidered them on the window for the
house (photo 4).
Sew the window to the roof. The top of the window is on the 14 round, you can sew it even
lower, but not higher than the 14 round.
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5 Small roof:
Crochet a small roof with pistachio-colored yarn.
1 round - 8 sc in MR
2 round - inc*8 (16)
3 round - (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 round - 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc (32)
5 round - (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 round - 40 sc
7 round - 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 2 sc (48)
8 round - 48 sc
6 9 round - (5 sc, inc)*8 (56)
10 round - 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*7, 3 sc (64)
11 round - 64 sc
12 round - (7 sc, inc)*8 (72)
13 round - 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*7, 4 sc (80)
14 round - 80 sc
15 round - (9 sc, inc)*8 (88)
16 round - 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*7, 5 sc (96) (photo 1)
17 round BLO - 96 sc (photo 2)
18 round - (4 sc, dec)*16 (80)
7 19 round - (8 sc, dec)*8 (72)
Leave a long end of thread for sewing.
Attach a pistachio thread to the front loop of round 16 (photo 3) and
crochet 96 sl st around (photos 4 and 5).
Sew the small roof to the main roof in a circle using the loops of the 12
round (72 sc in round) (photo 6).
When the 1/3 of the roof is sewn, add fillerfill into it (photo 7). Finish
sewing, cut the thread, fasten off and weave in the thread tail.
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House assembly:
Sew the finished roof (photo 1) to the house. Sew the roof using the loop-to-loop method,
grabbing one loop from below and a loop located exactly above it (photo 2). When the roof is
halfway sewn, add fiberfill into the house (photo 3). Then add more fiberfill when the 1/3 of the
roof is sewn. Do not overstuff the house in the roof area so it won’t be to distorted. Due to the
frame, the house will keep its shape well.
We just need to crochet a few more details and the house will be ready!
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5 Leaf:
Crochet the leaf with mustard-colored yarn or choose any color you
prefer. Hook 2.5 mm.
1 round - make ch7, join in a circle, making sl st (photo 1).
2 round - make ch5. Next, crochet 6 tr into the ring of ch7 (1 round),
make ch3 (photo 1), 6 tr into the ring, ch5 and sl st (photo 4).
3 round - crochet 5 sc into the arc (arc formed of ch5 in the second
round), hdc into the first loop above the first tr, next, 5 dc into each
stitch (photo 5), into the arc 2 dc, 1 tr, ch2, 1 tr, 2 dc (photo 6), 5 dc
into each stitch, hdc, 5 sc into the arc, sl st (photo 7).
6 4 round - 6 sc, inc*6, 2 sc, /in the arc hdc, 3 ch, hdc/, 2 sc, inc*6, 6 sc,
sl st (photo 9).
Stem:
Continue crocheting, make ch8 and start crocheting from the second
ch from the hook 7 sl st (photo 9).
Leave the thread for sewing the leaf to the cap.
Sew the leaf to the roof. Congratulations, your house is ready!
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