How To Crochet Shorts for girls

The summer period is a favorite time for master craftsmen who own a crochet. This simple instrument can be associated with any thing, even shorts for the girl. The new product will look no worse than the purchased one and even better, because manual work has always been valued above the factory one. With properly selected material and knitting techniques, such shorts will delight the child for more than a year. They will not be hot, as the structure of mating with small holes allows free circulation of air.




How to Crochet Shorts In needlewomen who have had to deal with a hook, doing work will not raise many questions. If you have knitting skills with this tool, you know what a column with a crochet and without, then it's not worth doubting. Before you begin to perform shorts for the girl crochet, listen to the following tips:

1-Material selection. Such a summer thing, like crocheted shorts for a girl, must knit from the dense summer yarn. The best option is cotton, linen, natural silk, viscose, bamboo or a mixture of these types. Do not take acrylic. This thread is good for children, but not in the summer heat. Today in shops for needlewomen you can buy a good and inexpensive spun yarn of Italian production. The domestic producer also produces excellent raw materials for knitting.

2- Colour. The plus of children's summer clothes, including shorts for the girl, is that you can take any coloring to create it. If you have nowhere to put the remainders of the yarn, then safely use them, combining them into strips of arbitrary width. In other cases - the choice is yours, most importantly, do not be afraid to experiment and "play" with color.

3-  Pattern. In the instructions for this or that model, girls shorts often indicate which material was used, but this does not guarantee a 100% hit in the specified size. Experts recommend that when designing a work, be guided by the pattern and its parameters. Do not be lazy to take measurements, and try on the product several times during the process of knitting. Do not be afraid to dismiss - not everything always comes from the first time.

4- The density of knitting. If you decide to follow strictly the description, then pay attention to the indicated density of knitting. This term means how many loops and rows are contained in 10 cm of knitted fabric. To determine, tie the sample to that yarn and the tool that you will use in the work. If your knitting density does not match the density that is specified in the description, you will need to do the recalculation by proportioning method.

5- Wet-heat treatment. Before taking the measurements from the sample, it must be washed in such a way that you will erase the thing. After washing, wait until the sample dries completely. If necessary, it can be ironed off additionally. The WTO is necessary to understand whether the material will shrink and, if so, how much.

6-  Care for the finished product. Here everything depends on the chosen yarn. Cotton and flax well tolerate washing in the washing machine, but it is better to wash knitted things with the help of special detergents. If the girl's crocheted shorts are tied with viscose, then remember that this material easily stretches under its weight, and cotton or linen, on the other hand, after washing can be a little "sit down".

Tools and materials 

For knitting shorts for girls you will need different tools and materials:

* yarn cotton (about 150-180 m / 50 g) - 300-350 grams; 

* hook number 2,5-3; 

* elastic band about 50 cm or lace about 1.2 meters for the belt; 

* markers - 2 pieces;

* scissors.

Using the hook, you can choose the necessary density of knitting. If you knit tight, then take the hook to a number larger than indicated in the description, and vice versa. When buying a tool, pay attention to how it lies in the hand. It should be light, with a comfortable handle and not have burrs and other unpleasant defects. If possible, get a good expensive tool - it will come in handy to you in the future.

For those who are unfamiliar with abbreviated notations, the following information is useful:

* st - column without crochet; 

* stn - column with a crochet; 

* pcp - half loaf; 

* vn - the air loop; 

* pv - lifting of the loop;

*  n - pico. 

Shorts for girls

Conditionally knitting shorts for a girl can be divided into three parts (according to the details): the main part, the gusset and the femoral part. When they are untied, it will be necessary to finish the product: to sharpen the lace or elastic band, to make the bandage by the edge. Decoration in the form of a cape with a fan pattern on the bottom of the trousers is optional. If your baby prefers the style of the girl, then such an ornament will look inappropriate.

Think about the belt short for the girl. Do not be lazy and do everything as needed. Some wizards chain the chain with airy loops and pass it at the top of the shorts. Such clothes will not sit well, often slide and, most unpleasant, crash the baby into the skin at the waist. Experienced needlewomen are advised to tie the main part longer by 2-3 cm, tuck it from above, sew it from the wrong side. In the resulting hole, an elastic band or a regular purchase cord is drawn. Do not take a satin ribbon. It's beautiful only in the photo, in fact it slips and often unties.

Step-by-step description of knitting

Knitting shorts are made according to a simple scheme. You can knit with ordinary stitches with or without crochet - as you prefer. The mating in both cases turns out to be dense, such a fabric perfectly holds the shape. Knitting starts from the top, i.e. from the belt. When the main part is tied, the gusset turns on. If the girl, on which the new clothes are knitted, is very small, then on this the manufacture of the product, with the exception of an additional frill, can be completed, having received shorts-panties. Older girls need a femur part for shorts.

Knitting the main part

Baby knitted shorts knit in a circle. The creation of the main part has the following stages:

* Type the crochet with an air lace equal in length to the hips of the child. 

* Connect the lace to a circle. Make a loopback. 

* Knit in a circle of st or stn. You should approximately get 224, 274 or 326 loops for a volume of 50, 60, 68 cm in the hips. Remember that your number of loops may be different from the specified, it all depends on the density of knitting.

* For those who will make a belt with a lace. After 4 cm, make holes for the lace in the center of the transmission. To do this, divide the knitting into two parts and place markers in these places. Before reaching the first marker, tie two in, then skip the two loops and insert the hook into the third loop. You will have a hole for the cord. In the next row, in place of the two bows, tie a st or stn. 

* After 6 centimeters begin to make uniform additions of 4 loops in a row every 4 cm. The shorts will expand downward. 

* After 27 (30, 33) cm knitting of the main part ends.

Gussets

This part of the shorts is needed to provide the child with a comfortable movement. In the knitting industry, the crotch is a rhomboid dense piece of tissue that is sewn into the crotch. In knitting shorts for girls, the gusset often has the shape of a rectangle widened to the back, and is performed by the following steps:

1. Divide the main part of the canvas conditionally into two parts by the number of loops. Attach the markers in these places. Those who made holes for the cord, the markers are already standing. 
2. Close the first marker, then make 7 more columns. 
3. Turn the knitting, reach the marker on the front and make 7 more bars. The width of the gusset is 14 bars.
4.  Turn knitting and repeat 2 and 3 points. 
5. When the length of the gusset reaches 5 cm, add 2 sts (1 st of each edge).
6.  After 2 cm, increase the number of loops by 2 more in the same way. Total will be 18 tbsp. 
7. When the overall length of the gusset reaches 10 cm, it will need to be sewn with the hook to the back of the shorts where the marker is placed, so: 9 sts to the marker, 9 sts - after the marker.

Femoral part

When the gusset is ready, you will see that the knitted shorts for the girl are divided into two parts, closed in a circle. These are the two future shorts for the girl's shorts, the length of which you can adjust yourself. If you continue to extend them, you can get breeches or trousers. The femoral base is knitted in turn as follows:

1. Spray the loops of the warp and crotch sector in a circle. 
2. Continue the work by making additions, as indicated in the description of the main framework. 
3. When the length of the first leg is 7 cm, go to the second leg.
4.  Process the bottom with frills on the picture or not - it's up to you. You can sew lace or make a fringe. 
5. Wash the shorts, dry and steam. For this, the product is first fixed on a horizontal plane. 
6. Execute the belt as shown above.