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The horse is a symbol of 2014; a knitted horse can become a talisman for next year, a wonderful gift or holiday table decoration. It's nice to give souvenirs made by yourself.

Knitted horse


The height of the toy is 13-14 cm. Knitting done with crochet.

To work you will need:
- hook;
- Knitting;
- a piece of fur;
- padding polyester or cotton wool;
- old belt;
- two beads.
- sewing threads with a needle.

Description of work.
Knitting is done with double crochets, except at the very beginning of work.

Head.
We start knitting from the muzzle. We make a chain from 6 air loops. Roll it into a ring. We knit in a circle. In each loop we knit two double crochets. You will get 12 loops. We knit 4 rows. The muzzle is ready.
We knit the head. In each loop we knit two stitches with nikida. You will get 24 loops. We knit 8 rows. It turns out this detail:

Knitting the head


We fill the part with padding polyester. Now we need to tighten the part. To do this, skip every third loop during one row. Then we knit through one loop until the part is tightened. The horse's head is ready:

Filling the part with padding polyester


Torso.
We start knitting from the neck.We tie 13 loops to the head in a circle with double crochets:

We start knitting from the neck


We knit 4 rows. The neck is ready. We knit the body. In each loop we knit two double crochets. You will get 26 loops. We knit 10 rows. We fill the part with padding polyester. Now we tighten it in the same way as the head.
The body is ready:

Torso


Legs.
We tie 8 double crochets to the body in a circle.

The body is ready


We knit 11 rows. We fill the leg with padding polyester. Now we knit through one loop until the part is pulled together.
We knit the remaining legs in the same way:

Knitting legs

stuff with padding polyester


Ears.
We tie three loops to the head. We knit the second row completely. And in the third row we skip the middle loop. In the fourth row we knit one of the remaining two loops. We knit the second eye in the same way.
Ears are ready:

Eyes mane tail saddle


Eyes, mane, tail, saddle.
Sew on beads for eyes. We make eyelashes from threads. The mane and tail are made from fur. Cut out a saddle from an old belt:

making a bridle


We sew it to the back of the horse.
We make a bridle from the remnants of the belt.
The horse is ready:

Horse symbol 2014
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