DIY knitted swimsuit

A beautiful and original knitted swimsuit with your own hands is not just a fashionable and stylish thing. This is a unique accessory, and that’s it. Look one and only - the cherished dream of every fashionista. It is unlikely that you will meet a lady on the beach who has exactly the same bathing suit. For the sake of this, it is worth trying, showing imagination and recalling the slightly forgotten knitting skills obtained in high school. In addition, you are completely free to choose materials. And a canvas made of natural fiber is better perceived by the body than the usual synthetics. Knitwear on girls with a perfect chiseled figure looks best. Much better than a store item. If you are interested, then go forward to creativity and creation!

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Knitting a swimsuit is a slightly more time-consuming task than, for example, creating mittens or a scarf. In addition, you will need additional accessories. For example, “bones” for a bra - with them the chest seems more round and high.

Yarn Requirements

A handmade product will look interesting if it is made with high quality and tasteful. One of the most important points is the right choice of yarn. Naturally, woolen threads are unlikely to suit you. Many craftswomen prefer yarn such as cotton stretch. She is unpretentious in care, great for even beginner needlewomen.

Important! The optimal ratio between the weight and meter of yarn is as follows: the weight of 300-350 g of thread should not exceed 100 g. Pay attention to the high percentage of cotton in yarn if you want the product not only to please the eye, but also to be comfortable.

In addition, threads must meet the following requirements:

• Keep their characteristics and properties when wet.
• Do not fade in the sun. In this regard, do not strive to choose yarn of bright colors. It burns out fast enough.
• Do not shed.

Preparation method

Think in advance the design of a bathing suit, taking into account the color type of appearance and features of the figure. Build on the size of your existing swimsuit. To decorate the product, you can use beads, rhinestones or flowers from textiles.

Another important point is the correct choice of knitting. It is necessary that the product was elastic, well stretched. This applies to women of all complexions, including owners of slim figures.

A few words about the method of knitting. As a rule, on the Internet you can find a master class “crocheted swimsuit”. This is not surprising. Crocheted patterns look more convex. However, with knitting needles you can create a real masterpiece, trikini or monokini.

Important! Be sure to include the possibility of sewing a lining of elastic material that matches the color. But the knitted fabric should not be visible at the same time.

Perhaps the most difficult is choosing the optimal knitting density. The product should not be stake, but also no one needs excessive frankness.

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Knitted swimsuit - master class

You will need to work:

• The yarn of your chosen color is 150 g. You can purchase a few threads of a different shade for decoration.
• Hat elastic - 3.0 m.
• Hook number 2.5-3.
• Knitting needles size 2-2.5.

Important! To use knitting columns of air loops is quite seductive. If only because the work is progressing very quickly. But the product is quite impractical. In addition, there is a risk of losing the suit in the water and going ashore, frankly, not very dressed. Therefore, you need to look for a more practical knit.

Knit a bodice

This is a rather difficult job, as it is assumed to use a lining and special bones. You cannot find a universal option either. For some women, the “curtain” style is suitable, for others - the classic version.

So that the cup does not stretch when worn and well supported the chest. To do this, on the sides you can knit 2 rows of elastic thread. But this option is for ladies with small breasts. If the bust is quite impressive, you can not do without fixing the cups with hat elastic.

Important! Bones can be bought or removed from an old bra. Buy is preferable, as the old clamps could lose their original shape and rust. In addition, non-metallic products are preferred since frequent contact with water cannot be avoided.

Before you start knitting, determine the density of the fabric, for which knit a sample. The optimal density of the product - 100x100 mm, as practice has shown, is 40 rows and 25 loops. If for such a number of loops the sample is too large, then take a smaller needle.

Work algorithm:

1. To knit the right cup, put 23 loops on the knitting needles. Knit 30 rows of viscous “facial smoothness”.
2. Type an extra 20 left stitches along the left edge. Knit 33 rows.
3. Close the hinges. Crochet the product in closed loops: one row of columns “hand step”.
4. For the remaining rows, crochet 1 row, alternating 1 single crochet with 2 air loops.
5. Tie the second cup in a “mirror image” of the first.
6. Prepare 3 pieces of hat gum for each cup. Pass the long fragment at the bottom of the cup, and the short ones from the sides.
7. Stitch the bones so that there is no slipping. Connect them to the cups.
8. Decorate the bodice with beads or satin flowers.

Panties

The procedure for making panties is as follows:

1. Type 87 stitches on the knitting needles. Knit 8 rows of front stitch.
2. Close knitting from 2 sides 1 time in 27 loops.
3. In each second row of the remaining segment, knit together 2 and 4 loops 12 times.
4. There are 9 stitches left on the spoke. Tie another 32 rows.
5. In each 2 row, add 1 loop from 2 sides 45 times.
6. Knit, without adding, 12 rows. Close the hinges.
7. Make side seams.
8. Crochet the top of your panties in the same way as your bodice.
9. Thread the elastic at the back and front of the product.

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As you can see, making a knitted swimsuit with your own hands is not difficult. Work hard and a wonderful result is guaranteed!