Do you have to buy ready-made curtains - tulle or organza, for example, to decorate the kitchen space? Knitted curtains are not new, because our great-grandmothers were able to knit for the kitchen not only tablecloths and napkins, but also beautiful window and door curtains. Today, this unusual method of registration is undeservedly forgotten, but let's take a look at it in a new way. After all, right now the styles of Provence, Chebbi chic, country, Scandinavian country, rustic and Russian are gaining popularity, and therefore knitted curtains can become a real interior masterpiece, original and original.
And if, in addition to curtains, you also tie napkins, tablecloth and chair covers, you will get a kitchen set in the same style.
Curtains, cafe-curtains, lambrequins - on color and patterns
Knitted curtains in the kitchen really require delicate care. However, in terms of design, such a product is the best solution for rooms in a rustic style, where the naturalness of textiles and the feeling that everything in the house is made, connected and sewn with your own hands is important.
Provence or Country Curtains should not be too curvy. But their main decoration is a floral or floral motif, rural pastoral pictures or ornate patterns.
As for color, pearl, cream, dairy, white and other light shades would be the best choice. Provence and blue, lilac, pink, blue, olive tones are allowed, but not bright, but muted.
The atmosphere of antiquity will be conveyed very precisely if you choose schemes with large patterns - butterflies, plants, and blooming flowers.
Good for the kitchen and snow-white knitted curtains - they make the space more bright, perfect and festive. By the way, in rustic styles in small kitchens, you can use either straight canvases to the window sill, or curtains in the “cafe” style, or laconic short lambrequins.
Knitted lambrequin can be combined with curtains or tulle.
If we are talking about a spacious room, then with a hook you can link a true three-dimensional masterpiece - experiments with color, length and texture will be appropriate here.
You can not only make curtains with your hands, but such holders and decorations for them.
Techniques for knitting curtains
For making curtains for the kitchen, you need the appropriate schemes - the decorative effect of using the finished product depends on them. But before you select them, you need to make measurements of the window opening and choose the appropriate crochet technique. In total, there are 4 such techniques:
- Sirloin - in this case, the canvas is performed as an alternation of empty and full cells( columns / air loops).This curtain can be made whole or from individual elements. The technique is very common, allows you to knit without a pattern.
And here are some more ideas of knitted curtains-cafes, pelmets and curtains for the shelves, which can be knitted with your own hands using the loin knitting technique.
- Bruges( Vologda lace) - crocheted lace is a combination of lace strips, a background mesh and decorative motifs. The braid here is made with openwork or dense, ordinary double crochet, and the base can be complemented by completely different motives. It turns out very spectacular imitation of lace, woven on bobbins.
Lambrequins and curtain cafes crocheted using the bruges technique.
- Irish lace patterns are a magnificent combination of diverse elements - leaves, flowers, placed on a canvas-mesh, filling the gaps. Such works with their own hands require the creation of a preliminary sketch and pattern. The pattern helps to calculate the number of necessary elements and their location on the finished product.
- Broomstick( Peruvian technique) means crochet and very thick knitting needles. Sometimes a ruler or pencil is used instead. With a thick needle, separate rows of arches are performed, between which any other crocheted patterns are placed.
But how can you tie up original curtains for the kitchen of bright colors with your own hands?
Instead of colors, there may be snowflakes, and even knitted napkins.
Basic recommendations
DIY crochet means choosing the right thread and tools. The thread is selected according to the number, thickness and type of hook. The higher the density of the selected thread, the thicker the hook should be.
If you decide to decorate the kitchen with curtains from bulk wool, then choose plastic tools for knitting. If cotton or linen is chosen as the material, then metal tools are chosen.
You can choose different schemes and types of threads - so that the hand-made products will turn out to be truly unique.
To crochet beautiful curtains into the kitchen, you need to start working with making a small piece - for example, a square with a side of 10 cm. You need to wash and iron the sample, and then determine whether the knit density is right for you.
Then the height of the window opening and the length of the kitchen cornice are measured, the product is knitted in accordance with the chosen technique.
The finished canvas is erased - here it is important to fully follow the recommendations of thread manufacturers.
The finished and washed curtains are dried to a semi-moist state, after which they are very carefully ironed and the unique product can be hung on the eaves.
See also:
- Curtains for the kitchen: color, color,
- look and style Guide for choosing curtain rails in the kitchen and
- installation instructions Curtains-threads in the kitchen - choice, care, making your own hands
- Lambrequin for the kitchen - what should it be and how to sew it?
- How to choose the perfect short curtains for the kitchen
- Everything you need to know about the tulle for the kitchen
