Ottoman knitted from knitted yarn. We sew and knit round ottomans

Good afternoon friends!

From the large round pillows in the last publication, today we will move on to a more voluminous thing and make a pouf with our own hands. I will have a selection of photos of ideas for knitted poufs with diagrams and descriptions: a round and cylindrical crocheted pouf, a ball-shaped pouf and a square knitted pouf.

Knitted poufs in the interior

A pouf is more than a pillow; it is a universal piece of furniture that can be round, cubic or cylindrical. And how many functions knitted poufs can perform in the interior!

First of all, it is an additional cozy place to sit. Small poufs can be hidden under the table and pulled out as needed. Some people like to keep poufs next to their bed, sofa or chair. Others can be brought to the forefront of the room, giving it a special charm. Depending on the purpose, you can choose the desired size of pouf for the living room.

You can make an excellent table out of a pouf by placing a tray, plates and other essentials on its surface. This is especially true for those who like to sit with a cup of coffee in front of the TV screen. You can even make a modular coffee table by placing a glass or other surface on two side-by-side ottomans, or use one large ottoman.

Soft knitted poufs are an ideal solution for a children's room; you can play with them, jump with them, and put books and toys on them.

Poufs are a wonderful footrest. They can be easily moved around the room and placed either closer or further from the armchair or chair.

If such a pouf is in the bedroom next to the bed, you can throw a robe on it. And in the hallway it’s convenient to sit down while putting on your shoes.

And in general, designers consider knitted poufs to be simply a fashionable piece of stylish interior design.

How to make a pouf with your own hands

If I’ve convinced you and interested you, let’s get down to business. DIY pouf - it's easy! You just need to knit a simple cover and insert a pillow made of lining material into it, stuffed with some kind of filler.

Yarn

For knitted poufs, wool or half-woolen yarn, acrylic in half with wool, 100 m thick / 50 g in a skein, is best suited.

Depending on the size of the ottoman, you may need from 500 g to 1600 grams.

It is very popular now to knit from knitted yarn and such a knitted pouf looks very beautiful, neat, and bright. But imagine the cost of such a product and the consumption of knitted yarn for a pouf, if a skein of 50 grams and only 30 m long costs 350 rubles! Well, perhaps you have a lot of old T-shirts from which you cut yarn, the principles of knitting from it are the same as simple poufs from wool yarn, only you will need to take 8-10 hooks.

In my opinion, this is the case, as with rugs, when you can use cheap yarn, and by choosing beautiful colour and pattern, you can end up making a very good hanger.

Lining

The lining can be sewn from any fabric, old knitted items. Two parts are cut out of it according to the size of the pouf and sewed together along the edge, leaving a large hole. After stuffing with filling material, the hole is sutured.

Filler

How to fill a knitted pouf:

cotton wool
foam rubber
padding polyester
holofiber
polystyrene balls.

You will need a lot of filler, about a kilogram of cotton wool or 5 liters of balls. They fill the case very tightly, pressing it with your hands and giving it the desired shape.

But in this case, you will still get a relatively soft pouf. If you want a stiffer pouf, you can make it from plastic bottles, For example.

And creative people also make a pouf out of a tire with their own hands! Old car tires are increasingly being used not only in the country for beautiful flower beds.

To create a pouf from a tire, a circle of plywood is cut out along its diameter and attached to the tire using self-tapping screws. Often the top and edges are decorated by wrapping it with twine, or for home interiors, if anyone dares to do this, knit a pouf cover from wool threads or sew it from denim.

Simple Round Crochet Pouf

Photo from the magazine “Wonderful Hook”.

For a pouf with a diameter of 48 cm and a height of 24 cm, you will need 100 grams of thick yarn (80% acrylic, 20% wool) in five different colors for stripes and 300 grams of yarn in the main color (bright red). Recommended hook size is #10.

Description

When crocheting this pouf, single crochets are used. You need to start knitting from the top, casting 5 VP, and then - according to the rules of the circle, adding loops in each row and alternating different colors of threads.

In the first row there are 12 C1H, and by the 11th row there should already be 120 columns.

We knit rows 11-21 without increments with yarn of the main color.

And from the 22nd row we again introduce different colors and knit with decreasing stitches in the reverse order.

At the level of the 25th row, you can insert a bag of polypropylene balls into the case and then continue knitting until there are 6 loops left.

Tighten the remaining hole with a needle and thread.

This is the basic technology for crocheting poufs. Of course, you can use any patterns, for example, make paths from embossed columns or paths from “cones”.

Cylindrical pouf

And although in the photo there are poufs knitted with a smooth pattern, the pattern is exactly with embossed columns. (There was no photo for this pattern from a handicraft magazine unknown to me).

The difference between knitting a cylindrical pouf and a round one is only in its size: the diameter is smaller and the height is larger (40 x 50 cm).

Here it is enough to knit 8 rows of a circle according to the pattern, and then knit all rows without increases as the 8th to the desired height of the pouf.

Insert a rolled up roll of foam rubber into the resulting cylinder and sew a round leather piece at the bottom.

Large striped pouf

Photo from Burda magazine for 2016.

The pouf is crocheted from 100% cotton thread (85 m/50g) with a 4.5 crochet hook and is 60 cm in diameter with a height of 30 cm.

The total yarn consumption is 700 grams: 100 grams for each of the seven colors. I think it will be very convenient to use leftover yarn.

Description

The lower and upper parts of the pouf are two crocheted circle. Knitting in single crochets with changing colors in the rows. Approximately, you need to knit 48 rows, while in rows 18,19, 27, 28, 32, 33, 39, 40, 44, 45, do not increase, this way you will get a hemisphere.

The side side is knitted on 44 loops in rotating rows, also with color changes. The length of this strip can be checked by the circumference of the circular part. At the end of knitting, connect the last row with the first into a ring and tie the upper edge of the ring with double crochets.

Then connect the side part with round crochet, tied with single crochets.

Square pouf

Photo from Diana Creative magazine for 2015.

This pouf is proposed to be knitted from wool melange yarn(100m/50g). Consumption: 450 grams per pouf with a height of 18 cm and a diameter of 50 cm at a knitting density obtained with crochet No. 6.

Description

It is more convenient to start knitting from the middle part, consisting of square motifs. The motifs are easily knitted according to the pattern below in circular rows.

Connect 9 ready-made motifs together into a ring.

The upper and lower parts can be knitted similarly to the previous striped model. But if you start with a square, then it should be tied to the shape of a circle in the 7th row as follows: on the side of the square - 3СБН, 5PS, 5С1Н, 5ПС, 3СБН, in the corner loop - 2СБН, 3С1Н, 2СБН.

Connect the round parts to the ring in a slow step.

Knitted round pouf

You will need about 800 grams of yarn (50m/50g) for a pouf measuring 50x28 cm. Knitting needles - straight No. 8.

The pattern is garter stitch (knit all rows).

Description

You need to knit a pouf with knitting needles in the transverse direction on 24-30 loops in rotating rows.

In the first two rows we knit all the loops.

In the next 2 rows at the end of the row we do not knit 4 loops, tighten the last loop and turn the work.

In the 5th-6th row we do not knit the last 8 loops.

In the 7th row we knit all the loops to the end.

In row 8, we are knitting again on all loops.

This will form a ball. Having knitted 120-130 cm, we close all the loops.

Pull a thread through the edges on one side, pull it together and sew it up.

Sew the first row to the last.

Insert a pillow with filling and tighten the bottom edge of the pouf.

Cover for a square ottoman

A cube-shaped ottoman is generally very easy to knit with knitting needles.

To do this, first knit a strip 50 cm wide and 2 m long and connect its edges.

Then square sides (50x50 cm) are knitted and connected to a long strip.

For the pattern as in the photo, alternate purl and knit stitches, shifting them in each row.

DIY pouf from an old sweater

If you have some old sweater lying around that you haven’t needed for a long time, here is just a convenient material for creating a fashionable pouf with your own hands and you no longer need to knit anything.

Turn the sweater inside out.
We steam out the sleeves.
We sew up the armholes.
We tighten the neck tightly with strong threads.
We sew a cover from lining material by connecting two large circles.

Knitted interior items are very, very in fashion now. If you open any magazine or women's blog with articles about interior design, then in 99% of the interior photographs there will be some kind of knitted item: an ottoman, a blanket or something else. Isn't this a reason to arm yourself with knitting needles or crochet?

I have already talked about it, which, by the way, still serves me today. At the same time, I also knitted an ottoman. I’ll tell you about it now:

IN Lately The following ottomans began to appear frequently in photographs of interiors:

Large and small, bright and not so bright, arranged in a pyramid and individually. I really liked them. The only thing I didn't like was the price:

Therefore, I had to urgently figure out how to knit the ottoman myself. Almost all homemade ottomans found on the Internet are crocheted. It is, of course, easier than knitting, but I don’t really like their look:

Knitted ottoman: knitting needles

For knitting, we needed the thickest knitting needles we could find in the store - 9mm. The knitting needles themselves are good, but the fishing line is too thin, so I had to distribute the knitting so that it does not break.

What to knit an ottoman from:

This question was perhaps the most important. Regular threads didn't work. Cutting knitted clothes into strips is not an option, because I don’t have so many unnecessary plain knitted clothes 🙂 The choice fell on clotheslines. Just not synthetic ones (although one was purchased for testing), but cotton ones. And here the following difficulties arose: firstly, cotton ropes are not solid (it is a kind of “case” of thin threads stuffed with cotton wool) and therefore quite heavy, and secondly, it is quite problematic to buy them, especially in the quantities that I needed . Very soon, the sellers of all the surrounding hardware stores already knew me as the crazy lady who buys all the ropes. “Everything” is a strong word, because as a rule they don’t have more than 2-3 on sale. And it took quite a lot of them to make the ottoman. I’ve already lost count, but at least 20 are for sure, and maybe all 30. The knitting process was constantly interrupted due to the fact that the ropes were running out. As a result, I knitted the ottoman for more than a month, although the knitting itself progressed very quickly.

First I knitted a long rectangle. Then I tied the sides together with rope so that it looked like a wide skirt. Then, in the same way, I pulled the bottom together with a rope and it turned out to be a bag. Next, this bag had to be filled with something. I wanted to see the result as soon as possible, I was too lazy to go to the store, so all the old and unnecessary clothes went into stuffing. I just carefully put all my old jackets, pants and T-shirts in there. This makes the ottoman not as fluffy and round as it would be from holofiber or foam rubber, and it’s also quite heavy. But at least a whole shelf in the closet was freed up :) And finally, I pulled the top of the ottoman off with a rope. The ottoman turned out to be quite heavy and not very soft, you can’t call it a pillow anymore. But it is very comfortable to sit on.

You can make an ottoman for your home with your own hands, even using different materials and techniques: crocheted or knitted, sewn from improvised materials or even from an old sweater.

Our review presents interesting master classes how to make an ottoman for a hall or hallway and non-standard ideas for using the product in the interior. So, let's find out how to create a stylish piece of furniture step by step and what you need for this.

There are many fillers for making frameless furniture. Each material has its own characteristics and features.

If synthetic materials are not suitable, you should choose natural ones:

Wood sawdust and shavings from waste cedar and pine. The raw material repels pests and has a healing effect, but it needs to be changed periodically.
Pooh presents is a light filler.
Buckwheat husk is popular. This filling allows you to create comfortable furniture.

To the benefits Natural fillers include the absence of harmful chemical components.

Synthetic materials are also used as fillers:

Expanded polystyrene looks like small balls. Elastic granules allow you to create additional volume.
Holofiber is a lightweight filler. It allows you to get upholstered furniture.
Polyurethane foam is an elastic material that does not provoke allergies.

ADVICE: The filler can also be an old blanket, pillow or rag.

Products filled with balls can be used outdoors, because the material does not absorb moisture. For creation items furniture improvised means are also used. TO original materials This includes cereals, legumes, dry grass and cotton wool. There are a large number of options for furniture fillers

Knitted square ottoman

Let's find out how to make a knitted ottoman with your own hands. Yarn furniture self made– an original solution for the interior and a soft object for a comfortable pastime. The stylish item looks like a sample from a store.

To make a soft ottoman with your own hands, you need to knit six squares of wool of the same size. Knitting is done by crochet. The “sampler” texture and bobble screeds are used. You can watch the knitting method in the video.

ADVICE: Such a pouf is suitable as an addition to an ottoman, as well as as an item for decorating bedrooms and living rooms.

Lyon brand yarn, 450 grams, gray– 5 skeins;
needles for creating tapestries;
crochet hook, size 6.5 mm;
pouffe filling;
special fibers and foam;
plastic bags.

Step-by-step instruction:

Connect the squares using seams. To do this you will need a double thick thread.
You can check the shape of the product on the box.
Filling a piece of furniture. To strengthen the product, it is worth using materials such as plastic bags, foam or newspaper.

ADVICE: To through knitted pattern, the filler did not penetrate outside, it is recommended to place a pillowcase or soft lining inside.

Once filled, connect the two remaining sides. The yarn product is ready for use.

Master class from an old sweater

Let's figure out how to make an ottoman with your own hands from an old sweater. The lower part of the clothing can be used to decorate the upper surface of the product. Even when cutting off the sleeves, unsightly seams will not appear.

Assembly technology:

Turn the sweater inside out and cut a circle at the collar.
Sew up the arm holes with strong threads.
Then turn the product inside out.
The bottom should be slightly rounded.
Place a special polyester lining inside the sweater. Then cut out two circles and connect these elements.
The product must be filled with soft filler.

TOTAL: After stuffing the pouf, you should sew up the hole. The decorative product has many uses for the home. This is an excellent solution for decorating your home interior.

Crochet an ottoman

You can knit a round pouf with your own hands. To knit a product with a diameter of 50 cm you will need 2-3 balls of Bobbin yarn. A detailed description is presented in the photo below.

But the knitting technology is as follows:

First a basket or bag is knitted
Filled with filler
And then the “lid” is knitted separately and sewn to the base of the ottoman

How to sew an ottoman bag with your own hands: photos and ideas

You can make an interesting product for your child. A DIY ottoman bag is perfect for creating a cozy place to spend your leisure time.

A soft piece of furniture can be made from two pieces of fabric, bean pellet filling and a zipper. Like option Not suitable for small children, as filler granules may fall out of the unzipped zipper. There is a danger of the child choking. If necessary, the zipper can be sewn up.

IDEA the fact is that we sew like a bag - BUT we sew the OPPOSITE corners and get the design as in the photo

Master class: how to sew a fabric ottoman

Universal products can be made from fabric. This provides additional seating and leg rest space. In this master class you will learn how to make a round ottoman with your own hands.

For manufacturing you will need the following components:

1.25 meters of thick woolen fabric;
lightning;
scissors;
measuring tape;
sewing pins;
a piece of leather;
filler;
sewing machine.

The process of creating ottomans

Cut out a circle (46 cm), a rectangle (length 142 cm, width 40) and a square (side 48 cm).
Cut the square into two parts.
Sew a zipper to both sides. The zipper should connect the two halves.
Then cut out a circle from the square using a ready-made template.

Fold the rectangle in half along the short side.
After this, this part needs to be sewn to one circle, and then to another.
From a strip of leather can you make a handle.
Additionally, buttons are attached to the leather strap.

You can use polystyrene beans as a filler. Foam or polyester is also used. It is recommended to sew the zipper together before use. This DIY round ottoman is ready to use.

Ottoman-banquette in the hallway for shoes

To create an ottoman for the hallway with your own hands, you will need two drawers and some other materials. Such a product is not only practical, but also functional. You can install shelves inside and put shoes or things there.

You will need the following components:

two wooden boxes;
batting and foam for drapery;
fasteners;
sheet and burlap;
special paint;
wood plank;
wood glue;
tools;
brush;
stapler

To make an ottoman in the hallway with your own hands, you need to follow these steps:

The boxes are glued along the long side.
A bar is attached to the bottom where the rollers can be attached.
Then foam and batting are fixed to the top surface.
The burlap is sewn together with the sheet. The sheet acts as a lining.
The box is coated with special paint. If desired, you can apply an aging effect.
The cover fits over the drawers.

You can make other ottomans from boxes with your own hands, the photo demonstrates original options. One option involves opening the drawers, inside which you can place shelves for shoes. And on top there is a soft pillow with filling.

A practical option can be made from one box. First, the box needs to be sanded and painted with spray paint. Filler is laid on the plywood, and fabric is laid on top.
The material is fixed on the reverse side with a stapler. Z
The plywood is then attached to the surface of the box. You can attach rollers at the bottom.

How to make an ottoman from a stool

When deciding which ottoman you can make with your own hands from available materials, it’s worth trying. For creative manipulations you will need an old stool.

Let's start assembling:

Disassemble the chair and remove the seat.
Cut out the blanks. Circle in plywood and foam.
Use glue to attach the foam to the board.
Put a fur cover on top and secure the ends with a stapler.
Assemble the chair.

It is necessary to let the chair stand for at least a day for the glue to harden. The fur needs to be combed.

Detailed in this article.

Ideas for ottomans using improvised materials

Let's consider options for ottomans with original design. Common objects, bottles, tires and rags serve as filler and frame.

Bottles

Unusual creation option DIY ottoman made from plastic bottles. Bottles need to be secured in round shape and secure them with tape. The bottom and top of the product are made from cardboard.

The bases are made from foam. They are fixed with tape. The cover is made from beautiful fabric. You can see the design made from bottles at photo. A similar item is suitable for decorating a living room.

Tires

Interesting models can be made from tires. How to make an ottoman depends on the availability of available materials and skill. The tires need to be fastened together. A material similar to foam rubber is placed inside. The holes are then covered with thin boards. A soft base is mounted on top and a cover is put on. To decorate the structure you need to use dense fabrics.

Ottomans for children

To make an ottoman with your own hands, you can use drawings and diagrams. Bright and colorful fabrics are used to make products. Try these options:

The model, made of two pieces of material, looks interesting. different color. Plain fabric can be used at the bottom.
A wonderful solution is square-shaped structures.
An original composition can be achieved by using fabrics of different colors.
Children will love the cone-shaped ottoman.
You can even sleep on a long ottoman. To make it you will need flat pillows and a long blanket. The pillows are placed in a fabric cover and secured in place.

Ottoman in the interior with different designs

The choice of ottoman option largely depends on the type of room. For the hallway, you should choose frame models with a rigid base. Cylindrical designs help smooth out the angularity of the room. For a comfortable stay in the living room, models with soft upholstery are suitable. To create an accent, you should choose a product made from a material with a bright color palette.

Round poufs – perfect option for small spaces. Rectangular ones are recommended to be placed near armchairs and sofas. The product for the kitchen must be made of moisture-resistant fabrics. For a child's room, you need to choose safe, comfortable and soft models.

We hope that our master classes will help you figure out in detail how to make an ottoman from simple materials. Homemade products will add comfort and coziness to any room. Original seats are suitable for different interiors.

Any stylish interior cannot be considered complete if it lacks design elements. To do this, you don’t have to spend a lot of time shopping in search of glamorous details. A round knitted pouf can be an original addition to the interior.
A bright pouf will look great in a nursery, bedroom and even living room. It’s quite easy to knit such a pouf yourself; you don’t need to add or subtract loops; the pattern is based on a simple one. rectangular shape. As a filler for a knitted pouf, you can use foam rubber or polystyrene foam balls, which are easy to find in hardware stores. Choose the color of the yarn depending on your mood and the design of the room for which the pouf is intended.

round pouf

How to knit a round pouf

The first and easiest method.
You will need the thickest knitting needles you have, ideally size 10, larger if possible, and thick yarn. If the yarn is not very thick, you need to knit in 2 - 3 folds of thread.
Cast on 40 stitches or as many as you need - this will be the approximate height of your pouf. Knit in garter stitch (knit stitches all rows) into a long rectangle. For a small ottoman, the knitting width will be approximately 50 cm and the length will be about 1 meter. Firmly sew the finished knitted piece tightly, closing the rectangle into a ring. In order to give shape to our future pouf, we need to tighten one of the sides of the resulting ring. This will be the top or bottom of the pouf. To do this, pass a thread of the same yarn you used to knit, or any other strong thread, through every second loop of one of the long sides of the rectangle and tighten it tightly until a minimum hole is formed in the center of the bottom. Then take another similar thread and thread it through those loops that were left loose the first time and tighten it just as tightly.
All that remains is to put the filling into the knitted pouf and tighten the second side of the ring in the same way as the first. For the filler, it is better to sew a technical cover from any dense fabric, having previously cut it to size knitted fabric. To be able to add filler during the operation of the pouf, you can sew a small zipper, 10-15 cm long, into the technical cover. Then the pouf will last longer and you can, without much difficulty, refresh the knitted and technical covers. It is important to know that without an inner cover made of thick fabric, the pouf may stretch and lose its shape.

Second way, is also quite simple, its secret is in alternating knitting needles of different diameters.
To make a medium-sized knitted pouf using this method you will need:
— circular knitting needles № 2, 3, 4, 5;
- yarn of medium thickness - 500 or 600 g, depending on the size of the pouf;
— loose filler, previously placed in a technical case.
To knit the bottom of the pouf, cast on 40 stitches on circular needles No. 3 and knit in a circle with a 1 x 1 elastic band approximately 3-4 cm in height.
We switch to needles No. 2 and knit 4 -5 cm in garter stitch and 5 cm in English elastic.
Continue knitting with English elastic using knitting needles No. 3, after 5 cm switch to knitting needles No. 4, after another 5 cm knit 2 loops from each loop, you get 80 loops. Knit 80 stitches with a regular 2x2 rib or 2x2 English rib. Having knitted 4-5 cm in this way, switch to knitting needles of the largest diameter, in our case No. 5.
On knitting needles No. 5 we knit the required height of the pouf, 30 or 40 cm at your discretion. The pattern of the main part of the knitting can be a simple or English rib 1x1 or 2x2, but it must be an elastic band. When the required height is knitted, switch to needles No. 4, after 5 cm to needles No. 3 and stockinette stitch. Knitting 2-3 cm stockinette stitch We gradually begin to reduce the number of loops. To do this, divide 80 loops by 4, and distribute the loops as follows:
*Knit 19 – Purl 1*
On both sides of the purl loop we knit two loops together in each even row, thus reducing 8 loops in each even row. Knit, cutting stitches until only four purl stitches remain on the knitting needles. They can be closed, or you can knit a decorative “tail” of any length so that it peeks out intricately from under the pouf.

Method three: Just recently I found another one interesting idea knitting a pouf with knitting needles. As a result, I got something like this rainbow poufs.

rainbow poufs knitted

The main knitting, as in the first version of the knitted pouf, is shawl. The difference from the 1st option is that you need to knit not a rectangle, but a parallelogram.

To knit a parallelogram, you need to: in every second row - at the beginning of the row, add one loop, and at the end of the same row, subtract one loop by knitting the last 2 loops together. In this way we knit the fabric of the required length, it all depends on how high we want the pouf to be. For a “rainbow” effect, change the color of the yarn after 2 or 4 rows. Or you can do it every 6 rows - it depends on your imagination.

As in the first option, we sew the fabric, closing it into a ring with two narrow sides facing each other. Afterwards, we tighten the bottom of the pouf and sew it together. We fill the pouf with filling, not forgetting about the technical cover, and sew the top part of the pouf.