MICROCKNIT CREATIONS: COLOURFUL CROCHET BASKETS

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SIMPLE and EASY basket pattern

Colourful crochet baskets, versatile and decorative,

for special occasions or just for everyday.

AND perfect for those Easter eggs

especially the chocolate ones.

PATTERN DETAILS:
SKILL: Easy
YARN: Nutscene Heritage Twine "Jute"
HOOK: 7mm
GAUGE: Not crucial
MEASUREMENTS:
Small Basket Height 2.5in Diameter 4in
Large Basket Height 3.5in Diameter 8.5in
TERMINOLOGY: USA - American crochet terms

Basket is worked in the round into back loops of each stitch. Worked from the bottom up.

SMALL BASKET

Rnd 1: With MC, make a Magic loop, ch1, 8sc in loop, join with sl st in ch1. (8sts)

Increase Rnds

Rnd 2: Ch1, 2sc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in ch1. (16sts)

Rnd 3: Ch1, *2sc in BL of next st, 1sc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in ch1. (24sts)

Rnd 4: Ch1, *2sc in BL of next st, 1sc in BL of next 2sts, rep from * to end, join with sl st in ch1. (32sts)

Rnd 5: Ch1, 1sc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in ch1. (32sts)

Rnd 6-7: Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 8: Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 9: Rep Rnd 5.

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 10: *Ch3, 2dc in BL of same st, skip next st, sl st in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st. Change colour at each "sl st in BL of next st", and carry other yarn behind, working 2dc in BL and around yarn carried.

FINISH: Cut yarn and hide ends.

LARGE BASKET

Rnd 1: With MC, make a Magic loop, ch2, 8hdc in loop, join with sl st in ch1. (9sts)

Increase Rnds

Rnd 2: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, 2hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (18sts)

Rnd 3: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next st, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (27sts)

Rnd 4: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 2sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (36sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 5: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 3sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (45sts)

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 6: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 4sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (54sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 7: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of same st, *1hdc in BL of next 5sts, 2hdc in BL of next st, rep from * to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (63sts)

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 8: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (63sts)

Rnd 9: Rep Rnd 8.

DECREASE Rnd

Rnd 10: Ch2, 1hdc in next 4sts, *hdc2tog, 1hdc in next 5sts, rep from * to end, ending with hdc2tog, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (54sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 11: Ch2, 1hdc in BL of next and every st to end, join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2. (54sts)

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 12: Rep Rnd 11, ending with join with sl st in TOP of ch2.

CHANGE TO CC

DECREASE Rnd

Rnd 13: Ch2, 1hdc in next 3sts, *hdc2tog, 1hdc in next 4sts, rep from * to end, ending with hdc2tog, join with sl st in TOP of ch2. (45sts)

FINISH: Cut yarn and hide ends.

DRAWSTRING HANDLES:

With MC and 6mm hook

Ch75-80 , thread through Rnd 12, 2hdc at a time, join ends, cut yarn and hide ends. Pull out loops at sides

Notes:

Take special care in maintaining stitch count in each increasing round.

Take particular attention to rounds ending with:-

· join with sl st in 1st ch of ch2

· join with sl st in TOP of ch2.

Abbreviation	Description
[ ]	work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
*	repeat the instructions following the single asterisk as directed
**	repeat the instructions between asterisks as many times as directed
approx	approximately
beg	begin/beginning
BL	back loop
ch	chain stitch
cm	centimetres
cont	continue
CC	contrast colour
dc	double crochet
hdc	half double crochet
hdc2tog	half double crochet 2 stitches together
in	inches
MC	main colour
rep	repeat
rnd(s)	round(s)
sc	single crochet
sl st	slip stitch
st(s)	stitch(es)