Crochet basket – and other cool patterns

Are you looking for fun and cool patterns that you can stitch up in no time? These cute and simple baskets are fast to make and I also think they turned out to be a little original. The basket is made with single crochet and the bobble stitch and I was inspired by my most popular pattern Sverre the Lamb. If you aren’t familiar with the bobble stitch, I made a very detailed picture tutorial so don’t be afraid to try this, it’s very easy!

For the first time since I started blogging, I felt that I wasn’t feeling so creative and I lacked inspiration. So I decided to take a little break and focus on something else. I started to crochet other makers patterns because this was something I haven’t done for a very long time. I had so much fun doing it and I realized I have missed it! When I started to design my own patterns, I was so busy creating own content and I felt like I didn’t have time to follow other designers work. Since I started this blog I haven’t taken so much time off and without realizing it, I have been working a bit too much. That can take away motivation and energy, so I decided things needed to change a bit. I wrote on my Facebook page that I was going to take a break and that was a good decision.

And what does a crochet designer do to fill up the energy thank? Yep, following other people’s patterns!

I had so much fun doing it and I realized it has been too long since I followed a pattern  I am currently working on this blanket from Repeat Crafter Me, which is a C2C blanket and you can see a picture from my wip below. Did you know Sarah was the first blogger I started to follow when I learned to crochet 5 years ago? Her blog was new back then and I watched her grow as a blogger and designer. I am a big fan of her work! Another blogger that I am following is Maria from Maria’s Blue Crayon. She is making many cool patterns for home decorations and beautiful scarfs, blankets, and hats. I made a little cute bunny following her pattern and it turned out so cute! Making other designers patterns are something I will do more often and I realized it has given me new energy and inspiration to create new patterns.

This bunny is made from a pattern from Marias Blue Crayon.

I hope you’ll love this basket as much as I do!

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Abbreviations used

• • ch – chain

• • yo – yarn over

• • st – stitch

• • sl st – slip stitch

• • sc – single crochet

• • rnd – round
  • blo – back loop only

• *-* Repeat from start to end of the round/row
• bo – bobble stitch

Materials needed

• For the big basket, I used a 15 g of Drops Paris, color white (16), 100% cotton. 5 g from mint green (21) and pink (33) For the smaller basket i used Schachenmayr in cream and blue.
• Crochet hook size 4,5 mm Clover Amour Crochet Hook Set, 10 sizes for the bigger basket. Use a size 3,5 mm and thinner yarn to make the smaller one.
• Tapestry needle
• Scissor
• Stitch marker
• Safety eyes, 8 mm for the big basket and 6 mm for the small basket

Size

The perimeter of the small basket is (3,5mm crochet hook) 5 cm/2 inches and 5 cm/2 inches high. Measured from the bottom to the top of the hair. Perfect size for an eggcup!

The perimeter of the big basket is (4,5 mm crochet hook) 6 cm/2,5 inches and 7 cm/3 inches high.

If you want to make a basket, please share a picture on my Facebook group or use the #yarnhild on Instagram.

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Crochet pattern for baskets

Cool patterns from ©Yarnhild

Information.

The basket and the ears are made in continuous rounds. I advise you to place a marker at the beginning of each round and move the marker up as each round is completed to keep track of where you are. Do not join until instructed. The hair of the sheep is made in rows using the bobble stitch.

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Basket

Start with white yarn and hook 4,5 mm

Rnd 1) Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring. (6 sc)

Rnd 2) 2 sc in each sc. (12 sc)

Rnd 3) *1 sc in the next sc, 2 sc in next.* (18 sc)

Rnd 4)* 1 sc in the next 2 sc, 2 sc in next.* (24 sc)

Rnd 5)* 1 sc in the next 3 sc, 2 sc in next.* (30 sc)

Rnd 6) 1 sc in BLO (30 sc)

Rnd 7-11) Work through both loops as normal. (30 sc) Sl st in the first stitch. Cut the yarn, weave in ends.

Now you when you are starting with the bobble stitch you have to work from inside the basket so that the bobbles appears on the right side. Fasten new yarn with the color that you want for the bobbles. Insert the hook at the inside of the basket and start somewhere on the opposite side from where you cut off the white yarn. See my the post about Sverre and the bobble stitch tutorial if you are unsure. 

Row 1) Ch 3 and *1 bo, 1 sc* Repeat this for more 4 times, ch 1, turn. (5 bo, 4 sc)

Row 2) sc2tog, 1 sc in next 5 stitches, sc2tog, ch 3, turn. (7 sc)

Row 3) *1 bo, 1 sc*  Repeat this 3 more times Ch 1, cut the yarn, leave the strand a little long. (4 bo, 3 sc)

Ears. Make 2 parts. Color white

Hook size 4,5 mm

Rnd 1) 4 sc in a magic ring. (4 sc)

Rnd 2) Increase in every stitch. (8 sc)

Rnd 3) *1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next*. (12 sc)

Rnd 4-5) Sc around, repeat 2 times. ( 12 sc)

Rnd 6) * 1 sc in the first stitch, sc2tog*. (8 sc)

Rnd 7) 1 sc in each stitch. (8 sc)

Cut the yarn and weave in ends. Sew the ears on the basket just below where the bobble stitches are.

I hope you liked this pattern. If you are looking for more cool pattern ideas then feel free to look around on my blog for more inspiration.

I wasn’t planning to post something new on the blog before after Easter but yesterday I suddenly got inspired to create something new! That’s the best thing when inspiration comes when you’re not looking for it. Lesson learned! Don’t look for inspiration, just curl up on the sofa and stitch on something else until it hits you.

Pattern from Repeat Crafter Me