Twenty to Thirty Minutes of Crocheting Plush Basket Bowls with Bernat Plush Big yarn is all it takes for this nine-round instruction basket. The basket is durable and will stand on its own without having to be faked.
The design will help close in the top for a fat bottom area with a braided looking top to it.
The original colour in the finished one at the beginning of the tutorial is called Bernat Plush Big in the colour called Fawn. The colour of the one made in the tutorial and shown above is Potpourri Prints.
Yarn
Bernat Plush Big Yarn, 250 g/8.8 oz, 41 m/45 yds
1 Ball Required
Hook: 12 mm / N
Gauge: 6 sc and 6 rows = 4” [10 cm]
Abbreviations
- Beg = Beginning
- BLO = Back Loops Only
- Ch = Chain
- Sc = Single Crochet
- Sl st = Slip Stitch
- Rnd(s) = Round(s)
Instructions
Ch 4. Join with sl st to beg ch.
1st rnd: Ch 1. 8 sc in ring. Join with sl st to beg sc. 8 sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 1. 2 sc in each st around. Join with sl st to beg sc. 16 sc.
3rd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in beg st, 2 sc in next st. *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to beg sc. 24 sc.
4th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in beg st and in next st, 2 sc in next st. *1 sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to beg sc. 32 sc.
5th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each BLO around. Join with sl st to beg sc. 32 sc.
6th and 7th rnds: Ch 1. 1 sc in each st around. Join with sl st to beg sc. 32 sc.
8th and 9th rnds: Ch 1. 1 sl st in each st around. Join with a sl st to beg sl st. 32 sl sts.
Fasten off at the end of the 9th rnd.
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