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Easter Basket Trio

One thing I loved as a kid were holiday crafts. Easter brought paper bunnies and decorated Easter eggs. As a child, my sisters, brothers and I would spend hours investing in coloring Easter eggs, arguing over who got to use which color when, trying to figure out who was hoarding the clear wax crayon and I especially remember my sister Stacy mixing the dark dye into the lighter colored dyes and causing a muddy color for the rest of us to work with. (Ugh!) Grandma always gave each of us a Fanny Mae milk chocolate bunny and the Easter bunny came with gifts of his own for all 5 of us. Those were the days.

Seeing I haven’t done an Easter craft project in well over a decade, I decided this was the year! My most favorite medium these days is yarn, and I have an increasingly growing stash that desperately needs to be busted through. Seeing Easter is right around the corner, I wanted something quick, not gauge specific and a project that required little yarn to make the most of the bits an pieces that I haven’t been able to part with.

Blue_Pink_Easter_BasketThese super easy mini Easter baskets work up in less than an hour and are big enough to hold a few candies or egg for someone in your life who needs a little Easter cheer.

Materials

  • Size G crochet hook
  • Worsted Weight yarn
  • Yarn needle

Pattern

Bottom of basket:

Set-up: Using the magic loop method, single crochet 6 stitches into the loop and pull tight.

Join in the round with a slip stitch, chain 1

Row 1: 2 single crochet in each chain around, sl st to join, chain 1 (12 stitches)

Row 2: *(sc, sc, 2 sc in next stitch) *repeat to the end, join with slip stitch, ch 1 (18 stitches)

Row 3: 2 sc in first stitch, sc, sc, *(2 sc, sc, sc) *repeat around, join with slip stitch, chain 1 (bottom of basket should measure 2″ in diameter)

Sides of basket:

Row 4: Working in the back loops of the bottom of the basket, increase 1 in the first stitch by single crocheting twice in the first loop, single crochet in back post around, join with sl st, chain 1 (25 stitches around)

Rows 5- 7:  Working in both loops, single crochet around, join with sl st, chain 1

Handle:

Row 8: sc 2, ch 1 turn

Row 9: sc 2, ch 1, turn

Row 10: sc 2, ch 1, turn

Row 11: single crochet 2 together, chain 1, turn

Rows 12- 18: sc 1, ch 1, turn

Row 19: 2 single crochet in stitch, chain 1, turn

Row 20: sc 2, ch 1 turn

Row 21: sc 2, ch 1 turn

Row 22: sc 2, ch 1 turn

Join the end of handle half way around basket and slip stitch in place. Tie off an weave in ends.

Abbreviations

sc – Single Crochet

sl st – Slip Stitch

ch- chain