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 Small
Crochet Basket
MATERIALS:
2 balls of closely-covered white and silver, and 1 ball of
pink and silver twine; a crochet needle.
DIRECTIONS:
For the bottom: Make a chain of 4 stitches and
unite it, work 3 long, 3 chain, and repeat three times more.
2nd round: Work 3 long into the 1st 3 chain,
make 3 chain, work 3 long
[200] into the next 3 chain, make 3 chain, work 3
long into the same place, make 3 chain, and repeat.
3rd round: 3 long, 3 chain, working twice into
the 3 chain of last round.
4th round: 3 long, 3 chain, increasing in every
other 3rd chain by working twice into it.
5th round: Increasing in every 3rd chain,
repeat.
For the leaves: Make a chain of 32 stitches,
then work a row of 1 long stitch and 1 chain stitch with the
silver twine.
2nd round: Work 1 long stitch into each chain
stitch in 1st row, make 1 chain stitch, repeat. (At the
point, make 4 long, with a chain stitch between each),
repeat on the other side of the chain, 1 long stitch and 1
chain stitch alternately.
3rd round: With pink: Work over a wire in double
crochet 1 stitch into each loop, work 15 more leaves in the
same way, join each leaf half way, then sew it to the
centre, work a row of double crochet 1 yard in length, and
twist it for the handle. This should also be crocheted over
wire. |
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