Now that my children are a bit older (3 and 1) I am looking forward to Easter, since they will both be able to participate in a good Easter egg hunt. I know that the shops sell tons of Easter baskets for putting in your eggs, but that is not anywhere near as fun as making them, which is what I have been doing over the past couple of weeks. I wanted the baskets to hold their shape and having watched a lot of videos recently about crocheting over led tube lights I thought a similar thing might work with washing line. So I bought a huge washing line cheaply and along with some of the blanket wool I have left from when Aldi sold it earlier in the year, I decided to see what I could come up with.
I initially made the rainbow Easter basket out of a chunky wool, but decided that it wasn't quite what I wanted. I really like it but its quite delicate as it lacks the thickness the blanket wool gives. I also tried crocheting with just 1 strand of blanket wool, but it was quite wobbly and didn't hold its shape very well. I definitely prefer the shape and robustness of the 2 stranded blanket wool baskets, particularly as these are going to toddlers! I also added a decorative flower or star to the front of the baskets as they just looked like they were lacking without. I tried two stitches for the baskets, using just standard single crochet and one using moss stitch, which gave it more of the traditional basket weave look.
Any Easter Basket needs filling and I wanted something the children would be able to keep in their baskets after all the chocolate had gone. My initial thought was chicks or bunnies, but since I couldn't find a fluffy yellow wool to work with for the chicks, I decided to go with bunnies. Maybe I can work on chicks for next Easter! I spent quite a bit of time fiddling around with the pattern for the bunny. I edited almost every part from the initial first design to the final version which I was finally happy with. Although the white and black bunnies are cute they don't have ears that hold up very well or are large enough, plus the limbs just seem too small for their body. After adjusting those I came up with the grey and brown bunnies, and each has a slightly different nose. I am still not sure which I prefer but they both look cute.
After finishing the baskets and the bunnies to go in them all was needed was a trip to the shops for eggs, and although I could have made them, they wouldn't be a substitute for chocolate ones. They each have a small bundle of mini chocolate eggs in them, plus kinder eggs and chocolate chicks. I have made enough for both my nieces to have as well as my children and I am sure once that chocolate is eaten there will be more eggs to add in them from any hunting they may do!
I have written down the patterns for the Easter Baskets and Bunnies below. There are still a couple weeks left until Easter so if you haven't made or purchased anything yet then I hope you can use this pattern and that you will love them as much as I do. I am looking forward to seeing the children receiving their baskets and bunnies on Easter morning, I am hoping to make bunny foot prints from their bedroom for them to follow to the baskets at the end.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this weeks post, and if you do decide to make some baskets and bunnies, I would love to see pictures of them through either the comments here or any of my social media channels. See you next time.
Vicky x
Easter Basket
& Bunny Pattern
There are two Easter
Basket patterns, plus a choice of basket decoration and a pattern for the bunny
to put in it.
1. Materials and Resources
Below is a list of everything you will need to make 1 basket and 1
bunny
·
Blanket
Yarn - you will need to ball as they are double stranded, I used less than 100g
from each ball in any colours you like
·
Washing
line or something similar - this is to keep the baskets shape
·
Needle
for sewing in ends
·
About
20g of DK wool for the bunny, in any colour
·
10mm
eyes in any colour for bunny
·
a
small amount of stuffing
·
a
small amount of black wool for the bunny's mouth
·
Stitch
marker
·
8mm
hook for baskets/ 4mm hook for bunnys
2. Stitch List
Below is a list of all the stitches (and
their abbreviations) featured in this series of patterns. All terms used are American.
- Sc - single crochet
- Ch - chain
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc inc - Single crochet
increase
- sc dec - Single crochet
decrease
- trc - treble crochet
- dc - double crochet
- hdc - half double crochet
- moss stitch - sc, ch, sc
- b/l - back loops
- popcorn stitch - 5 double
crochet in same stitch, pull up a loop, remove hook and insert through
first dc, then back through loop and ch1.
3. Pattern
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
6 Sc in
magic circle |
6 |
2 |
Working sc around the washing line (sc inc) x 6 |
12 |
3 |
(sc inc, sc) x6 |
18 |
4 |
(sc inc, 2sc) x6 |
24 |
5 |
(sc inc, 3sc) x6 |
30 |
6 |
Sc in b/l |
30 |
7-11 |
sc around |
30 |
12 |
make 30 sc around the wire (not into the basket)
this will form the handle, sk 14sc and sc into the 15th sc, ch1
turn |
30 |
13 |
sc in each of the 30 sc across the handle and sc
in the next sc on the basket, then cut the wire leaving a small tail. |
30 |
14 |
*(sc ch sc, in next st, 2 sc) rep until you get
to the handle and sl st through the two stitches in the handle.* Rep
from * to * You will work the wire tail into this row |
|
|
Sl st and cast off then sew in the ends. |
|
Easter Basket B - You will be crocheting around the wire from the second row.
Do not join each round with a sl st - use a stitch marker to show where
your row ends and begins.
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
6 Sc in
magic circle |
6 |
2 |
Working sc around the washing line (sc inc) x 6 |
12 |
3 |
(sc inc, sc) x6 |
18 |
4 |
(sc inc, 2sc) x6 |
24 |
5 |
(sc inc, 3sc) x6 |
30 |
6 |
Sc in b/l |
30 |
7 |
moss
stitch around (sc, ch1, sc, ch1 etc) |
30 |
8 |
moss
stitch around (sc in ch1 gap, sc) rep to end |
30 |
9-11 |
Moss stitch around |
30 |
12 |
make 30
sc around the wire (not into the basket) this will form the handle, sk 14sc
and sc into the 15thsc, ch1 turn |
30 |
13 |
sc in
each of the 30 sc across the handle and sc in the next sc on the basket, then
cut the wire leaving a small tail. |
|
14 |
*(sc ch
sc, in next st, 2 sc) rep until you get to the handle and sl st through the
two stitches in the handle.* Rep from * to * You will work the wire
tail into this row |
|
|
Sl st
and cast off then sew in the ends |
|
Flower Decoration
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
Ch 4,
sl st to form a ring |
|
2 |
(ch3,
2trc, ch3, sl st) x 5 into the ring |
|
3 |
(ch 1,
3 HDC in ch3 sp, 2 dc in between the 2 trc, 2HDC in ch3 sp, ch1, sl st into
previous slst) x5 |
|
|
Sl st, cast off and Sew to basket |
|
Star Decoration
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
5 sc in
magic ring |
5 |
2 |
(sc
inc) x5 |
10 |
3 |
(sc hdc
dc trc ch1 in sc then trc dc hdc sc in next sc) x5 |
|
|
Sl st, cast off and Sew to basket |
|
Bunny Pattern
Make the limbs and ears
first as these will be attached as you go.
Arms make 2
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
6 sc in
magic circle |
6 |
2 |
(sc
inc) x6 |
12 |
3-9 |
Sc
around |
12 |
|
sl st,
cast off and stuff arm with wool tails and additional stuffing if required |
|
Legs make 2
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
6 sc in
magic circle |
6 |
2 |
(sc
inc) x6 |
12 |
3 |
(sc
inc, sc) x6 |
18 |
4 |
Sc in
b/l |
18 |
5-10 |
Sc
around |
18 |
|
sl st
cast off and stuff legs with wool tail and additional stuffing if required |
|
Ears make 4
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
ch 6, 2
sc in 2nd ch from hk, 3 sc, 3sc in last ch, 3 sc in the back of the chs, sc
in started ch |
6 |
2 |
2sc in
1st st, 2 sc in next st, 3sc, 2sc in next 3 st, 2sc in last st, sl st and
cast off |
12 |
3 |
take 2
bunny ears and hold them wrong sides together. sc around the edge of the ears
to hold them together, sl st and cast off. sew in any ends |
18 |
Head
Row |
Instruction |
Stitches |
1 |
6 sc in magic |
6 |
2 |
(sc inc) x6 |
12 |
3 |
(sc inc, sc) |
18 |
4 |
sc inc, 2sc,
holding ear upside down with the right side facing the bunny, you will attach
it with the next 3 stitches, insert hook through both loops of the ear and
both loops of the head and sc through all loops, then sc through next st on
ear and through the same stitch on the head to make as sc inc, then sc
through 1 more st on ear and 1 more stitch on head to complete attaching the
ear, sc, sc inc through just the head, then attach second ear as above using
2 sc and the 2st stitch of sc inc then add second stitch of sc inc in the
head only, 2 sc (sc inc, 2sc) x 3 |
24 |
5 |
(sc inc, 3sc) x6 |
30 |
6 |
Sc around |
30 |
7 |
27sc then popcorn
stitch with 3hdc to create the nose, 2sc |
30 |
8-3 |
Sc around |
30 |
10 |
(sc dec, 3sc) |
24 |
11 |
(sc dec, 2sc) x6 |
18 |
12 |
(sc dec sc) x6 |
12 |
13 |
sc around |
12 |
|
At this point
insert eyes between rows 5 and 6 equally distant from the nose and roughly
inline with the outer edges of the ears. Stuff the head |
|
14 |
(sc inc, sc) x 6 |
18 |
15 |
(sc inc, 2sc) x 2,
attach first limb in the same manor as ears are attached using sc inc, 2 sc,
sc inc, 2sc, attach second arm with sc in 2sc, (sc inc, 2sc) x2 |
24 |
16 |
(sc inc, 3sc) |
30 |
17-24 |
Sc around |
30 |
25 |
attach
first leg with 3sc, 3sc, attach second leg with 3 sc, 10sc, popcorn
stitch with 5dc, 10sc |
30 |
26 |
(sc
dec, 3sc) x6 |
24 |
27 |
(sc
dec, 2sc) x6 |
18 |
28 |
(sc
dec, sc) x6 |
12 |
|
Stuff
body |
|
29 |
(sc
dec) x6 |
6 |
|
sl st,
cast off and sew hole shut. Then sew mouth onto bunny under the nose
using the black wool. |
|
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