Pansy Basket
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Basket: 11/2 inches square x
31/2 inches to top of handle
Pansies: 11/4 inches in diameter Leaves: 5/8 inch wide x 11/4 inches long
MATERIALS
• Lizbeth size 10 crochet cotton (122 yds per ball):
1 ball #668 green
orchid dark
• Lizbeth size 40 crochet cotton (300 yds per ball):
1 ball each #647 purple iris dark, #646 purple iris light, #601 snow white and
#638 Christmas green • Sizes 12/1.00mm and 7/1.65mm
steel crochet hooks
• Heavy fabric stiffener
• Hot-glue gun
• Plastic wrap
• 18 3-inch-long pieces of thin
green floral wire
• 11/4-inch square plastic foam* • Spice bottle or item of that size to hold handle in place to stiffen and shape.
GAUGE
Gauge is not important for this project.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
When joining motifs together, front post treble crochet is worked around designated stitch. Hold back last 2 loops of front post treble crochet on hook, then insert hook in top of corresponding front post treble crochet on designated motif, yarn over and draw through all loops on hook to join the 2 stitches as 1 at top. Motifs that make up the basket are joined as work progresses to the previous motif. The 4th motif is joined to the first motif on 2 sides to form the square basket. The 5th motif is joined to bottom of the basket in the same way as sides were joined and is connected to bottom of all 4 of the joined motifs with the joined front post treble crochets.
Plastic foam is used to stiffen basket as well as holding flowers and leaves in place after completion.
BASKET
MOTIF 1 Rnd 1: With size 7 hook and orchid green dark, ch 6, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch of ch-6 to form a ring, ch 3 (see Pattern
Notes), 2 dc in ring, [ch 1, dc in ring, ch 1, 3 dc in ring] 3 times, ch 1, dc in ring, ch 1, join in top of beg ch-3. (4 3-dc groups, 4 dc, 8 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 2: Sl st to ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 1, fptr (see Stitch
Guide) around next dc, ch 1, 3 dc in ch-1 sp, *ch 1, fptr around center dc of 3-dc group, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, fptr around next dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, rep from * around, join with