Cluster Bobble Basket
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
73/4 inches high x 12 inches in diameter
MATERIALS
• Bernat Maker Home Dec bulky (chunky) weight cotton/nylon yarn
(83/4 oz/317 yds/250g per ball): 1 ball each #111012 black, #111009 cream and #111008 clay
• Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
First 4 rounds = 2 inches in diameter
Take time to check gauge.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-1 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Single crochet join (sc join):
Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook. Long single crochet (long sc):
Insert hook in st 2 rows below
(keeping front lp unworked), yo, pull up lp to height of working row, yo, pull through both lps on hook (see illustration).
Bobble: Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, [insert hook in same st, yo, pull up lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 3 times, yo, pull through all 5 lps on hook.
BASKET
Rnd 1 (RS): With black, make a slip ring (see illustration), ch 1 (see Pattern Notes), 8 sc in ring,
join (see Pattern Notes) in first sc. (8 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join in first sc. (16 sc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, [sc in first st, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (24 sc)
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in each of first 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (32 sc)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in each of first 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (40 sc)
Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in each of first 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of last 2 sts, join in first sc. (48 sc)
Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (56 sc)
Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of last 3 sts, join in first sc. (64 sc)
Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (72 sc) Rnd 10: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of last 4 sts, join in first sc. (80 sc)
Rnd 11: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 9 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (88 sc) Rnd 12: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 10 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of next 5 sts, join in first sc. (96 sc)
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 10 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 11 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (104 sc)
Rnd 14: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Rnd 15: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 24 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 25 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, join in first sc. (108 sc) Rnd 16: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 16 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 17 sts, 2 sc in next st] 5 times, join in first sc. (114 sc) Rnd 17: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 14 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 13 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (122 sc)
Rnd 18: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 14 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of next 8 sts, join in first sc. (130 sc)
Rnd 19: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 16 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 15 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (138 sc) Rnd 20: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 16 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of next 9 sts, join in first sc. (146 sc)
Rnd 21: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 18 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 17 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc. (154 sc) Rnd 22: Ch 1, sc in first st and in each of next 9 sts, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 18 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in each of next 10 sts, join in first sc, turn. (162 sc) Rnd 23: With WS facing, sc in back lp (see Stitch Guide) of each st around, join to first sc, turn. Fasten off.
Rnd 24: With RS facing and working in back lps with cream, sc join (see Special Stitches) in same st as join in last rnd, long
sc (see Special Stitches) in st below next st, [sc in back lp of
next st, long sc in st below next st] around to last 2 sts, sc dec
(see Stitch Guide) in next 2 sts,
do not join. (161 sts)
Note: For remainder of pattern, do not join unless otherwise noted. Rnd 25: Long sc in st below first st, sc in back lp of next st, [long sc in st below next st, sc in back lp of next st] around.
Rnd 26: Sc in back lp of first st, long sc in st below next st, [sc in back lp of next st, long sc in st below next st] around.
Rnds 27–44: [Rep rnds 25 and 26] 9 times.
Rnd 45: Rep rnd 25.
Rnd 46: Rep rnd 26 to last 2 sts, insert hook in back lp of next st, yo, pull up lp, insert hook in st below next st, yo, pull up lp, yo with black and pull through all lps on hook to complete as a long sc dec changing the color to black. Fasten off cream. (160 sts)
Rnd 47 (bobble rnd): With black, work bobble (see Special
Stitches) in back lp of first st, sc in next st, [bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st] 3 times, bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st while changing to clay
(see illustration), **[bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st] 4 times, bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st while changing to black, *[bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st] 4 times, bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st while changing to clay**, [bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st] 4 times, bobble in back lp of next st, sc in next st while changing to black, rep from * around, changing to cream at end of last rep. Fasten off clay and black.