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Strawberry basket

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Designed by

Sachiyo Ishii

Finished Size

Strawberry 3 - 3.5 cm, leaf 2cm

Materials

• [A] A small amount of red DK

• [B] A small amount of coral pink DK

• [C] A small amount of green DK

• [D] A small amount of yellow-green DK

• [E] A small amount of 4-ply white

• [F] A small amount of 4-ply yellow

• [G] A small amount of 4-ply soft yellow

• Small basket, 7 x 10cm

• Toy stuffing


About yarn used for samples

• Sirdar Snuggly DK in [A] 457 Rhubarb, [B] 493 Coral [C] 480 Cutie Clover,

[D] 483 Whizz, [G] 320 Pastel Lemon, S0g per 165m, 55% Nylon, 45% Acrylic

• Sirdar Snuggly 4-ply [E] 251 white, 50 g per 226m, 55% Nylon, 45% Acrylic

• Patons Baby Smiles Fairytale Fab [F] 01022 Sundance, S0g per 184m, 100% Acrylic


Practical tips

• Leave a long end at the beginning and end of each piece for sewing

• Sew seams with RS facing, using mattress stitch.

• The flowers are a good way to try out the basic crochet stitches but if you are not too keen on crochet, you can improvise by cutting out flowers from felt fabric.


Tension

24 sts and 32 rows for 10 x 10 cm tension square over St st (not essential).


Abbreviation

RS: right side

WS: wrong side

RH: right hand

St st: stocking stitch

St(s): stitch( es)

K: knit

P: purl

Kfb: k one through the front then through the back (same stitch)

Pfb: p one through the front then through the back (same stitch)

K2tog: knit two together

P2tog: purl two together

Skpo: slip 1 stitch, k 1, pass slipped stitch over

Ch: chain(s)

De: double crochet (UK), single crochet (US)

Htr: half-treble crochet (UK), half-double crochet (US)

Ss: slip stitch

Rnd(s): round(s)


Project sheet (pdf)

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Making

1

Strawberry: Large

Make as many of each size as you wish.

With yarn A or B, cast on 10 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: [Kfb] 10 times. 20 sts
Rows 3-5: Starting with a p row, work 3 rows in St st.
Row 6: [K2, k2tog] 5 times. 15 sts
Rows 7-9: Starting with a p row, work 3 rows in St st.
Row 10: Kl, [k2tog] 7 times. 8 sts
Row 11: Purl.
Break yarn, thread through sts, pull tightly and fasten off.

2

Strawberry: Medium

With yarn A or B, cast on 8 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: [Kfb] 8 times. 16 sts
Rows 3-5: Starting with a p (WS) row, work 3 rows in St st.
Row 6: [K2, k2tog] 4 times. 12 sts
Rows 7-9: Starting with a p row, work 3 rows in St st.
Row 10: [K2tog] 6 times. 6 sts
Row 11: Purl.
Break yarn, thread through sts, pull tightly and fasten off.

3

Strawberry: Tiny

With yarn G, work as for medium strawberry.

4

Leaf cap: For large strawberry

Leaf cap: For large strawberry

5

Leaf cap: For medium strawberry

With yarn C or D and crochet hook, [make 3 ch, ss in first ch] 5 times. Fasten off.

6

Leaf cap: For tiny strawberry

Separate 3 plies from strand of yarn C or D. Holding the 3 plies together, work as for medium strawberry cap.

7

To make up strawberry

Seam and stuff strawberry. Stitch together the ends of leaf cap and attach it to strawberry.

8

Leaf: Large

Make as many of each size as you wish to fill the basket.

With yarn C or D, cast on 5 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Pfb, p to end. 6 sts
Row 2: Kfb, k to end. 7 sts
Rows 3-4: Repeat rows 1-2. 9 sts
Rows 5-6: Starting with a prow, work 2 rows in St st.
Row 7: P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog. 7 sts
Row 8: K2tog, k to last 2 sts, k2tog. 5 sts
Row 9: P2tog, pl, p2tog. 3 sts
Row 10: Sl1, k2tog. Pass the first st over the second and fasten off.

9

Leaf: Small

With yarn C or D, cast on 5 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Pfb, p to end. 6 sts
Row 2: Kfb, k to end. 7 sts
Row 3: Pfb, p to end. 8 sts
Rows 4-6: Starting with a k row, work 3 rows in St st.
Row 7: P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog. 6 sts
Row 8: K2tog, k2, k2tog. 4 sts
Row 9: [P2tog] twice. Pass the first st over the second and fasten off.

10

Flower

With yarn F and working into a magic ring, 5 de, join with a ss in first de. 5 sts
Change to yarn E.
Rnd 1: (2 ch, 1 htr, 2 ch, ss) in first st, [(ss, 2 ch, 1 htr, 2 ch, ss) in next st] 4 times.
Fasten off.

11

To make up

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Place a small amount of toy stuffing in basket. Attach two small leaves on top side of large leaf, leaving one of the yarn ends free. Arrange leaves on basket and secure them to basket, using the free yarn ends.
Place strawberries between the leaves. Secure strawberries to basket if you wish. Attach flowers to leaves.