✅ Basket measures approximately 6 1⁄2” [16.5 cm] high x 10” [25.5 cm] diameter (excluding tail).

Caliber

✅ 9 sc and 7 rows = 4” (10 cm) with 2 strands of thread attached.

Instructions

Note: The basket is worked with 2 strands of thread joined together.

With the 2 strands together, pc 2.

Row 1: 10 sc in the 2nd sc from the hook. Join with a tr to the first sc. 10 bp.

Round 2: Sc 1. 2 sc in each sc around. Join with a tr to the first sc. 20 bp.

Round 3: Sc 1. *2 sc in the next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a tr to the first sc. 30 bp.

Round 4: Sc 1. *1 sc in the next sc. 2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a tr to the first sc. 40 bp.

Round 5: Sc 1. *2 sc in the next sc. 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc. Repeat from *. around. Join with a tr to the first sc. 50 bp.

Row 6: Sc 1. Working in back loops only, 1 sc in each sc around.

Not ones.

From here, the basket is worked in a spiral. Don’t join at the end of the turns. Place the marker on the first stitch of the round and move it up each subsequent round.

Round 7: 1 sc in each sc around.

Round 8: *1 sc in each of the next 2 sc. 2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc. 60 bp.

Round 9: As in round 7.

Round 10: *2 sc in the next sc. 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc. 70 bp.

Rounds 11-14: Like round 7.

Round 15: *Sc2tog. 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc. Repeat from * around. 60 points.

Round 16: Like round 7.

Round 17: *1 sc in each of the next 2 sc. Sc2tog. 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc. Repeat from * around. 50 points.

Round 18: 1 sc in each sc around. Pr in first sc.

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Line

With 2 strands of thread together, pc 8.

Row 1 (right side): Sc 1. 1 sc in each sc to end of sc. Tour. 7 bp.

Row 2: Pc 1. 2 sc in the first sc. 1 sc in each of the next 5 sc. 2 sc in the last sc. 9 bp. Tour.

Row 3: Sc 1. 1 sc in each sc until the end of the row. Tour.

Row 4: Sc 1, 2 sc in first sc. 1 sc in each of the next 7 sc. 2 sc in the last sc. 11 bp. Tour.

Row 5: Sc 1. 1 sc in each sc until the end of the row. Tour.

Row 6: Pc 4 (counts as tr). 1 tr in next sc. 1 dc in next sc. 1 hdc in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Pr in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. 1 hdc in next sc. 1 dc in next sc. 1 tr in each of the last 2 sc.

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Finish

Sew the tail to the basket. Insert the safety eyes. With 2 strands of black yarn, embroider the mouth with a straight stitch as seen in the image below.