PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET WITH REBECCA ROBERTS’ ADORABLE DESIGN
What better way to gift a tasty Chocolate Orange than by covering it with a cute knitted basket? This sweet springtime make is a unique and budget-friendly Easter project that can be personalised or even filled with sweet treats instead of our calorie free version!
WHAT YOU NEED...
MEASUREMENTS & SIZES
Basket: 15cm tall
KNIT KIT
Yarn: DK in shades in (A) Lemon, (B) Blue, (C) Yellow, (D) Pink, (E) Orange, (F) Green
Needles: 3.25mm
Tapestry needle Safety toy stuffing Pipe cleaner: one
START KNITTING HERE...
Easter Basket Orange Cover
BASKET
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn A, cast on 25 sts
☐ Row 1: inc into every stitch. 50 sts
☐ Row 2: (p1, k1) to end
☐ Row 3: (k1, p1) to end
☐ Rows 4-15: Rep Rows 2-3 six more times
☐ Row 16: rep Row 1
☐ Rows 17-20: k
☐ Rows 21-26: beg with a k (RS) row, work in st st
☐ Row 27: (k2tog) to end. 25 sts
☐ Row 28: (p2tog) to end. 13 sts
☐ Row 29: k1 (k2tog) to end. Seven sts
☐ Cut yarn leaving a tail, thread through rem sts, pull tight and fasten off
HANDLE
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn A, cast on 50 sts
☐ Rows 1-4: k
☐ Cast off
EGGS (make three) Using 3.25mm needles and yarn B (D, E) cast on four sts
☐ Row 1: k
☐ Row 2: (pfb) to end. Eight sts
☐ Rows 3-6: beg with a k (RS) row, work in st st
☐ Row 7: k Change to yarn C (B, A)
☐ Row 8: k Change to yarn B (D, E)
☐ Rows 9-12: beg with a p (WS) row, work in st st
☐ Row 13: (p3, p3tog) to last st, p1. 13 sts
☐ Row 14: k
☐ Row 15: (p1, p2tog) to last st, p1. Nine sts
☐ Row 16: k
☐ Row 17: (p1, p2tog) to end. Five sts
☐ Row 18: k
☐ Cut yarn leaving a tail, thread through rem sts, pull tight and fasten off
BOWS (make three) Using 3.25mm needles and yarn B (C, F) cast on ten sts
☐ Rows 1-2: beg with a k (RS) row, work in st st Cast off
TO MAKE UP
Sew Basket row ends together. Stitch cast on and cast off edges of Handle together around a pipe cleaner and secure to each side of Basket at top of garter stitch section. Sew eggs together at row ends, stuff and sew seams. Stitch Bow row ends together, bind middle of Bow by wrapping yarn around it tightly, secure to centre of Egg, secure eggs in Basket.
BASE
NOTE: If making as a toy, not to cover a Chocolate Orange
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn A, cast on six sts Row 1: k Row 2: kfb, k6, kfb Rows 3–10: Rep Rows 1-2 four times more. 16 sts Rows 11-28: k Row 29: k2tog, k to last st, k2tog Row 30: k Rep Rows 29-30 until six sts rem Cast off LKT
Use your kit! Designer: Sachiyo Ishii
KNIT KIT
Yarn: DK, eight shades. We used yarn from the kit (A) Pink, (B) Sky Blue, (C) Lilac, 6g of each, (D) Soft Yellow, small amount; (E) eyelash yarn, shade Brown, 5g; 4ply, shades (F) Yellow, (G) Mint, (H) orange, small amounts of each
