Love Heart Belly Basket, a free tutorial 💕
This chunky belly basket is worked in the round and uses six
strands of yarn held together, for a fun and quick make. Finished with
heart-shaped pompoms! Scroll down for step by step pictures, instructions and stitch descriptions.
Please do tag me with #lottieandalbert or @lottieandalbert to show me what you've made on social media! 💕
This project was originally created for the Knitcraft blog, the post can be found here. The yarn for the project was kindly gifted to me by Hobbycraft.
Materials
Knitcraft Cotton Blend 100g in
Pink, Red, White
8mm hook
5cm pompom maker
Abbreviations - written in UK terminology
blo back loop
only
ch chain
dc double
crochet (US single crochet)
rep repeat
rnd round
slst slip stitch
st(s) stitch(es)
inc increase (two
double crochet in one stitch)
dc2tog double crochet two
stitches together
Stitch descriptions
Slip Stitch: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull up
a loop, pull new loop through first loop on hook
Double Crochet: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull
up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops
Double Crochet Two Together: Insert hook into stitch,
without yarning over insert hook in next stich along from front to back, yarn
over and pull up a loop through both stitches, yarn over and pull though both
loops
Preparing the yarn
Taking your three balls of yarn, hold the three strands in
your hand, and slowly wind them into a ball of three strands. Continue until
you have wound around half of the yarn, or until the new ball weighs around
150g. Now cut your yarn, and hold the three strands of what’s left of your
balls, plus the three strands of the yarn ball you just wound, and wind all six
strands into a ball. You will now have a six-strand yarn ball to make the
blanket with.
Work all six yarns together and treat them as one thread.
Basket Pattern
Rnd 1 Create a magic
loop and make 6 dc into the loop, pull loop closed (6)
Rnd 2 2 dc in each
stitch around (12)
Rnd 3 *1 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (18)
Rnd 4 *2 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (24)
Rnd 5 *3 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (30)
Rnd 6 *4 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (36)
Rnd 7 dc in back loop only of each stitch around (36)
Rnd 8 *5 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (42)
Rnd 9 *6 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (48)
Rnd 10 *7 dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (54)
Rnd 11 *2dc, inc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (72)
Rnd 12 In BLO *2dctog, 2dc. Rep
from * until end of rnd (54)
Rnd 13 *7dc, 2dctog. Rep
from * until end of rnd (48)
Rnd 14 *6dc, 2dctog. Rep
from * until end of rnd (42)
Rnd 15 *5dc, 2dctog. Rep
from * until end of rnd (36)
Rnd 16 *4dc, 2dctog. Rep
from * until end of rnd (30)
Rvd 17 *5 ss, ch 10 and
skip 5 sts, 5 ss. Rep from * once more (30)
Fasten off and weave in ends
Pom Pom Hearts
To make the pompom hearts, use just one strand of yarn at
once.
Taking your pompom maker and one colour, wrap the pompom
maker and create a round pompom as normal. Holding the pompom by the strings at
the top, start to shape the bottom of the heart into a pointed cone shape.
Now cut a sharp V in the top of the pomp om, being careful
not to cut the strings.
This will give you the basic heart shape, but will probably
look very fluffy! Continue to trim, fluffing and turning the pompom regularly
to refine the heart shape.
Attach your pompoms to your basket in between the handles
and rounds 15 and 16.
I hope you have enjoyed this free pattern from Lindsey of
Lottie and Albert. Find me on Instagram, Etsy, Ravelry and YouTube as
@lottieandalbert, and find more free patterns on lottieandalbert.blogspot.com
