I sat my butt down and just spent the day hashing out the pattern. It's intended to be a produce basket, but could conceivably be applied to other uses, and will comfortably hold about 5 pounds per basket. It's knit lengthwise, using short rows to achieve shaping. I've included options for two different sized baskets, as well as two different depths of basket, and you can combine them in whichever way you choose. Gauge is a loose suggestion, as long as you are within a couple of rows either way, the baskets should stretch to accommodate.
Cestino
Size:
A (B)
Finished Measurements:
Approx. 9 in. depth (approx. 7 in. depth)
Materials:
- Lily Sugar'n Cream [100% Cotton; 150 yds/138 m per 85g skein]; color white, 1 ball per basket
- Fishing line [optional]
- Metal craft hoops - 10" diameter for larger basket, 8" diameter for smaller basket
- Approx. 3 ft of chandelier chain [available in the lighting section of home improvement stores]
Gauge:
Approx. 14 sts and 18 rows per 4 inch in yo, k2tog st, on size 10.5 needles.
Pattern Notes:
- If the baskets are to be used to hold produce, I strongly recommend using a kitchen cotton yarn to allow the produce to breathe and to allow the baskets to be washed if needed. Otherwise, use whatever yarn you'd like!
- The baskets should stretch out slightly when filled. If you do not want it to stretch, you can hold fishing line along with the yarn while knitting to help hold the shape.
- I recommend not wrapping the stitches when you turn for the short rows in order to get a smoother look at the bottom of the basket.
- CO 30 (24)
First row [RS]: - k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 5 st, k to end
Second row and all WS rows: - p
Third row: - k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 5 st, k next 4 sts, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 5 st, k next 3 sts, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 5 st, k next 2 sts, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 5 st, k next st, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 7 st, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 9 st, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 11 st, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 13 st, turn
- k1, *yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 15 st, turn
For 10" diameter basket, repeat 6 times. For 8" diameter basket, repeat 5 times.
BO. Seam up together cast on and bound off edges.
Attach basket to hoops by threading yarn through top row of eyelets and wrapping around hoop. Attach 3 6-inch lengths of chandelier chain evenly spaced to top basket, joining together at top. If adding another basket, attach with 3 additional 8-inch lengths between baskets.
2 comments:
This... is simply brilliant. And exactly the solution to an issue I've had so they are going on the needles in the morning! I'm ~almost~ done getting my kitchen renovated (All I wanted was to replace the dead stove and paint the walls. Such a staggeringly naive thought. Ultimately, the room had to be gutted. I've laid the floor tiles, painted, we're getting the molding and edging in, replacing the window, new sink, new counters, new counter~top~, new lights, backsplash, cabinets, fan, door trim and every appliance had to be replaced. AHHH!) I'm finally at the 'soft home furnishings' portions - IE, the fun stuff - and these baskets are the answer to what I'm going to do with the produce that can't go in fridge but I don't want on my counters. Just perfect and the pattern reads wonderfully easy as well. I have some brilliant emerald green cotton to work it up with (the kitchen was painted a bold bright Blueberry, and we have white cabinets and all appliances are white. The countertop is black granite and the rest is stainless.) and will be the perfect accent color hanging by the windows. Thank you so much for taking that day to sit down and get this written out for others and thank you so much for being so generous that you make it free!
I'm glad you like it! When I originally sat down to knit it, I was honestly surprised that I couldn't find a pattern for such a thing, it just seemed so obvious! We've had ours up in the kitchen for about a year now and we still love it.
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