Basket with Rose Coaster

This project made me so happy to complete! Even after finishing the little basket I was overwhelmed by the absolute cuteness of this project. I'm planning on making several more as gifts in the future! You could even change the colors of the roses depending on preference. This only took me a few hours to complete and wasn't very difficult, but may be a stretch for beginners to grasp. I hope you enjoy making this pattern as much as I have!

Materials:

• Medium(4) acrylic yarn in brown 

• Cotton yarn in white, green, and pink

• 3.5 mm crochet hook

• Scissors

• Crochet/tapestry needle

Instructions:

Basket:

Start with brown yarn.

Round 1: Make a magic circle. Single crochet (SC) 6. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 2: Chain 1. SC, increase every stitch. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 3: Chain 1. SC, increase every 2nd stitch. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 4: Chain 1. SC, increase every 3rd stitch. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 5: Chain 1. SC, increase every 4th stitch. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 6: Chain 2. Double crochet (DC) in back loops. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 7: Chain 2. DC all (30). Slip stitch to connect.

Round 8: Chain 2. DC all. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 9: Chain 1. SC all. Slip stitch to connect.

Round 10: Slip stitch all.

Chain 28 and connect on the other side for the basket handle.

Flower coaster:

Start with white yarn.

Round 1: Make a magic circle. Chain 3, count as first DC. Make 11 DC, for a total of 12. Connect with a slip stitch.

Round 2: Chain 3. DC, increase every stitch. Connect with a slip stitch (24).

Round 3: Chain 3. DC, increase every 2nd stitch. Connect with a slip stitch (36).

Round 4: Slip stitch all the way around.

Switch to green yarn. Connect to coaster where you left off with the white.

Round 5: Chain 6, DC into the same stitch. (Chain 1, skip 3 stitches, DC, chain 4, DC into same stitch) x11. Chain 1. Slip stitch into chain 6 space.

Round 6: Chain 3. From the 2nd chain, slip stitch. SC. Slip stitch into chain 4 space. Slip stitch, SC, slip stitch. 3 slip stitch to get to the next chain 4 space. Repeat this process until you reach the end of the round.

Roses:

Use pink yarn (or whichever rose color you would like).

Make a slip knot. Chain 10. Turn and DC in 3rd chain from hook. 2 DC in each of next 6 chains. 1 DC. Chain 2, slip stitch into first chain stitch you made. Chain 1, cut, and knot. Be sure to leave a long tail for sewing!

Make 10 roses total.

Use the crochet needle to stitch each rose between the clusters of leaves.

Don't forget to weave in your yarn ends!