Easter Basket Free Crochet Pattern

Fill this pretty cute and sweet little Easter basket with candies or eggs to make your holiday extra special! You can crochet such a lovely basket in any desired colour. A great Easter gift! Also great as table decoration. This free crochet pattern is very detailed. It comes with easy to follow written instructions and photo tutorial.. 

SUPPLIES

cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in two colors: light brown and a bit of beige and yellow for the basket, light blue for the rabbit and a bit of pink for the nose and black for eyes, crochet hook 3,5 mm and 2,5 mm, Polyester fiberfill stuffing, 2 black beads or safety eyes, scissors, yarn needle.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

SKILLS YOU NEED

chain, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, increase, decrease

ABBREVIATIONS

Ch =chain

St = stitch

Sc =single crochet

Sl st = slip stitch

dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)

inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)

Dc = double crochet

hdc = half double crochet

Rnd = Round

TIPPS

• Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
• Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round
• All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
• You can use any type of yarn as long as you have a corresponding crochet hook size (check yarn label for recommendations)
• Numbers at the end of each round in parentheses ( ) = total number of stitches for that round or row.
• Please note that I use US crochet terms. 
• Can be made in any desired colours.

SHIFT STITCH

Sometimes during a work of the spiral amigurumi, you need to keep the work symmetrically. As work tends to twist to the right you need to adjust position of the marker periodically (beginning of the round).

Shift stitch is an extra stitch you work at the end of a round to make your work look symmetrical. If you notice that marker moves right, you need to work one extra stitch in the end of the round and move marker for one stitch (now 2nd st of the round becomes 1st). this is shift stitch.

The shift stitch is not included in the round description. To check if it’s time to work shift stitch fold your work in half and check if marker still goes straight or use a yarn that marks a straight line.

You may think this is a increase, but it isn’t. This way you don’t increase or decrease the amount of stitches. The stitches count remains the same.

Seamsless way of changing color when working in the round

Pick up the new color at the end of the round: inset your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.

INSTRUCTIONS

Crochet with two strand of yarn. Crochet hook 3,5 mm

BOTTOM

Use light brown color yarn or the one you wish and begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches).

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 stitches).

Rnd 4: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (24 stitches).

Rnd 5: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 stitches).

Rnd 6: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (36 stitches).

Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (42 stitches).

Rnd 8: *sc in each of next 6 sts, inc* (48 stitches).

Rnd 9: *sc in each of next 7 sts, inc* (54 stitches).

Rnd 10 (working into the back loop): sc in each of next st around.

Change the color

Rnd 11: sc in each of next st around.

Change the color

Rnd 12: *dc in next st, popcorn stitch in next st*

Popcorn Stitch:

4 dc in next st, drop the loop from the hook, insert the hook into first st from four dc´s,

grab the dropped loop and pool it through the st.

Change the color

Rnd 13: sc in each of next 54 stitches

Change the color

Rnd 14-17: sc in each of next 54 stitches.

Change the color

Rnd 18 (working into the front loop): chain 2 stitches, dc in each of next 54 stitches

Bind off.

HARE

Crochet hook 3 mm

HEAD

Crochet with light blue color yarn and begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring.

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches).

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 stitches).

Rnd 4: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (24 stitches).

Rnd 5: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 stitches).

Rnd 6: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (36 stitches).

Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (42 stitches).

Rnd 8: *sc in each of next 6 sts, inc* (48 stitches).

Rnd 9-17: sc in each of next 48 stitches

Rnd 18: *dec, sc in each of next 6 stitches* (42 stitches)

Rnd 19-20: sc in each of next 42 stitches

Rnd 21: *dec, sc in each of next 5 stitches* (36 stitches)

Rnd 22: sc in each of next 36 stitches

Rnd 23: *dec, sc in each of next 4 stitches* (30 stitches)

Rnd 24: *dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches* (24 stitches)

Gut ausstopfen.

Rnd 25: *dec, sc in each of next 2 stitches* (18 stitches)

Rnd 26: *dec, sc in next st* (12 stitches)

Rnd 27: *dec* 6 times.

Bind off.

EAR (2x)

Crochet with light blue color yarn and begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring

Rnd 2: sc in each of next 6 stitches

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (9 stitches)

Rnd 4: sc in each of next 9 stitches

Rnd 5: *sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* (12 stitches)

Rnd 6: sc in each of next 12 stitches

Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 3 stitches, inc* (15 stitches)

Rnd 8: sc in each of next 15 stitches

Rnd 9: *sc in each of next 4 stitches, inc* (18 stitches)

Rnd 10-12: sc in each of next 18 stitches

Rnd 13: *dec, sc in each of next 4 stitches* (15 stitches)

Rnd 14: sc in each of next 15 stitches

Rnd 15: *dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)

Rnd 16-17: sc in each of next 12 stitches

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing. Crochet the second ear the same way.

ARM (2x)

Crochet with light blue color yarn and begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring

Rnd 2: *inc* 6 times (12 stitches)

Rnd 3: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (15 stitches)

Rnd 4-18: sc in each of next 15 stitches

Rnd 19: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (12 stitches)

Stuff the arm slightly.

Rnd 20: sc in each of next 12 stitches

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing. Crochet the second arm the same way.

ASSEMBLY

Position ears and sew them to the hat of the bunny.

Mark where you want the eyes to be placed with pins and sew them with the distance of 2-3 stitches to the head of your bunny.

Embroider nose with pink color yarn. Begin with the outline of the upside down triangle. Insert the needle through the top of the head and pull it through leaving a little bit of a tail. Then insert the needle 1-2 rows under the eyes and pull it through where you want your rabbit’s nose to be. Fill in the triangle, and finish the uneven lines. At the end pull the needle out the same hole it originally went into, so that both yarn tails are coming out of the same hole. Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the surface of the head as possible. Hide the yarn tails inside the head. 

Add a line to the nose using black color yarn.Proceed to the smile if desired. You can also embroider eyebrows and add eyelashes.

Sew the head and arms to the basket. Weave in all ends.

Happy crocheting! Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!