With Easter just a few days away, I thought a crochet Easter basket with crochet Easter eggs would a great pattern to design and share with you all. I know it’s a tough time for everyone and shopping for Easter decorations and presents isn’t possible right now. Don’t stress about it! You can quickly and easily whip up some of these fun Easter baskets for your kiddos. You can even use some green yarn in place of the grass. The basket and the eggs are worked using single crochet stitches in the round from the bottom up. Both patterns work up very quickly which makes them perfect for beginner crocheters.
- J 6mm crochet hook (BASKET)
- 7 4.5mm crochet hook (EGGS)
- Yarn for BASKET: worsted weight (#4) in brown (you will be working with two strands of yarn held together)
- Yarn for EGGS: worsted weight (#4) in pastel pink, purple, blue & yellow
- locking stitch markers
- tapestry needle
- Easter basket grass
- Poly Fil
Basket: 8 rows and 7 stitches= 2 inches
Eggs: 6 rows and 7 stitches= 1 inch
Basket
Height: 3.5 inches to brim & 10.5 inches to top of handle
Diameter: 7.75 inches
Eggs
Height: 2.5 inches
Diameter: 1.5 inches
- you are crocheting in the round
- basket is worked from the bottom up
- the ch at the beginning of each round never counts as your first stitch
- basket: you are working with two strands of yarn held together
CLICK HERE to watch my Easter Egg crochet tutorial
sc= single crochet
sc2tog= single crochet two stitches together
st= stitch
st(s)= stitches
sl st= slip stitch
ch= chain
ch(s)= chains
rnd= round
rem= remaining
You are working with two strand of brown yarn held together.
Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.
Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc, join with sl st in top of first sc (6)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st, join (12)
Rnd 3: ch 1, *2 sc in the first stitch, sc in next st*, join (18)
Rnd 4: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 2 sts*, join (24)
Rnd 5: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 3 sts*, join (30)
Rnd 6: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 4 sts*, join (36)
Rnd 7: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 5 sts*, join (42)
Rnd 8: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 6 sts*, join (48)
Rnd 9: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 7 sts*, join (54)
Rnd 10: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 8 sts*, join (60)
Rnd 11: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 9 sts*, join (66)
Rnd 12: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 10 sts*, join (72)
Rnd 13: ch 1, sc in each st in the back loop only, join (72)
Rnds 14- 22: ch 1, sc in each st, join (72)
Do not fasten off. Begin handle pattern where you left off after round 21
Handle
Row 1: ch 1, sc in 6 sts, turn (6)
Rows 2-51: ch 1, sc in 6 sts, turn (6)
Your handle should be approximately 14 inches long.
Use your tapestry needle to sew the handle to the 6 stitches on the opposite side of the basket. Make sure the handle isn’t twisted. You should have 30 stitches between the handle on each side. Weave in all of your ends.
Fill your basket with Easter basket grass.
CLICK HERE to watch my Easter Egg crochet tutorial
Colors: pink, purple, blue & yellow
Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.
Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc, join with sl st in top of first sc (6)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st, join (12)
Rnd 3: ch 1, *2 sc in the first stitch, sc in next st*, join (18)
Rnd 4: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 2 sts*, join (24)
Rnd 5: ch 1, *2 sc in the first st, sc in next 3 sts*, join (30)
Rnd 6: ch 1, sc in each st, join (30)
Rnd 7: ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts*, join (24)
Rnd 8: ch 1, sc in each st, join (24)
Rnd 9: ch 1, sc in each st, join (24)
Rnd 10: ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts*, join (18)
Rnd 11: ch 1, sc in each st, join (18)
Rnd 12: ch 1, sc in each st, join (18)
Stuff with Poly Fil
Rnd 13: ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in the next st, join (12)
Rnd 14: ch 1, sc in each st, join (12)
Rnd 15: ch 1, *sc2tog*, join (6)
Use your tapestry needle to sew the rem 6 stitches together.
Weave in all of your ends.
