Recipe Candy Cane Gift Basket

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Make your holiday gifts even more festive with the Candy Cane Crochet Gift Basket! This candy cane inspired crochet basket pattern is perfect for packaging all of the handmade goodies you make for your loved ones. Or to put all of those fun chocolates you're going to give!

2019 Pattern created by E'Claire Makery Pattern is for personal use only. Do not sell, distribute or claim as your own. Crochet Recipe Candy Cane Gift Basket

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Gauge: 14 sc x 13 rows & 14 hdc x 7 rows Ingredient List

Mary Maxim Starlette Sparkle (Weight 4 worsted weight yarn) in two colors: Cranberry 75 yards White 75 yards Size 7mm

Stitches Used

Measurements: 7" across and 5 inches tall MC = Main Color Recipe Notes: CC = Contrast Color Sc = single crochet This pattern is made using US crochet terminology St = stitch Ch 2 does not count as a stitch. blo = Back Loops Only The pattern involves color changes using tapestry crochet. Experience Hdc = half double crochet with color work is recommended, but if you're a beginner to tapestry bobble = bobble stitch (*yarn over, crochet than you can totally do it! For a tutorial on how to do tapestry insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull crochet, check out my Beginner's Guide to Tapestry Crochet. through two loops,* repeat till you have I recommend reading through the pattern completely before beginning six loops on your hook, then yarn over just to make sure that you understand everything in the pattern. and pull yarn through all 6) Color changes happy in the middle of the rows in this pattern. The [ ] = stitch count at end of round color changes are indicated in the written pattern by a new color in ( ) = color inside is color used for parentheses (for example: (green)sc 1, (orange) sc 2) stitches Recipe Candy Cane Crochet Gift Basket Starting with MC, you'll be working in continuous rounds so mark the first st of each round with a stitch marker.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic circle [6 sc]

Rnd 2: Sc 2 in each sc around [12 sc]

Rnd 3: *Sc 1, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [18 sc]

Rnd 4: *Sc 2, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [24 sc]

Rnd 5: *Sc 3, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [30 sc]

Rnd 6: *Sc 4, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [36 sc]

Rnd 7: *Sc 5, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [42 sc]

Rnd 8: *Sc 6, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [48 sc]

Rnd 9: *Sc 7, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [54 sc]

Rnd 10: *Sc 8, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times [60 sc]

Rnd 11: *Sc 9, Sc 2 in next st, repeat from * 6 more times. In last st where you do 2 sc, add one more sc for a total of 3 sc in the last st [66 sc]

You'll now be switching to work in joined rounds and working in hdc.

Rnd 12-19: Ch 2, in blo *(MC) hdc 3, (CC) hdc 3, repeat from * 10 more times, join with sl st to ch 2 at beginning of round [66 hdc]

Rnd 20: Ch 2, *hdc 1, bobble 1, repeat from * 32 more times, join with sl st to ch 2 at beginning of round [33 hdc, 33 bobbles]

Fasten off and weave in ends.

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