Flower Basket Wrap by Joanne Fowler

Flower Basket Wrap

Crochet
May 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 13 rows = 4 inches
in Basketweave Stitch
5.5 mm (I)
3.75 mm (F)
1804 yards (1650 m)
Length: 122 cm and Width: 40 cm (with notes on adjustment)
both US and UK
English
This pattern is available for £5.50 GBP
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This shawl is like a beautiful basket of summer flowers gathered from the garden to encourage the plants to flower again. Best of all, these flowers will last you through the colder seasons bringing a cheery touch to your wardrobe and warmth to your shoulders.

The stitches and simple shaping of the jacket make this an interesting, yet simple crocheted garment and the flowers are an excellent portable project to carry with you on the go. This make offers the chance for stash-busting to use small quantities of your favourite leftover yarn scraps in the floral section to turn your jacket into an album of your favourite craft memories. The pattern includes links to video tutorials for each of the flowers.

Sizing
Wrap is one size as written but easy to adjust
Length: 122 cm (inc. 15 cm flower border both ends)
Width: 40 cm

Tension
16 (16) sts x 13 (8) rows = 10cm measured over basketweave stitch (mesh stitch) with larger hook

Requirements
Jody Long Cottontails (aran/worsted/150m=75g ball; 100% cotton blown fibre yarn)

  • 7 balls in MC Bear 005
  • ¼-½ ball each in CC1 Pistachio 010, CC2 Sheep 002, CC3 Ballet 013, CC4 Hot 008, CC5 Buttermilk 015, CC6 Soft 014, CC7 Dream 012, CC8 Wasabi 011
  • 5.5mm and 3.75mm hooks
  • Tapestry needle
  • Sewing needle, safety pins or lockable stitch markers and thread to match MC to arrange flowers

Notes
This pattern is available in both UK terminology and US terminology. Please be sure you download a copy in your preferred terminology.

I sometimes add extra resources for my patterns, e.g. new yarn or adaptation suggestions or helpful video clips as updates on my original blog post for the release, so consider checking it out via the link above.