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Limoncino is a Little Lemon!

Last spring I got a chance to visit a dear friend, who lives in a lovely corner of Italy, near Sorrento. There were all kinds of lemons, all different shapes and sizes, everywhere. The smell of lemon trees in bloom filled the night air, it was magical!
I really wanted to make a lemony project for the home to remember the trip, and this little wall basket is the result.

The basket is made from the bottom up, all as one piece. It can be made in thick 100% wool yarn you can felt down into something more sturdy, or in airy summary Raffia. Different yarn and hook combinations will produce different sizes, but all will give that fun lemony look.

The pattern is written in US and UK crochet terms (2 separate pdfs), with step by step photos. This is a quick project that takes less than 2hrs to complete.

Here are the yarns used for making the samples:

Sample 1: Drops Snow, (100% wool, 50g/ 50m/ 55yds)
2 balls/ 85g in Yellow (24), 1 ball/ 20g in Sage Green (98)
6mm hook
Length before felting approx 30cm/12in
Length after felting approx 26cm/10in

Sample 3: Hobbii Yarns Rainbow Cotton 8/8, (100% cotton, 50g/ 75m / 82yds)
1 ball/ 35g in Sunflower (54), 1 ball/ 10g in Deep Jungle Green (100)
3.75mm (F) hook
Finished size - 20cm/8in long

Sample 4: Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK, (100% cotton, 50g/ 125m / 127yds)
1 ball/ 20g in Daffodil Yellow (422), 1 ball/ 5g in Lime Green (429)
3.00mm hook
Finished size - 17cm/6.5in long

Sample 4: Adriafil Rafia (100% wood pulp, 25g/ approx 60m/65yds, varies by hank)
2 balls/ 30g in Yellow, 1 ball/ 10g in Green
4.5mm hook
Finished size - 25cm/9.8in long