Knitted Basket

Hi, I am searching for a pattern to KNIT a basket approximately 10ins x 10ins on straight needles and bulky wool. I can find numerous CROCHET patterns or KNITTED patterns but on either circular or d.p. needles. which I cannot use. I found the perfect one Brecken Basket but it is crochet unfortunately as my crochet is not too good.Thanks. Jean

Here’s the Brecken Basket for reference:

And here are a couple of knit baskets that might work:



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A pattern such as this one would give you a rounded shape for the bottom, you could knit the sides flat then seam it all together.

This one is more of an actual circle.

If you crochet at all you could use a hook to make your joins and make them a feature. You could start with a provisional cast on and graft the ends. A 3 needle bind off could be decorative on the outside or just utilitarian on the inside. The handles could be worked similarly to a buttonhole - bind off stitches on one row, cast on stitches over the bound off stitches on the next. You’d want to cast on more stitches than were bound off to make the handle as you continue knitting. Scarves with slits for tucking the end through are worked kind of like this.

I’m not saying you should work in the round but why is it a problem?

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Hope you find something you like.
I think I’d go with GrumpyGramma’s idea of making a circle, then knitting flat for the length of the circumference. That way you can work to your own gauge for the yarn you have and make the stitches tighter on smaller needles if you want/need to make a firmer fabric. I did a similar thing on a smaller scale for plant pot covers and found they worked best when I had more control over the size myself rather than a set stitch count from a pattern. The patterns did help me get going though.

Is it a round basket you wanted?

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Hi, many thanks for the patterns and the tip re GrumpyGramms’s knitted circle. Will give it a try but knitting a circle sounds complicated. I am aiming to knit a round Waste Bin.
Regards J

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I don’t know how @Creations found those patterns but I’m glad she did. I looked and gave up and thought about how to wing it. Knitting a round dishcloth pattern will be challenging if you’ve never used short rows before but once you get the idea it’s pretty easy. In fact I think I’m going to start round bag bottoms this way from now on. I never thought about it before. If you’re up for grafting I think that would be the best way to join the edges without a ridge from a seam. Just practice on whatever yarn you have handy and suitably sized needles and watch with wonder as the circle takes shape. It’s really cool.

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I thought the circle quite manageable as it had a pattern - we can help too.

Or if its too much maybe you can figure something based on this, it is not the size you want or weight of yarn but its a flat knit circle, if you experimented and managed the circle in your yarn then the rest is just strip or rectangle to create the basket part.

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This seems ideal for my project - planning to use bulky yarn so I can use this as a template to achieve my waste bin.
Many thanks for all your help.
Jean

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