Crochet this adorable dog basket and store your small items in style—check out the pattern with easy stitches
This crocheted dog basket is so adorably charming that it’s sure to delight the whole family! By adjusting the pattern, you can make it look just like your own dog.
Basket size: 19 cm (7.5″) (the base) x 16 cm (6.25″).
Crocheted dog basket—materials:
- Lankava Lilli tube yarn (80% recycled cotton, 20% polyester, 1 kg = 220 m), 640 g in light brown (4)
- For the eyes and embroidery: Lankava Mini tube yarn (80% recycled cotton, 20% polyester, 1 kg = 355 m) in small amounts of beige (3) and black (20)
- Black and beige sewing thread
- Pins and a sewing needle
- Crochet hooks 6 mm (US J-10) and 7 mm
- Multi-purpose glue and a brush
Gauge: 7 sts and 8 rounds = 10 cm (4″) of knit stitches.
Abbreviations:
- sc = single crochet
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- dc = double crochet
Crocheted dog basket—pattern:
Basket
First crochet the round base of the basket. Make a starting ring around your finger with the thicker yarn.
Round 1: With the larger hook, ch 1 and work 8 sc into the ring. Continue working in a spiral, i.e., without joining rounds. Mark the start of each round, and move the marker at the end of every round.
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch = 16 sts. Close the starting ring by pulling the yarn tail, and crochet it inside the stitches on the next round.
Round 3: *sc 1, then 2 sc in the same stitch*, repeat from * to * 7 more times = 24 sts.
Round 4: *sc 2, then 2 sc in the same stitch*, repeat from * to * 7 more times = 32 sts.
Round 5: sc 1, *2 sc in the same stitch, sc 3*, repeat from * to * 6 more times, then 2 sc in the same stitch, sc 2 = 40 sts.
Round 6: *sc 4, then 2 sc in the same stitch*, repeat from * to * 7 more times = 48 sts.
Round 7: sc 48. Steam the finished base. Then begin the basket wall in knit stitches.
Rounds 8–19: sc 48 each round, inserting your hook through the center of the stitch from the previous round. Make sure the hook goes under the horizontal strand visible on the wrong side.
Ears
Make 2 identical pieces. Using the larger hook, ch 12.
Row 1: sc 1 in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc 10, turn.
Row 2: ch 1, sc 10, 2 sc in each of the next 2 stitches, sc 10 along the bottom of the chain, turn.
Row 3: ch 1, sc 10, 2 sc in each of the next 4 stitches, sc 10. Fasten off.
Paws
Using the larger hook, ch 5.
Row 1: sc 1 in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc 3, turn.
Row 2: ch 1, sc 3, 2 sc in each of the next 2 stitches, sc 3. Fasten off.
Eyes
Using the smaller hook, make 2 black circles. Form a starting ring around your finger. Ch 3, work 11 dc into the ring, then sl st into the first ch. Fasten off.
Muzzle
Using the smaller hook and beige yarn, make a circular piece. Form a starting ring around your finger and crochet Rounds 1–3 from the basket pattern. Fasten off.
Finishing
Embroider a nose and mouth on the muzzle with black yarn. Pin and sew the muzzle and eyes in place. You can also use buttons for eyes. Sew the ears on the inside of the edge of the basket and the paws to the bottom edge. Apply a water-glue mixture to the yarn ends so they won’t unravel.
