MINI KNITTED BASKET MINI KNITTED BASKET With all the interest in miniature things, I must share with you a very small and very quick knitted basket. I include a tiny knitted basket with every knitted garment that I give as a gift or sell. I knit the basket from the main yarn. I then make very tiny yarn butterflies of the contrasting yarn and put them in the basket. I include an extra button if necessary and I also cut out the washing instructions from the yarn label and include that as well. to top it off I poke two coloured finishing nails in the yarn. The nails look like knitting needles because they have a very small head and they come in varying colours of tan or brown. Recipients have hung these little baskets on the Christmas tree. So you could also hang them on the sweater wreaths as well. They look really nice filled with raw fleece that has been teased so it is fluffy and a contrasting colour of Knitting Nails. For a decoration, knit a strand of gold or silver thread with the yarn. Tiny Knitted Baskets Cast on the number of stitches to make one inch. Knit in stockinette or seed stitch or basket stitch for approximately 3 inches. This is a realy breeze with a KM. Cast off leaving a long tail. Sew up both sides with mattress stitch. With a crochet hook begin a chain on one side. Crochet the chain about 2 inches, turn and do one row of single crochet. Attach the handle to the basket and fill. Keep Canada Knitting Paulette_Lane@msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return to contents