Crochet Easter Basket Applique

Easter is so close! I’ve already crocheted a little funny Easter chick and finished the pattern, but I’ve decided I have time for another colorful Easter decoration. So here is an easy to crochet Easter basket applique 🙂

What you’ll need?

Cotton and acrylic yarn (I’ve used Alize Cotton Gold)
2,5 mm crochet hook
Felt for the eggs and the basket back
Sewing needle and thread
Felt flower and lady bug (optional)

To crochet the Easter basket applique, you would need the following skills:

crocheting a chain
single crochet (sc)
reverse single crochet (rsc)
double crochet (dc)
double crochet in back loop only (BLdc) (if you are a beginner, do not worry, you can crochet simple double crochet)
slip stitch
increase

Let’s start…

Chain 22 chain stitches

Increase in 3^rd chain away from the hook, crochet 18 dc, increase in last chain st (at the end you will have 22dc), chain 2 and turn (this 2 chain stitches do not count as dc)

From now on crochet dc in back loops only: increase in first stitch, crochet 20 dc, increase in last st (24); chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 22 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (26), chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 24 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (28), chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 26 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (30), chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 28 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (32), chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 30 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (34), chain 2 and turn

Increase in first st, crochet 32 dc in back loop only, increase in last st (36), chain 2 and turn

Crochet 36 dc in back loop (36), chain 1 and crochet sc all over the edges (crochet 2 sc in every corner of the basket applique)

Basket handle:

When you finish crocheting the basket edges, do not cut the yarn; crochet 55 chain stitches and attach the chain to the other side of the basket with a sc;