How to Create a Crochet Spider Basket for Halloween
You’ll Need
Drops Nepal Yarn:
- 50 g colour no 2920, orange;
- 50 g colour no 8903, black;
Crochet hook 3 mm;
Cotton wool (to fill the spider).
Size
12 x 6 cm.
Stitches Control
20 dc x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Special Stitches
2 double crochets together: insert hook in first dc and pull yarn through, insert hook in next dc and pull yarn through, make a YO and pull yarn through all 3 loops on hook.
Notes
See diagram A.1. Diagram shows basket seen from bottom and out to the sides (side of basket is shown as it was flat).
Begin every round with 1 ch and finish round with 1 sl st in first ch from beginning of round.
Instructions
Basket
Worked from bottom up.
Work 4 ch on hook size 3 mm with orange and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch.
RND 1: Work 6 dc in ch-ring.
RND 2: Work 2 dc in every dc = 12 dc.
RND 3: Work * 1 dc in first/next dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 18 dc.
RND 4: Work * 1 dc in each of the first/next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 24 dc.
RND 5: Work * 1 dc in each of the first/next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 30 dc.
RND 6: Work * 1 dc in each of the first/next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 36 dc. REMEMBER THE CROCHET TENSION!
Continue by working 1 dc more between increases until piece measures approx. 12 cm in diameter (if you want a larger basket continue the same way until desired diameter). NOW MEASURE PIECE FROM HERE!
Work 1 dc in every dc until piece measures approx. 4.5 cm (or desired height), switch to black and work 2 rounds with 1 dc in every dc. Work next round as follows: Work * 2 dc in first/next dc, skip 1 dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round. Fasten off.
Cob Web
Sew on cob web with black - see diagram A.1. First sew the vertical lines that go around the middle, then sew evenly, begin in first round with dc in black. Then sew the diagonal lines in 3 rounds.
Begin the vertical lines with 1 stitch at the beginning of the round (- see arrow in diagram), sew 1 stitch in the middle of bottom, sew through the edge, baste on the back, sew through the edge, sew 1 stitch in the middle of bottom etc., the entire round - NOTE: Make sure to avoid a tight yarn. Then sew the diagonal lines (= 3 rounds), sew 1 backstitch around each of the vertical lines at the crossing point to fasten the vertical lines. Fasten yarn after last round.
Spider
Body
Begin at the back of body and work forward.
Work 4 ch on hook size 3 mm with black and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch.
RND 1: Work 6 dc in ch-ring.
RND 2: Work 2 dc in every dc the entire round = 12 dc.
ROUNDS 3-6: 1 dc in every dc. REMEMBER THE CROCHET TENSION!
RND 7: Work all dc together 2 by 2 - see explanation above. = 6 dc.
Head
RND 8: Work * 1 dc in first/next dc, 2 dc in next dc *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 9 dc.
RND 9: Work 1 dc in every dc.
RND 10: Work 1 dc in first dc, then work all dc together 2 by 2 = 5 dc.
Put some cotton wool in the spider, cut the yarn. Sew on 2 eyes with stitches in orange. Baste it up and down around the opening at the top of the head and tighten.
Twine a black yarn around the transition between body and head, fasten.
Legs
Work 4 pairs of legs in black (= 8 legs in total). Begin with the longest legs at the back. Work legs together in the middle so that they are easy to fasten under the spider.
The 2 legs at the back: Work 21 ch, cut the yarn.
The 2 second to last legs: Work 10 ch, then 1 sl st in the middle ch from previous ch row and 10 ch, cut the yarn.
The 2 second foremost legs: Work 9 ch, then 1 sl st in sl st from previous ch row and 9 ch, cut the yarn.
The 2 front legs: Work 8 ch, then 1 sl st in sl st from previous ch row and 8 ch, cut the yarn.
To avoid fastening the strands at each end of legs, tie a small knot right by the ch row, then cut the yarn directly below the knot.
Place all legs under the spider and fasten them in the middle.
If you want to hang the spider, make a loop by pulling a yarn through the middle of the body and back, let the loop be approx. 6 cm long, tie the 2 strands together under the body, and fasten.