Sunflower Coasters in a basket
They're finished! 5 Sunflower coasters and one basket to hold them
And if you put them all into the basket, voilà! One big flower!
I love it! And I hope the folks I will gift this to, will too!
Yarn: Schachenmayr Catania (RIP 😢) in colourways 106 (White), 157 (Marone), 162 (Kaffee), 418 (Greenery).
Hook: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Sunflower Coasters in Basket by Papari Sharma though for the basket I learned a new stitch following the Starlight Basket pattern by Toni Lipsey.
Modifications:
4 increase rounds for the sunflower bases
For the petals: 5 sc between them (starting the first petal round with 1 ch, 2sc). Then in the second petal round, into the ch4 loop: 5dc, 1 tr, 1 picot, 1 tr, 5dc, sk 2, sl st in third st; rinse and repeat.
Basket with dc base as per pattern, but 4 inc rounds. I would prefer a more sturdier base in hindsight, so maybe hdc or sc would've been better.
For the basket sides I followed the above mentioned pattern, i.e. alternating waistcoat stitch and BLOsc. The waistcoat stitch is somewhat fiddly as you finagle the hook between the two "legs" of the stitches from the previous round. But it's very much worth it! It's sturdy and it looks really nice! Perfectly basketly!
For the basket leaves: same starting round as with the sunflower petals. Then in the second round: 4 dc, 1 tr, ch 1, 1 tr, 4 dc, sk 2, sl st in third stitch; repeat.