Medium worsted weight/category 4 yarn in 2 colors
Sport weight/category 2 yarn in brown and white
3.5 mm crochet hook
2.5 mm crochet hook
Buttons and embellishments (optional)
Yarn needle
Size:
Diameter of the base is about 5 inches and height is about 3.5 inches
Stitches/Abbreviations Used:
[ ] - Repeat instructions within brackets as a set as many times as directed
ch - chain
st/sts - stitch/stitches
sc - single crochet
sc2tog - single crochet worked together in 2 consecutive stitches (single crochet decrease)
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Instruction
Base
Round 1: Make
a magic ring, ch 1, 8 sc into ring. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc.
(8 sts)
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each
st around. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (16 sts)
Round 3: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
next st, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (24
sts)
Round 4: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join. (32 sts)
Round 5: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join. (40 sts)
Round 6: Ch 1, sc in 2 sts,
2 sc in next st, repeat [sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in next
2 sts. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (48 sts)
Round 7: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
5 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (56
sts)
Body
Round 8: Ch 1, sc in each st
around. (56 sts). Do not join, work in continuous rounds from the next round
onwards.
Round 9: Sc in 3 sts, 2 sc
in next st, repeat [sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st] 7 times, sc in next 3
sts. (64 sts)
Round 10: Repeat [sc in 7
sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (72 sts)
Round 11 to 16: Sc in each st
around. (72 sts)
Round 17: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
7 sts, sc2tog] 8 times. (64 sts)
Round 18 and 19: Sc in each st
around. (64 sts)
Round 20: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
14 sts, sc2tog] 4 times. (60 sts)
Round 21 to 24: Sc in each st
around. (60 sts)
Round 25: Ch 1, repeat [sc in
13 sts, sc2tog] 4 times. (56 sts)
Round 26 and 27: Sc in each st
around. (56 sts)
Round 28: Sl st in each st
around. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Lid
Round 1: Make
a magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into ring. (6 sts)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st
around. (12 sts)
Round 3: Sc in each st
around. (12 sts)
Round 4: Repeat [sc in next
st, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (18 sts)
Round 5: Sc in each st
around. (18 sts)
Round 6: Repeat [sc in 2
sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (24 sts)
Round 7: Repeat [sc in 3
sts, 2 sc in next st] 6 times. (30 sts)
Round 8: Repeat [sc in 14
sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. (32 sts)
Round 9: Repeat [sc in 7
sts, 2 sc in next st] 4 times. (36 sts)
Round 10: Sc in 4 sts, 2 sc
in next st, repeat [sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc next st] 3 times, sc in 4 sts. (40
sts)
Round 11: Repeat [sc in 9
sts, 2 sc in next st] 4 times. (44 sts)
Round 12: Sc in 5 sts, 2 sc
in next st, repeat [sc in next 10 sts, 2 sc next st] 3 times, sc in 5 sts. (48
sts)
Round 13: Repeat [sc in 11
sts, 2 sc in next st] 4 times. (52 sts)
Round 14: Sc in 6 sts, 2 sc
in next st, [sc in next 12 sts, 2 sc next st] 3 times, sc in 6 sts. (56 sts)
Round 15: Repeat [sc in 13
sts, 2 sc in next st] 4 times. (60 sts)
Round 16: Repeat [sc in 11
sts, 2 sc in next st] 5 times. (65 sts)
Round 17: Sc in next 6 sts, 2
sc in next st, repeat [sc in 12 sts, 2 sc in next st] 4 times, sc in next 3
sts. (70 sts)
Round 18: Repeat [sc in 13
sts, 2 sc in next st] 5 times. (75 sts)
Round 19: Sc in each st
around. (75 sts)
Round 20: Repeat [sc in 4
sts, 2 sc in next st] 15 times. (90 sts)
Round 21: Sc in each st
around. (90 sts)
Door
Row 1: Ch 7, sc in 2nd
ch from hook and in rest of the chs across. Turn. (6 sts)
Row 2 to 7: Ch 1, sc in each st.
Turn. (6 sts)
Row 8: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in
2 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (4 sts)
Row 9: Sc2tog twice. (2
sts). Fasten off.
Join yarn at a lower end and work sc
around the edges up to the other end. Fasten off and weave in the ends of yarn.
Circles 1
Make a magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into ring. Join and fasten off.
Circles 2
Round 1: Make a magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st. Join and fasten off.
Finishing
Sew the door on the lower part
Sew the circles on the lid taking the needle only through the upper part of the stitches and not going all the way to the back so that the stitches are not visible on the other side.
Decorate with buttons or embroider plants and flowers.
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