Cherry Basket Cloth Knitting Pattern

This design is inspired by the generously fruiting cherry tree we planted in our garden and enjoy through the seasons, with its ruffled blossoms, tasty fruit, beautiful autumn colour and the elegant structure it gives the garden in winter.

A lightweight, prettily-textured cloth with a wonderfully scrubby edging, this is a relaxing and fun knit with an easily remembered stitch pattern and a design that is motivating to complete.

Enhance its woven looking stitch with a wicker or willow basket shade and edge it with any of the beautiful red, gold or purple shades you’d associate with ripe cherries. Or perhaps you’d sooner stitch a basket of currants, blueberries, grapes, kumquats or another favourite small round/oval fruit…

Sizes: One size with adjustment tips at end.

Tension: 20 sts x 30 rows = 10cm x 10cm / 4” x 4” measured over Basketweave Stitch

Working method: Centre is worked bottom up. Piece is edged in the round.

Finished measurements
a. Length: 16cm / 6.5”
b. Width: 16cm / 6.5”

Requirements
Yarnsmiths Cotton Aran; Aran/worsted weight; 80m (88 yd) per 50g skein; 100% cotton or similar (Sample worked in MC Coffee Bean 4079 and CC Scarlet Red 4100)
MC: 40 m / 45 yd
CC: 16 m / 18 yd
4mm / US 10 knitting needles for working in the round
Yarn needle and scissors

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