Thoughts, Sundries and Undies?: 22 pin bowl/basket pattern

*22 pin basket/bowl pattern*

Pattern should be adaptable for any machine sentro, addi, others - 22pin, 32 pin, 40 pin, 46 pin, 48 pin. I'll update when I've tested them all.

Tools - 22 pin sentro/addi/other

4mm crochet hook & Loom hook incase you need to fix dropped or double stitches.

Base - either a wooden or plastic craft disc or craft mesh cut to size (links at bottom of pattern)

Or cut cardboard to size and wipe basket to clean rather than wash.

Darning needle

Stitch markers or bamboo pins or bobby pins

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*22 pin*

*Base of basket/bowl*

Method roughly based on the rule of thumb that 1" = 5 rows

I measured the plastic disc I'm using for the base - took the diameter of 4 inches multiplied by 5 = 20 added 5 for extra stitches to attach to sides of bowl/basket.

Then as I want to double the base like a beanie I multiplied that 25 by 2 = 50.

For this normal sized 22pin bowl that worked perfectly.

Cast on and do 50 rows in your chosen colour yarn.

Cast off with darning needle.

Cinch both ends and fasten off as you would for a beanie - see pic.

Using a length of yarn and darning needle feed it through rim of the beanie shape - see pic.

I always put a stitch marker where I start just to give me an easy visual

Stitch yarn through every other stitch all the way till you're back at the start stitch/stitch marker.

Once all the way around, put base stabiliser in the tube and cinched closed all the way. See pics.

Secure ends and hide ends in base.

Base finished.

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*Side of basket/bowl*

Measure circumference of base - mine was 13 inches - 1 inch equals 5 rows. So 13 × 5 = 65 rows

Use waste yarn to cast on and off. I also use 1 strand of contrasting yarn to make removing working yarn easier later.

Cast on with 15 rows of waste yarn and 1 row of contrasting yarn - then change to basket side colour yarn - for 65 rows.

Then change to 1 strand of contrasting yarn, then change back to waste yarn.

Cast off.

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*Fastening or securing tube ends*

Fasten your ends how you prefer - I use crochet slip stitch. There are loads of youtube video tutorials for this method.

However, I know not everyone can do that.

So I've done 2 sections - one on crochet slip stitch securing, one on sew/stitch securing.

So I played around with stitches. They're not as sturdy or pretty as the crochet slip stitch (though as a crocheter i am biased).

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* For both methods

I always secure tube ends with a metal clothes peg first. This helps line up stitches for markers or bamboo pins and discourages uravelling.

Then mark each set of 2 stitches with bamboo pins or bobby pins, and for each end stitch using a stitch marker.

Each bamboo pin holds 2 stitches. They add up to 20 stitches. Each end stitch takes that to 22 stitches.

Thats all 22 stitches secured temporarily.

Now we diverge into either crochet slip stitch or sew/stitch method. Both i used are below.

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***Crochet slip stitch method***

There are plenty of YouTube tutorials on this if you need them.

Start with your stitches temporarily secured -

Then work from the right to the left - remove the end stitch marker (green in my pic).

Then use a 4mm crochet hook push it into the stitch - as shown above ...

... then go into the stitch above with the hook, so now two stitches on the hook. Pull top stitch through the end stitch ...

Then insert hook through the far side of the bottom stitch as pictured below.

Continue doing top through hoop on hook, then bottom through hoop on hook till you reach the end stitch marker - green in my work in progress pictures.

Once you've arrived here, you need to push hook through the stitch with the green stitch marker and then pull the base colour tail (red for me) through both hoops -

That's then secure. Repeat for other end and remove waste yarn from both.

To remove waste yarn unpick first few contrast yarn stitches (black in pics) using either loom hook, darning needle or small scissors.

Then pull an end and it will detach waste yarn from working tube.

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***Sew/stitch needle method.

Unlike in the crochet method, the end of the tube by the tail needs you to put a stitch marker through three loops at the end.

Work from right to left - secure the end stitch with a stitch marker - as i did the blue one in the above pic. Then using stitch markers or bamboo pins or bobby pins secure two stitches at once till you've secured 20 stitches. As the bamboo pins show above.

Then use a loom hook to find the three stitches to secure - the end one and one each side.

Take a long length of yarn, the same colour you used for your base - red in my case - thread through a darning needle - I like the ones with a bend at the end - make the yarn long enough to double - ie 2 lengths of yarn in thickness.

Then work from right to left.

Remove first stitch marker and thread needle through. Leave a tail and secure with a metal peg, fabric clip, paper crocodile clip.

Then remove first bamboo pin and go into top loop and pull through thread.

Then go into bottom loop from the bottom side - as shown in pic.

Do that - remove bamboo pin, thread top stitch, then bottom stitch from bottom of stitch - until the last pin.

Repeat again after removing the pin.

Then insert needle and thread through all three of the stitches on the end stitch marker - the lilac one in the pic.

Pull the thread through all three stitches.

Then put your thread to one side. Take up the tube tail and attach a darning needle. Then thread tail through the stitch shown above.

Then using the tails at both ends neaten up the end of the tube. From the above to the below pic.

Secure ends, tie off and hide in tube work.

Repeat all the above on the other end of the tube.

Once you've secured and fastened off both ends of the tube it's then time to join the ends of the tube together.

*Joining Tube Ends*

Below I've put in two sections - 1 for stitched ends and one for crochet slip stitched ends.

*Stitched ends join*

Use a bamboo pin or stitch marker to align the tube ends.

Attach yarn thread as shown below to the other end from stitch marker/bamboo pin.

Join thread and pull through to leave a tail.

Then work into 2 strands from the end of tube stitches at the top end - as below. Don't pull all the way through, see the second pic -

- push needle through another two strands on the bottom tube end until you have a loop - as below -

- then follow the picture below - insert darning needle through the loop from right to left.

Continue the same stitch pattern till the end - see pics below to confirm method.

Thread through 2 strands on top row leaving spare thread and thread through the bottom strands from the bottom up - leave a loop then push needle from right to left and pull top end stitch. Repeat till end of tube ends.

Once tube is joined up to the stitch marker - drop to the top 2 "V" stitches and put darning needle through both stitches - pull through till you have a loop and push needle through loop from right to left, do so twice to fasten off.

Fasten off all ends and hide ends in work.

Wrong side/inside of tube.

Right side/outside of tube

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***Crochet ends - join***

Take your tube and match ends evenly. Then take stitch markers or bamboo pins or bobby pins and join the end stitches at the top of each tube.

I used bobby pins for this.

Then drop to the 2 "V" stitches just below the end of the tubes and mark with either a stitch marker or bobby pin or bamboo pin.

I used bamboo pins for these stitches to differentiate between the top stitches at the end.

I then put a bamboo pin halfway along the end of tube to help keep it secure.

Work from right to left - thread a length of yarn (side/tube colour) through the right side "V" stitches.

Pull through so you leave a tail -

Then go into the top right stitch, (with bobby pin in my pics). And pull through bottom stitch too until you have a loop - see pic above.

Go through loop from right to left and pull to finish stitch.

Then go into next top stitch from the top, down through bottom stitch top to bottom. Leave a loop - enter loop with needle from right to left and finish stitch.

Continue the same until you reach the stitch marker etc, bobby pin (in my pic) at the left side.

Once you get to the left end stitch marker. Do one more stitch as above. Then go to the "V" stitch marked at the side. Go into it from top stitch to the bottom stitch - leave a loop, go into it right to left twice to finish stitch and fasten off.

Hide ends in work.

Fasten off tail on the right hand side of the tube and hide in work.

Wrong side/inside of tube.

Right side/outside of tube.

Once the tube is joined it is now time to join the tube aka side to the base.

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***Join Base To Side***

Same method whatever tube ends fastening you used.

Turn tube so that the neat join side is outside.

Put the base inside the tube as shown in the pictures.

Joining side to base - put base so that the first couple of rows of the side are below the base - see pics above.

Then use stitch markers, or bobby pins or bamboo pins to join as in pic above.

Go through the same rows of "V" stitches on the side tube and the same row of "straight stitches" on the base. Using stitch markers, or bobby pins or bamboo pins.

As in this picture above. I used two larger needles to mark the stitches either side of the tube join.

Join yarn thread of the tube/side colour to side and base by the left " V" of tube join. Join through the straight stitch on base of the same row the large needles and bamboo pins indicate - into the "V" stitch on left side of the tube join and leave a tail. See pic above.

Then go into the "V" stitch from the top at the right hand side of the tube end join and into the straight stitch on base - form a loop then push darning needle from right side into the loop and through.

Work from right to left - through straight stitch on base, into the "V" stitch row for the tube and base join. See pics below.

Once back to the join tail complete last stitch. Then tie the tail of yarn on the left with the tail of yarn on the right into a neat double or treble knot. Hide tail in base securely.