All about jute baskets

A basket can be a useful little thing for your home. You can store all sorts of little things and things in it, due to which it is easier to keep the house clean and tidy. You don't have to buy a convenient and attractive basket in the store - you can make it yourself. In today's article, we will learn all about baskets made from jute.

The basket can be not only useful, but also a beautiful component in the home interior. A properly made model with a well-developed design can play the role of a bright accent in the setting, or serve as its harmonious final unit. The appearance of the basket can be almost anything - it all depends on the imagination and ideas of the craftswoman.

Wicker baskets have a particularly "cozy" appearance. With such a component, the interior becomes more pleasant and organic. In addition, in such a container, the owners can store various things and little things that they see fit to place there.

Beautiful and comfortable jute baskets are made quite simply and clearly. This is the best craft option for a novice craftswoman who first encounters such creative work. The main thing is to adhere to the maximum knitting density and strength of the yarn itself. Instead of the latter, it is allowed to use a special rope for needlework, which must be tied with a crochet.

A homemade jute basket may well find its place not only in the interior of the house, but also in the country house or in a country house. This is a great detail to create a cozy atmosphere.There are many ways to decorate such homemade products, due to which they become more attractive and elegant.

There are many options for beautiful and practical jute baskets that a craftswoman can build with her own hands. You can choose the simplest options, especially if you come across such works for the first time. If you already have experience in such matters, you can take on more complex crafts.

Consider a few original and curious ideas for making practical homemade jute baskets with your own hands.

• These materials make excellent laundry baskets. Such designs are not only compact, but also large enough. The shape can be very different - both round or oval, and rectangular or square. In most cases, jute laundry baskets are equipped with lids that cover their top.

• You can crochet a beautiful basket from jute like a box with solid walls. The product can be either square, rectangular or rounded. You can complete the product with a cap to size. Often such things are decorated with various kinds of decorations. The result is wonderful homemade gifts that the donee will appreciate.

• Jute baskets can be great Easter souvenirs. These items are often adorned with adorable flowers, homemade flowers, bows, woven inserts and ribbons. In most cases, jute Easter baskets come with a high handle, but you can make a similar thing yourself without it.

• Jute baskets can be wonderful cozy houses for your pet.c, for example, for a cat or a small indoor dog. The height of the side walls of the pet bunk can be different - both low and high. So, for kittens it is better to make them lower so that it is easier for them to climb inside, and for adult tetrapods they can be taller - in such an environment the pet will feel more comfortable. Such products can be made with a wooden bottom, on which a soft bedding is laid. Sometimes you can do without a wooden part.

• Jute can be used to make adorable planters for a wide variety of green pets. Products can be both table-top and hanging. Such products can be a great addition to home interiors, coupled with living plants.

• Jute baskets of an interesting shape look tender and cute. For example, it can be a “droplet” product. Often this item is a hanging model that can be used both as a decoration and for storing various things. Often, it is in the droplet baskets that people keep various things that they use in the bathroom.

There are many more different ideas for creating beautiful and useful baskets woven from jute cord. Before starting work, the craftswoman should think about why she wants to make such a thing: so that it plays only a decorative or functional role. Jute products can easily cope with both tasks.

It will be possible to make a neat and practical jute basket with your own hands only with the help of suitable materials and devices. It is recommended to prepare them in advance so that during all the work the necessary tools are at your fingertips and you do not have to search for them throughout the house. The master will need to prepare the following components:

• high quality jute twine;
• adhesive composition (it is recommended to use "Moment-crystal", which demonstrates high strength and quality of bonding materials);
• durable wire;
• plastic bowl;
• pliers;
• whitening mixture;
• sharp scissors (should not be blunt);
• file;
• simple pencil;
• a sheet of paper or cardboard;
• awl;
• glue gun;
• standard PVA adhesive.

If you have prepared all the necessary attributes, you can proceed to making a jute basket decorated with flowers. Let's analyze the weaving process step by step.

• Since ordinary twine is brown in color, and for the manufacture of decorative flowers it must be white, you can resort to using bleach - whiteness (150-200 ml per 1 liter of water is enough). The threads must be rinsed in the composition.
• To make the basket itself, you will need a plastic bowl. Trim it around the edges. Next, twist the twine in a circle. Secure it with Moment-Kristall glue so that the material does not unwind. Glue the bottom of the tank as well.
• Wrap the bowl to the very top, from time to time additionally fixing it with glue. From the outside of the container, it is better to do the same.
• To make a basket handle, take 2 wires, cross them. In the already wrapped tank, make 2 holes on both sides with a hot awl. Insert the wire into them. Secure everything with hot glue gun.
• Wrap twine around the handle. Hide the wire under it.
• Start making flowers. To do this, twist 5 circles of the same size in a circle. Wrap them with contrasting twine.
• Collect the petals into flowers. Drop glue on the document file, attach the petals to it. Lay them on top of each other. Press on the center of the craft with a pencil so that the petals rise.
• When the flowers are dry, remove them from the file. Start with the leaves. Sketch these details on paper, trace the outline with glue and lay out the twine. A sheet completely covered with twine is removed from the file and the edges are folded for a more realistic shape.
• If desired, you can make other decorations, for example, butterflies and curls.
• Glue the decorative components in random order with glue gun. This completes the basket!

A convenient basket for storing large items can be knitted from jute rope. This will require:

• rope for work;
• large hook;
• cotton yarn.

Let's analyze a master class on making such a useful thing.

• To make the product more textured and attractive, it is better to take yarn, the color of which will contrast with the color of the rope.
• You can easily knit a product, the main thing is to start from the very foundation. The chain must be crocheted using the selected yarn. The number of loops will depend on the size of the intended basket.
• Next, you will need to tie a handmade cord. To do this, you need to make a small indent from the beginning of the rope, and then connect the connected chain and cord.
• Pull out the closing eyelet in the chain. Place the string around the top of the rope. Through the previous loop, crochet the thread from the bottom of the lace so that the rope is located in the inside of the knitting.
• On the hook, you should have 2 loops, which will need to be combined into one. The thread follows the top of the lace. The hook through the adjacent loop of the chain must again pick up the thread from below and pull it out.
• You will need to tie the 2 appearing loops. It is also necessary to tie the rope along its entire length.
• Then the cord should be folded so that it touches the tied half of the thing.The twist of the rope will need to be wrapped with yarn using the above disclosed method.
• Next, the thread will begin to hook the loops with which the lace was previously tied. Work should continue to the very edge of the previous rope tie.
• This will form the bottom of the basket. Next, you will need to move on to its walls. They are made in the same way as the bottom.
• Place the cord perpendicular to the bottom.
• In order to build the handles, you will need to stop clinging to the loops of the previous harness row in a specific area where you will make the handle.
• The same actions must be carried out on the other side.

Let's look at some helpful tips for making jute baskets.

• To make a basket or a small vase, you can make a base on skewers and wrap it with a rope. This is an easy and quick way to weave a neat craft, which is also suitable for beginners.

• Making new beautiful crafts from rope or yarn, you need to act as carefully as possible. Do not rush, because this can make serious mistakes, which will be very difficult to correct later.

• Before starting creative work, it is necessary to draw up a detailed diagram of the future craft. With a plan of action at hand, making a neat and attractive jute basket will be much easier than without it. This is especially true of the work that a novice master is engaged in.

• Jute crafts of any type can be decorated with additional inserts: beads, glass details. With such components, the products are especially effective and original.

For how to crochet a jute basket, see the next video.