All About Jute Baskets

A basket can be a useful little thing for the home. In it you can store all sorts of little things and things, making it easier to keep clean and tidy at home. A convenient and attractive basket is not necessary to buy in the store - you can do it yourself. In today's article, we will learn all about baskets made of jute.

The basket can be not only useful, but also a beautiful component in the home interior. A well-made model with a well-designed 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 are particularly “cozy” in appearance. With such a component, the interior becomes more pleasant, organic. In addition, in such a container, the owners can store various things and little things that they consider it necessary to place there.

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

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

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

Consider some original and curious ideas for making practical home-made jute baskets with your own hands.

• From these materials, wonderful laundry baskets are obtained. Such designs are not only compact, but also quite large. The shape can be very different - both round or oval, and rectangular or square. In most cases, jute laundry baskets are equipped with lids covering their upper part.

• You can crochet a beautiful basket from a jute like a casket with solid walls. The product can have both square or rectangular, and rounded shape. You can supplement the product with a cover in size. Often these things are decorated with all kinds of decorations. The result is wonderful homemade gifts that the donee will appreciate.

• Jute baskets can be great Easter souvenirs. Such products are often decorated with charming flowers, home-made flowers, bows, woven inserts and ribbons. In most cases, Easter jute baskets come with a high handle, but you can make such a thing yourself without it.

• Jute-related baskets can be wonderful cozy pet homes.in, for example, for a cat or a small room dog. The height of the side walls of the beds for pets can be different - both low and high. So, for kittens it is better to lower them, 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. Similar products can be made with a wooden bottom, on which a soft litter is laid. Sometimes you can do without a wooden part.

• From jute you can make charming flower pots for a variety of green pets. Products can be both desktop and hanging. Such products can be a great addition to home interiors, coupled with living plants.

• Tender and cute look jute baskets of an interesting shape. For example, it may be a droplet product. Often this thing is a hanging model that can be used both as a decor and for storing different things. Often it is in 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 a jute cord. Before starting work, the craftswoman should think about why she wants to make such a thing: so that she plays only a decorative or functional role. Jute products can easily cope with one and the other task.

With their own hands, it will be possible to make a neat and practical basket from jute 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 they do not have to be searched all over the house. The wizard will need to prepare the following components:

• quality jute twine;
• adhesive composition (it is recommended to use “Moment-Crystal”, which demonstrates high strength and quality of bonding materials);
• strong wire;
• plastic bowl;
• pliers;
• whitening mixture;
• sharp scissors (should not be blunt);
• file;
• a 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 the manufacture of a jute basket decorated with flowers. We will analyze the weaving process step by step.

• Since ordinary twine has a brown color, and for the manufacture of decorative flowers it should 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. Cut it around the edges. Next, twist the twine in a circle. Fasten it with Moment-Crystal glue so that the material does not unwind. Glue and bottom of the tank.
• Wrap the bowl to the very top, from time to time additionally fixing with glue. From the outside of the tank it is better to do the same.
• To make the handle of the basket, take 2 wires, cross them. In an already wrapped tank, make 2 holes on both sides with a hot awl. Insert the wire into them. Fasten everything with a hot glue gun.
• Wrap the handle with twine. Hide the wire under it.
• Start making flowers. To do this, spin in a circle 5 one-color circles of the same size. Wrap them with a string of twine in a contrasting color.
• Collect the petals into flowers. Put glue on the document file, attach the petals to it. Lay them on top of each other. Press the center of the crafts with a pencil so that the petals rise.
• When the flowers have dried, remove them from the file. Proceed to the leaves. Draw sketches of these details on paper, circle the outline with glue and lay out the twine. The sheet completely laid with twine is removed from the file and the edges are bent for a more realistic shape.
• If desired, you can make other decorations, for example, butterflies and curls.
• Glue the decorative components with glue gun in random order. On this basket will be ready!

From a jute rope you can knit a convenient basket for storing large items. This will require:

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

We will 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, most importantly, 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 need to tie a needlework 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 end loop in the chain. Thread the rope over the top. Through the previous loop, grab the hook from the bottom of the lace so that the rope is located in the inside of the knit.
• On the hook you should get 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 the bottom and pull it.
• You will need to bind the 2 loops that appeared. It is also necessary to tie the rope along the entire length.
• Then the cord should be folded so that it is in contact with the tied half of the thing. Turning the rope will need to be twisted with yarn above the uncovered method.
• Next, the thread will begin to cling to the loops, which previously was tied with a lace.Work should be continued to the very edge of the previous rope binding.
• This will form the bottom of the basket. Next, you will need to go to its walls. They are made in the same way as the bottom.
• Position the cord perpendicular to the bottom.
• To build the handles, you will need to stop hooking the loops of the last row of strapping in a particular area where you will make the handle.
• The same actions must be carried out on the other hand.

Consider some helpful tips for making jute baskets.

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

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

• Before starting creative work, it is necessary to draw up a detailed diagram of the future crafts. With an action plan on 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 does.

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

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