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Scrap-Busting Woven Burger Baskets

June 26, 2017 3 Comments

This easy weaving project puts your best yarn scraps to good use! Quick, easy and oh-so-adorable, you can crank out a set of woven burger baskets for any summer soiree!
Add a little handmade flair to your summer entertaining with these super simple, scrap-busting woven baskets. They’re the perfect way to organize cutlery, straws, sparklers and more. Of course, I’ve been using my baskets to keep yarn projects organized since making them. It’s worth noting that they’re the perfect size for keeping yarn, hooks and other notions all in one place. What would you use these for? :)

This easy weaving project puts your best yarn scraps to good use! Quick, easy and oh-so-adorable, you can crank out a set of woven burger baskets for any summer soiree!
This easy weaving project puts your best yarn scraps to good use! Quick, easy and oh-so-adorable, you can crank out a set of woven burger baskets for any summer soiree!

Supplies

burger baskets (I found mine for 50 cents apiece at JoAnn Fabrics.)
various yarn scraps
tapestry needle
crochet hook
scissors

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!

Directions

Cut a piece of yarn a few inches longer than your basket is around. Thread your tapestry needle and weave the yarn in and out among the openings of the basket as shown. (You can also weave diagonally and vertically if you want to get creative!) If you want to knot the tail of your yarn to one of the bars of the basket to secure, you can, or you can hold it in place with a finger.

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!
Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!

When you get around the entirety of the basket, secure the loose end (if you have one) to the live end of your yarn by sewing through the tail twice. If you’re using wool or acrylic yarn, the yarn will stick to itself and be good to go! If you’re using linen, cotton, ribbon or some other fiber, it won’t stick to itself so easily, and you’ll want to use knots as needed to keep your yarn in place.

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!

If you’re using finer yarn, save yourself some work by double, triple or even quadrupling it as shown before weaving it into your basket.

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!
Here’s a closer look at how I started my quadrupled up linen/cotton yarn so it wouldn’t slip out of place.

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!

You can use either a tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave your yarn in and out of your basket. Both work great, it all depends on your personal preference. Here’s a closeup of the mechanics of “basket weaving” using a crochet hook.

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!
One final note about types of yarn that are great for this project. You can really use any kind of scraps you have lying around, but bulky wool is extra easy to work with!

Turn yarn scraps into something adorable with these simple woven burger baskets. This is the easiest weaving project you'll ever make!
This easy weaving project puts your best yarn scraps to good use! Quick, easy and oh-so-adorable, you can crank out a set of woven burger baskets for any summer soiree!

Filed Under: How-to, Weaving, Yarn Crafts Tagged With: burger basket, fourth of july craft, patriotic craft, weaving, woven baskets, woven burger baskets, yarn baskets

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. DebbieW

    June 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    This would make a cute night-stand catch-all – I have a basket next to my bed with my iPod, earplugs, a few cough drops, pad of paper/pen, my glasses, etc!

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  2. Alexis @ Persia Lou

    June 30, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    I love this idea – so cute!

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    • Heidi

      July 3, 2017 at 5:45 pm

      Thanks, Alexis!

      Reply

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