Scrap-Busting Woven Burger Baskets

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? :)

Supplies

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

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.

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.

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.

Here’s a closer look at how I started my quadrupled up linen/cotton yarn so it wouldn’t slip out of place.

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.

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!