I designed these little baskets to hold two jam jars. They are lined with cotton fabric (a seasonal Christmas print) and the base is reinforced using cardboard. The aim was to make the baskets snug and secure so that the jars could easily and safely be transported without them knocking against one another and breaking.

For this project, I used a brown jute garden twine. I had a big ball of the stuff from the garden centre. I am not entirely sure quite how much twine the project used but I made two of these baskets from it and I still had some left over. I think the ball was about 125 meters long. So, if you have about 60 meters, that will be plenty. I really should have payed more attention to the length that I used and to the stich gauge. Sorry!

Includes a diagram of the basket base.

You will need:

Large ball of jute garden twine
4mm crochet hook
Large blunt sewing needle (with a big eye that the jute twine will go through)
Sheet of cardboard (I cut up an amazon delivery box)
Cotton fabric (I used scraps - but about a 1/4 -1/2 meter will be ample)
Cotton thread
Regular hand sewing needle
Sheet of paper
Pencil
Scissors