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Basket Rehab #2

After rehabbing basket #2 from the pair I thrifted, I really didn't have a lot to do to it. The sides are nice and I like the airiness of the woven material, as I plan to use it as another project basket. The bottom was the problem, as it was not entirely solid but woven loosely with big gaps.

I took a ball of sage green yarn from my scrap bin and crocheted a flat circle in single stitches to serve as a bottom liner.

I didn't use a pattern, but just increased in the round for fifteen rows until it was the right size. As with the first basket I then sewed the bottom liner to the basket with big stitches so I can remove and launder it in the future if it gets soiled.

Now I can put small items like stitch markers in the basket and not worry about them slipping through the gaps in the slats.

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