Hanging laundry cocoon

I have a weirdly shaped small bathroom and not much room for storage at home. I needed a laundry basket but couldn’t find any where to fit one. So I came up with the idea to have a hanging one in the bathroom. And this is the outcome.

I’m so pleased with how it turned out. And even my husband is sold on the idea. He is the one that named it “the cocoon”, he thought it was quite ugly in the beginning, but he admits it that he has grown fond of it!!!!

I used jute string to make it last and not easy to break, because when its full with laundry it gets quite heavy.

If you would like to give it a try, here it is.

Hanging laundry basket pattern:

Material:
A lot of jute string/ gardeners string ( I used about 8, 50g yarns )
6mm crochet hook

You will be working in rounds throughout this pattern

Abbreviations:
Dc- Double crochet
Sc- Single crochet
Dc2tog- Double crochet 2 together (1Double crochet decrease in 2 stitches)

Chain 3, 10 Dc in second chain from hook
Round 1: 2 Dc in each Dc (20Dc)
Round 2: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next Dc) around (30 Dc)
Round 3: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 2 DC) around (40 Dc)
Round 4: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 3 Dc) around (50 Dc)
Round 5: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 4 Dc) around (60 Dc)
Round 6: working in back loops only Dc around (60 Dc)
Round 7: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next Dc) around (70 Dc)
Round 8: Dc in each Dc around (70 Dc)
Round 9: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 2 Dc) around (80 Dc)
Round 10: Dc in each Dc around (80 Dc)
Round 11: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 3 Dc) around (90 Dc)
Round 12: Dc in each Dc around (90 Dc)
Round 13: (2 Dc in first Dc, Dc in next 4 Dc) around (100 Dc)
Round 14: Dc in each Dc around (100 Dc)
Round 15-26: Dc in each Dc (100 Dc)
Round 27: (Dc2tog in first 2 Dc, Dc in next 4 Dc) around (90 Dc)
Round 28: Dc in each Dc around (90 Dc)
Round 29: (Dc2tog in first 2 Dc, Dc in next 3 Dc) around (80 Dc)
Round 30: Dc in each Dc around (80 Dc)
Round 31: Sc in each Dc around (80 Sc)
Round 32: Sc in each Sc apart from last 10 stitches (70 Sc), Chain 20, skip last 10 stitches and join the chain to the first stitch of round 33
Round 33: Sc in each Sc including the chain (90 Sc)
Round 34: Sc in each Sc around including chain that is now the handle where the basket will be hung from. (90 Sc) Fasten off and weave in ends.

My cocoon measures 77cm / 31in

That’s it!! Easy as that!!!

It’s big enough to fit a child…

…or 2.
But I’m not sure she’s happy with that idea!!!

**Feel free to make and sell the end product from my patterns, but if you do please link it back to me. Please do not use copy and post this pattern as your own.**

If you liked this pattern and end up making one for your self I would love to hear about it and see photos.

I’m obsessed with covering everything in fabric at the moment and this piggy bank is one of my latest victims.
I inherited him from my lovely little nanny in law last year and i didn’t really know how to fit it in with our deco, so I decided to change it a bit.

I had some scrap materials so I decided to use the floral ones. I cut it all into similar sized squares and brushed the piggy with pva/ white craft glue and placed each square individually on the piggy. It dried within 2 hrs.
That’s it all done!!!

I think he looks quite cute, don’t you???

I’ve got a lot of friends having babies soon, so I think a colourful patchwork piggy bank will be a great present!!!