Making a crochet dolls bed and bag

 A friend had made all these teddies but the group she made them for ended up not wanting them. She asked if I had any suggestions. Well, years ago when my daughter was small I made these for all her friends when she was going to their birthday party. We couldn’t afford much so made a lot of gifts. The girls ended up hiding their treasures in them and really loved them. It was a good way to use up odd balls of yarn.

First up you need a large margarine container and cover the outside with plain paper.

Then crochet a basket for the outer and the lining. I used dc stitches and just continued until big enough. They are not exactly the same. Near enough is good enough for me.

Place one inside and outside of the container.

Crochet around the top edges to join them together

Make some sort of loopy stitch as a base row for a Lacey pattern.

Start the Lacey pattern. Anyone you like doing. It is meant to be loose and gathered

Then I made 2 twisted cords for the ties/handles

I also crocheted a mattress, pillow and blanket

Look how cute this is. Teddy is all tucked in to bed.

Fold up the frill and pull the ties. It is now a handbag to hide your treasures.

This took just over 100g of 8 ply acrylic yarn. Just use some scraps.

So now I am collecting margarine containers for her.