Project introduction
This pattern overview covers the Darling Daisy Bunny Basket, a cheerful project that sits at the crossroads of amigurumi animals, Easter makes and seasonal home decor. This guide summarizes the design, supplies and construction so you can decide whether to make it, while the full row-by-row instructions live with the original designer. Think spring gift basket meets cute bunny character, built for gifting and storage.
Darling Daisy Bunny Basket - Crochet Pattern Overview
Please note that this article is a pattern overview, not a complete tutorial. It introduces the Darling Daisy Bunny Basket designed by Melissa of Crafty Kitty Crochet, first shared on March 12, 2021. The design turns a sturdy two-tone basket into a happy bunny face, with pink outer ears, white inner ears, embroidered features, a pom-pom tail and a daisy on each ear. For the complete free instructions, photos and finishing details, visit the Original designer’s pattern and instructions.
The designer describes this as an easy, fast project that works up quickly thanks to bulky Bernat Blanket yarn, and the original pattern includes plenty of photos to guide each stage. While it is timed for Easter gifting, the basket is meant for year-round use as home decor or storage, suggested as a sweet accent for a kids room, nursery, craft room or home office.
The exact finished size is listed once in the pattern details below, along with the full supply checklist. Here, the key takeaway is flexibility: make it for an Easter gift, then keep it on a shelf or desk for the rest of the year. The cheerful bunny face and daisy trims give it a handmade charm that works well beyond the holiday season.
Darling Daisy Bunny Basket
Melissa explains that this basket grew out of a happy chain of earlier makes. After enjoying a run of basket designs, including a Penguin Basket, a Unicorn Basket guest post for Underground Crafter and a Mermaid Easter Basket, she followed up a recent Spring Sherbet Bunny Amigurumi with a fast bunny basket, then added daisy motifs she had been developing. The result is a springy little basket that feels like a natural next step.
She also notes that the yarn choice does a lot of the seasonal heavy lifting. The Bernat Blanket yarn used for the sample is described as simply screaming spring, and the soft pink and white pairing keeps the bunny sweet rather than fussy. That plush, super bulky texture is what lets the basket work up quickly while still looking neat and gift-worthy.
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The designer offers an ad-free PDF of this pattern in her shop for makers who prefer a printable version, while the full instructions remain available free on her site. Everything below is summarized from the source pattern. Gather the supplies first, then follow the linked original for the detailed rounds, rows and assembly photos.
- Size L/11 (8 mm) crochet hook
- Size 7 (4.5 mm) crochet hook
- Bernat Baby Blanket (10.5 oz, super bulky) in Baby Pink and White, about 125 yds of each
- Caron Simply Soft in White (about 75 yds) and Sunshine (about 10 yds)
- Small amount of medium weight black yarn
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Scissors
- Yarn needle with large eye
- Stitch marker (optional, suggested for the continuous rounds)
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | indicates beginning/end of a section to be repeated |
| BLO | back loop only |
| Ch | chain |
| Dc | double crochet |
| Hdc | half double crochet |
| Rep | repeat |
| Rnd(s) | round(s) |
| Sc | single crochet |
| Sc2tog | single crochet 2 together |
| Sk | skip |
| Sl St | slip stitch |
| St(s) | stitch(es) |
Gauge: exact gauge is not essential to this project. Finished size: about 8 inches tall by 11.5 inches wide.
Construction starts with the basket, worked with the L hook in white super bulky yarn. It begins with a chain and grows through joined rounds of half double crochet, with one round worked in the back loop only to turn the base into the sides. Straight rounds build the walls, and a switch to pink partway up creates the two-tone body. Handles are chained and worked in single crochet, then secured to the basket, and a loose slip stitch edging finishes the top rim.
The bunny details are made separately. Outer ears are worked in continuous single crochet rounds from a magic ring, using the L hook and pink yarn, while the smaller inner ears are flat pieces worked in rows of single, half double and double crochet with the same large hook. The daisies switch to the size 7 hook: a sunshine yellow center is worked in continuous rounds, then white petals are chained and worked back down each chain. A white pom-pom, formed by wrapping yarn around a finger, becomes the cotton tail.
Finishing is all sewing and embroidery. Inner ears are sewn to the outer ears, and each ear is placed near a handle and attached to the basket. The face is embroidered in black yarn with two upside down V shapes for the eyes and a small V for the nose, positioned near the white and pink color border. A daisy is sewn near the top of each ear, and the cotton tail goes on the back of the basket near the same color border.
Thank you!
This pattern is owned by Crafty Kitty Crochet (Melissa Moore). Reselling or distributing the pattern itself is prohibited, but selling finished items made from it is welcomed, with a request for credit or a link back to craftykittycrochet.com. If you make one, the designer invites makers to share photos of finished projects on social media.
For more seasonal bunny makes, keep exploring PatternCrochet: see the Easy Easter Bunny Worry Worm Crochet Pattern: Overview: Pattern Overview and the Baby Cozy Days Daisy Blanket: Pattern Overview for related inspiration.
