Knitting Daily issued a Knitting Green Challenge for Earth Day. I decided to give it a whirl and came up with a creation. This is my earth friendly knit basket repurposing cotton from a chair slipcover and reusing gift ribbon.
The tools I used were scrap fabric, old ribbon, scissors and large knitting needles.
Casting on 16 stitches with my 12 mm needles and knitting 12 rows in garter stitch gave me a rectangular piece of knit cotton.
Using my recycled ribbon, I threaded a piece through each corner of the rectangle and tied a bow.
All four corners are tied and magically it's a basket.
It took only an hour to complete.
Lisa of Molto di Moda Designs also took this fun challenge. See her creativity here.
Happy Earth Day Knitting!
