Raffia Straw Hat & Basket Charms
Original design by @一织蘑菇（乐心Lexin）
A beginner-friendly set of summer raffia charms — two mini straw hats and two tiny baskets crocheted from straw yarn, finished with cord ties for necklaces or bag charms.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hook
- 3.0mm
- Yarn
- raffia straw yarn
- Time
- 1-2 hours per piece
Materials
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Stitches used: MR, sc, inc, hdc, dc, sl st, ch, BLO, FLO
Summer Raffia Charms — Two Straw Hats & Two Mini Baskets Straw hat 1 Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: Inc around (12) Rnd 3: *Sc, inc* ×6 (18) Rnd 4: *Sc, inc, sc* ×6 (24) Rnds 5-7: Sc around (24) Rnd 8: FLO, hdc-inc in each st around (48) — the flared brim Rnd 9: *Ch 2, skip 1, sl st*, repeat around (picot edge). Basket 1 (oval base) Rnd 1: Ch 7; from 2nd ch: 5 sc, 3 sc in one, inc, working around the chain Rnd 2: Inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20) Rnds 3-8: Sc around (20) Rnd 9: 3 sc, skip 2 with ch 5, 8 sc, skip 2 with ch 5, 5 sc (chain handles). Basket 2 (round) Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: Inc around (12) Rnd 3: *Sc, inc* ×6 (18) Rnd 4: *Sc, inc, sc* ×6 (24) Rnd 5: *3 sc, inc* ×6 (30) Rnds 6-7: Sc around (30) Rnd 8: Dc in each st around (30) Strap: Ch 15, sew both ends to the rim. Straw hat 2 Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: Inc around (16) Rnd 3: *Sc, inc* ×8 (24) Rnd 4: BLO sc around (24) Rnds 5-6: Sc around (24) Rnd 7: FLO *sc, inc* ×12 (36) Rnd 8: *5 sc, inc* ×6 (42) Rnd 9: *3 sc, inc, 3 sc* ×6 (48)
Notes
Beginner-friendly raffia/straw yarn charms: two hats and two baskets, finished with leather cord ties and small buttons. Uses raffia straw yarn with roughly a 3.0 mm hook; K=skip, W=3 sc in one st, T=dc, FV=hdc increase, FLO/BLO as marked.
Frequently asked questions
Is raffia yarn hard to work with?
It is stiffer than cotton and a little rough on the hands. Work slowly at even tension; the payoff is charms that hold their shape without stiffener.
How do the hat brims flare?
Both hats switch to front-loop-only rounds and increase sharply — hat 1 works an hdc increase into every stitch, hat 2 spreads increases over three rounds — which makes the brim ripple outward.
How are the basket handles made?
Basket 1 skips two stitches with a ch-5 arch on each side; basket 2 uses a separate ch-15 strap sewn to the rim.
