Harvest Grain Bin

A Beginner friendly crochet pattern

Everywhere you look, at this beautiful time of year, you’ll see little reminders. Clues, that no matter who we are, we have abundance. Trees full of apples, peaches, and plums. Gardens heavy with tomatoes, corn, peppers, zucchinni, Zucchinni, and more zucchinni. Flowers blooming their last hurrah. Rainbow trout splashing at the surface of lakes and deer grazing in meadows with a kings crown of antlers. Stacks of firewood piled high and bottles of preserves and canned goods fill our home pantries again. Even if you have nothing to call your very own, you still have claim to the beautiful views of the changing leaves and colorful sunsets that grace this Autumn season.

For me, September is the start of the harvest season where I try to appreciate all of these delightful luxuries in my world, making special efforts to notice and appreciate a few different things each year. For many people, this is a favorite time of year possibly correlated with the awareness that we know that the practice of daily gratitude helps us to train our minds to actually be happier. We have so much. It’s a reminder to share.

One very happy and abundant experience that I enjoyed this September was a Sunday evening spent kayaking across one of my favorite little mountain lakes. The temperatures were perfect, the water was glass. Everything was quiet, the fish were jumping, the sunset was golden, and I could see my family having dinner on a beach. As I was kayaking my way around I felt like the whole lake was all mine. In that moment it was.

I used to dread the work that goes into harvesting and storing what we have extra of. With young children, it seems like my Septembers have sometimes been consumed with cooking and bottling double time and the minute everything in the kitchen finally gets cleaned, it’s time to get it sticky again with the next batch of canning. At some point, however, I started to appreciate the work and the security of having always enough for what our family needed. I know what goes into the bottles and I hope my family knows that I always include LOVE in the recipe.

In celebration of the abundance of the beginning of the harvest season, I created a Grain Bin crochet pattern. I love to see these looming figures sitting on farmland. Grain bins store grain, and food for animal and human use and just like our Autumn pantries, they are stocked with supplies for winter. I hope you’ll enjoy this pattern and that your appreciation for all of the ways you have abundance in your own life will come to mind as you crochet the stitches. I created a spooky little farmhouse scene with the Grain Bins on my sideboard for a Halloween decoration and I’m excited to share with you so you can create your own.

Let’s get started!

Harvest Grain Bin:

Materials:

Size E4 (3.5 mm) Crochet Hook

Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Charcoal

Red Heart Soft Yarn in Light Heather Grey

Cardboard

Yarn Needle

Button for doorknob

Gauge:

10 Stitches X 11 Rows = 2″X2″ Square

Pattern used for gauge: Half Double Crochet

Size:

5.5″ across X 10 Inches Tall

Abbreviations:

BLO- Back Loops Only

CH – Chain

FSC – Foundation Single Crochet

HDC – Half-double Crochet

DC – Double Crochet

SC- Single Crochet

SLST – Slip Stitch

ST(S) – Stitch(es)

SK – Skip

Notes:

Autumn brings with it the warm comfort of bringing in the harvest and setting it away to prepare for winter. Make your mantle or sideboard extra cozy this autumn by adding a cute decorative grain bin. You could even fill it with a bag of freshly ground wheat flour and share it as a gift.

Special Stitches: We will be crocheting using the Magic Loop, Single Crochet and Half Double Crochet. If you are new to these stitches or need a quick refresher, click here for my helpful tutorials page.

Pattern Instructions:

Grain Bin Roof:

Rnd 1: Make 6 SC in a magic loop. Pull snugly to close the loop. (6)

Rnd 2:SC in each ST around. (6) Use a Stitch marker to mark the beginning stitch of each round.

Rnd 3: *SC in the next ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (9)

Rnd 4: SC in each ST around. (9)

Rnd 5: * SC in the next ST, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (15)

Rnd 6: *SC in the next 2 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (20)

Rnd 7: * SC in the next 3 ST, 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (25)

Rnd 8: * SC in the next 4 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (30)

Rnd 9: * SC in the next 5 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST** Repeat from * to ** around. (35)

Rnd 10: SC in each ST around. (35)

Rnd 11: * SC in the next 6 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (40)

Rnd 12: *SC in the next 7 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.**Repeat from * to ** around. (45)

Rnd 13: * SC in the next 8 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (50)

Rnd 14: * SC in the next 9 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (55)

Rnd 15: * SC in the next 10 St, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (60)

Rnd 16: * SC in the next 11 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (65)

Rnd 17: * SC in the next 12 St, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (70)

Rnd 18: *SC in the next 13 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (75)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for stitching.

Grain Bin Body:

Base of Grain bin:

Rnd 1: With Red Heart Soft yarn in Light grey heather and E4 (3.5 mm) hook, 6 SC in a magic loop. Pull snugly to close the loop. (6)

Rnd 2: 2 SC in each ST around. (12)

Rnd 3: *SC in next SC, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (18)

Rnd 4: *SC in the next 2 SC, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (24)

Rnd 5: *SC in the next 3 SC, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (30)

Rnd 6: *SC in the next 4 ST, 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (36)

Rnd 7: *SC in the next 5 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST. ** Repeat from * to ** around. (42)

Rnd 8: *SC in the next 6 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (48)

Rnd 9: *SC in the next 7 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (54)

Rnd 10: *SC in the next 8 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around.(60)

Rnd 11: *SC in the next 9 St, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (66)

Rnd 12: *SC in the next 10 ST, then 2 SC in the next ST.** Repeat from * to ** around. (72)

Rnd 13: In Back Loops Only (BLO) HDC in each ST around. (72). CH 1, turn.

Rnd 14: In BLO, HDC in each ST around. (72) CH 1, turn.

Repeat Rnd 14 until the work reaches the desired height. Once this has been achieved, fasten off, leaving a long tail for stitching the open seam. Turn the bin inside out and Stitch the open seam using a whipstitch and matching the horizontal lines as you complete the seam. Weave in ends.

Door:

Rnd 1: CH 12, turn.

Rnd 2: HDC in second chain from the hook and in each remaining ST across. (11) CH 1, turn.

Rnd 3 – 6: HDC in each ST across. (11) CH 1, turn.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for stitching. Stitch Door in place on the Grain bin body. (Note, there’s no functional doorway. Just stitch the door over the top of the other stitching of the bin.)

Assembly:

Trace the outline of the bottom circle of the grain bin body onto a piece of cardboard and cut out. Placing this piece inside the bottom of the grain bin will help it to sit flat on the bottom while on display.

Fit the cardboard piece into the base of the bin and stuff the grain bin body with fiberfill.

Now, using the long tail from the roof piece, begin stitching the roof to the body of the grain bin leaving a 2 inch opening to allow you to stuff the roof with fiberfill. After you have stuffed the roof firmly, complete the seam to close the opening. Weave in ends.

Now, use your Grain bin to decorate for the harvest season.

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