How many baskets do you have at home? I bet a few 🙂 This Basic crochet basket pattern will let you feel confident to make more and use your creativity!
Crochet baskets are the most versatile item I can think of.
You can use them for food, baths, toys, plants, yarn, and so much more.
You can work them with cotton yarn, acrylic yarn, blended yarn, rope, twine, raffia, T-shirt yarn…..
You can use one color or more…
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How do you keep a crochet basket stiff?
- Change Your Hook Size: Opt for a smaller hook to create tighter stitches.
- Use Two Strands of Yarn: Double up your yarn for a firmer fabric.
- Felt Your Finished Fabric: Use felting techniques to stiffen your crochet.
- Stiffen with a Liquid: Apply a stiffening solution to your fabric.
- Incorporate Beading Wire: Knit or crochet beading wire into your project.
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What yarn is best for crocheting a basket?
For crocheting a basket, the best yarn to use is a sturdy, durable, and thick yarn like cotton or a cotton blend.
For this sample I did not have cotton yarn so I used acrylic bulky yarn and went down on the hook size
Cotton yarn provides excellent structure and strength, ensuring that the basket holds its shape well. Additionally, bulky or super bulky yarns are ideal as they work up quickly and create a firm fabric, perfect for a basket’s functional purpose.
Choosing a yarn with minimal stretch and good stitch definition will also enhance the durability and appearance of your crocheted basket.
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Let’s get to the pattern, shall we? Making a basic crochet basket
Materials
Ice Yarns Attlas100 gr, 100% Premium Acrylic. 130 m / 142yards, 1 skein in color grey and stash yarn in color pink
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Hook: US Size (5mm)
Yarn Needle, Scissors, Measuring Tape
Gauge
- 11 st X 9 rounds
Sizes
- This sample is 5.5” in height and 22” in circumference
Stitch Key
- Ch = Chain
- Sc = Single Crochet
- St = Stitch
- Hdc = Half Double crochet
- Dc = Double Crochet
- INC = Increase round
- Yo = Yarn over
- Slst = Slip stitch
Specialty Stitch
FpDc– Front post double crochet stitch (Yo, insert your hook from front to back to front around the post of the next stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on your hook, yo, pull through remaining two loops on your hook).
BloSc – Back loop only single crochet stitch (Insert crochet hook into the back loop only Pull up a loop, Yarn over, Pull through the 2 loops on the crochet hook)
Notes
- This pattern is written in US terminology
- This pattern is worked in rounds
- Ch2 does count as st at the beginning of each row
- Ch 3 does count as st at the beginning of each row
- Ch1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch
- This pattern is worked bottom-up
Instructions
We will start with the base on the basket
Ch 4, join with a SIst to form a ring or use the magic circle method
Round 1: Ch 2, hdc 9 in the ring, join with SI st to ch 3 (10)
Round 2: INC Ch2, hdc 1 in same 1st st, hdc 2 in next st and around to end of the round, Slst to ch 2 (20)
Round 3: INC Ch 2, *[hdc 1 in next st, hdc 2 in next st]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 2 (30)
Round 4: INC Ch 2, *[hdc 1 in next 2 st, hdc 2 in next st]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 2 (40)
Round 5: INC Ch 2, *[hdc 1 in next 3 st, hdc 2 in next s]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 2 (50)
Round 6: INC Ch 2, *[hdc 1 in next 4 st, hdc 2 in next s]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 2 (60)
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Round 7: Ch 1, sc 1 in 1st st from hook, BloSc in next st and around to the end of the round, Slst to ch 1 (60)
Round 8: Ch 3, dc 1 in next st, dc 1 in next st and around to last st, Slst to ch 3 (60)
Round 9: Ch 3, dc 1 in next st, *FpDc 1 in next 2 st , dc 1 in next 2 st ]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 3 (60)
Round 10+11: Ch 2, hdc in next st, hdc 1 in next and around to end of the round, Slst to ch 2 (60)
Round 12+13: Repeat rounds 8+9
Here I changed the color for more interest (optional)
Round: 14+15: Ch 2, hdc in next st, hdc 1 in next and around to end of the round, Slst to ch 2 (60)
Round 16: Ch 3, dc 1 in next st, dc 1 in next st and around to last st, Slst to ch 3 (60)
Round 17: Ch 3, dc 1 in next st, *FpDc 1 in next 2 st , dc 1 in next 2 st ]* repeat from * to last st, Slst to ch 3 (60)
Round 18: Ch 2, hdc in next st, hdc 1 in next and around to end of the round, Slst to ch 2 (60)
Finishing
Weave in all ends and stiffen using starch with water or any other method.
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