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FREE Easy Crochet Basket Pattern

 


Crochet baskets will always be my one true love and I am so excited to share this pattern!

This basket has given an old tofu container new life as a planter! Other containers I like to use are yoghurt and sour cream tubs. Just be sure to poke some holes at the bottom for drainage - your plants will thank you!

Baskets are just so handy to have around the house and can keep everything tidy (or at least hidden from sight)!

You may recognize this yarn from my One Evening, One Skein Infinity Scarf pattern. I had just enough leftover to make this 19 cm (7.5 in) wide basket. With the handles, it measures 16 cm (6.5 in) tall.

Caron Lovely Layers Swirl Cakes is a roving style yarn and not usually a good idea for baskets because it's very loosely spun and does not create the sturdy structure a basket needs. However! I love how the subtle colour gradients and am so happy I have found a workaround. 

It looks like this yarn may be discontinued but you can use any other roving yarn. You could even use any worsted, aran or bulky weight yarn and it should be thick enough to cover up the jute. 

I cannot take full credit though - I was inspired by 1 Dog Woof's Coiled Crochet Basket and recommend following their instructions for how to crochet around rope. The principle is the same for crocheting around jute. 

Instead of rope, I crocheted around some jute twine which was thin enough to be hidden under the yarn. I got mine from Dollarama, a dollar store we have up here in Canada, but you can definitely get a roll at Michael's! 

I wasn't sure I would have enough yarn for the basket and used scrap, black acrylic yarn for the base. I held two strands together for extra sturdiness. This project ended up being a bit of a scrap buster! You can definitely use the jute/yarn method for the base.

This pattern is highly customizable. To make it bigger or smaller, add/remove increase rounds of the base and add/remove rounds of the basket sides. You will just need to adjust the spacing of the handles based on how many stitches you end up with before moving onto your basket sides.

Materials:
  • 1 skein Caron Lovely Layers Swirl Cakes - Toasted Almond (category 5)
  • Acrylic worsted weight yarn (optional for base)
  • 6.5 mm crochet hook
  • Jute twine
  • tapestry needle
  • scissors
Stitch used:
  • HDC: Half double crochet
  • SC: Single crochet
  • RSC: Reverse single crochet (also known as the crab stitch)
  • Sl st: Slip stitch
Pattern:

Note: Ch 1 at beginning of each row does not count as a stitch

With 2 strands of worsted weight yarn held together, make a magic ring.

Round 1: Ch 1, 6 HDC into the magic ring. Sl st in first HDC of round 1 to join.

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 HDC in each stitch around. Sl st in first HDC of round 2 to join (12 sts).

Round 3: Ch 1, *1 HDC in first stitch, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 3 to join (18 sts).

Round 4: Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 2 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 4 to join (24 sts).

Round 5: Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 3 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 5 to join (30 sts).

Round 6: Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 4 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 6 to join (36 sts).

Round 7: Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 5 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 7 to join (42 sts).

Round 8:  Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 6 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 8 to join (48 sts).

Round 9:  Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 7 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 9 to join (54 sts).

Round 10: Ch 1, *1 HDC in next 8 sts, inc in next, repeat until end of round. Sl st in first HDC of round 10 to join (60 sts). 

If using double strand of worsted weight yarn for base, complete final sl st with main colour of basket and proceed with main colour for the rest of the pattern.

Round 11: Ch 1. SC in each stitch around with jute held against the basket. Sl st in first SC of round 11 to join. 

Round 12 - 30: Repeat round 11.

We will now be making the basket handles.

Round 31: SC in first 8 sts. Ch 12, skip 12 sts, SC in next 18 sts. Ch 12, skip 12 sts, SC in each stitch to the end of the round. Sl st in first SC of round 31 to join.

Note that round 31 is still done around the jute. 

Round 32: Drop jute. Ch 1, reverse single crochet in each stitch around. When you get to the ch 12 of round 31, make 12 reverse single crochet around the chain and jute. 

Fasten off at the end of round 21 and weave in all your ends! That's it! 

I cannot take credit for the handles either, I was inspired by All About Ami's Waistcoat Crochet Basket pattern and recommend reading their instructions on how to reverse single crochet around a chain!

Please don't forget to share your finished project with me at @offthehooksco! I'd love to see them!

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