This free pattern also has a video tutorial, find the written instructions below.
FINISHED SIZE
11.2”/ 28.5 cm (width) x 6.7”/ 17 cm (height) x 11.2”/ 28.5 cm (depth)
GAUGE (sc with tapestry crochet)
16 sts x 14 rows= 4”/ 10 cm
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
– 2 skeins (100 gr/ 3.52 oz, 180 yds/ 165 m) of worsted weight 100% acrylic yarn in BROWN
– 1 skein (100 gr/ 3.52 oz, 180 yds/ 165 m) of worsted weight 100% acrylic yarn in GRAY
– 33 m. of 4 mm macrame cord in BEIGE
– 5.5 mm crochet hook
– Stitch markers in two colors
ABBREVIATIONS
– Rnd: round
– ch: chain
– st: stitch
– sl st: slip stitch
– sc: single crochet
STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES
– Slip stitch
– Single crochet (UK double crochet)
– Crab stitch: Also, called reverse single crochet st. It’s sc worked from left to right. Insert the hook, front to back, in the next st to the right, yarn over and pull through the st, yarn over and draw through the two loops on the hook.
– Tapestry crochet with thick materials
BASKET
It’s crocheted in the round, in a spiral way and started from the base. With BROWN make a magic ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc 12 inside the magic ring= 12 sts. Place a color A marker in the first st of the round and color B markers in 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th stitches.
Rnd 2: From this round on you will start carrying the 4 mm cord. Take it leaving a 3”/7.5 cm strand. Relocate A marker in the first st of each round and B markers in the middle st every time you make 3 or 5 sc in one st. This will make it easier to count rounds and sts.
Sc 1, (3 sc in next st, sc 2) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 1= 20 sts
Rnd 3: sc 2, (3 sc in next st, sc 4) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 2= 28 sts
Rnd 4: sc 3, (3 sc in next st, sc 6) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 3= 36 sts
Rnd 5: sc 4, (3 sc in next st, sc 8) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 4= 44 sts
Rnd 6: sc 5, (3 sc in next st, sc 10) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 5= 52 sts
Rnd 7: sc 6, (5 sc in next st, sc 12) rep ( ) 3 times, 5 sc in next st, sc 6= 68 sts
Rnd 8: sc 8, (3 sc in next st, sc 16) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 8= 76 sts
Rnd 9: sc 9, (5 sc in next st, sc 18) rep ( ) 3 times, 5 sc in next st, sc 9= 92 sts
Rnd 10: sc 11, (3 sc in next st, sc 22) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 11= 100 sts
Rnd 11: sc 12, (5 sc in next st, sc 24) rep ( ) 3 times, 5 sc in next st, sc 12= 116 sts
Rnd 12: sc 14, (3 sc in next st, sc 28) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 14= 124 sts
Rnd 13: sc 15, (5 sc in next st, sc 30) rep ( ) 3 times, 5 sc in next st, sc 15= 140 sts
Rnd 14: sc 17, (3 sc in next st, sc 34) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 17= 148 sts
Rnd 15: sc 18, (3 sc in next st, sc 36) rep ( ) 3 times, 3 sc in next st, sc 18= 156 sts
Remove B markers.
Rnd 16-27: Sc 156= 156 sts. Close last st of rnd 27 with GRAY. Cut BROWN leaving a 4”/ 10 cm strand.
Rnd 28-31: Sc 156= 156 sts
Rnd 32: Sc 76 (calculated 64 sc to reach the second corner + 12 sc to open the handle at the center of the front side), sc 15 on the macramé cord only, skip 15 sts, sc 65= 156 sts
Rnd 33-35: Sc 156= 156 sts
Rnd 36: Sc 77 (calculated 65 sc to reach the second corner + 12 sc to make the second opening as centered as possible with first opening), sc 15 on the macramé cord only, skip 15 sts, sc 64= 156 sts
Rnd 37-41: Sc 156= 156 sts
Sl st in next st. Cut the macrame cord leaving a 3”/ 7.5 cm strand.
Rnd 42: Ch 1, 156 sts in crab stitch= 156 sts
Sl st in next st. Fasten off.
Weave in all ends.
The basket is finished.
