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I made this pattern to make some 8.5” baskets for a cute little tiered metal shelf I found for our bathroom. It looked a little sad all alone, so hoped some crocheted baskets would do the trick.
I also wanted to make these look a little different than the traditional single crochet pattern. I tried to create a faux knit look and it actually gave the basket a little extra “sophistication” (sips tea with pinky up). The only difference here is working into the back bump of the stitch below. If this is a little confusing, just google “crochet into back bump” and there’s plenty of tutorials {thank you fellow craft wizards!}.
Materials
Size N crochet hook
Paintbox Recycled Cotton XL yarn (1 skein) shown in dark gray
Label (optional)
Large blunt sewing needle
Pattern Terms
SC – single crochet
SL ST – slip stitch
CH – chain
ST – stitch
STS – stitches
SCBB – single crochet into back bump (single crochet into back bump of row below, on the inside of the basket. Don’t confuse this with the back loop on top of the precious row’s stitch.
Instructions
Make 8 SC into magic loop, close loop with SL ST, CH 1.
Make 2 SC into each SC around, join with SL ST, CH 1.
SC into same ST as join, *1 SC into next ST, 2 SC into following ST* repeat * - * to end, join with SL ST, CH 1.
SC into same ST as join, *1 SC into next 2 STS, 2 SC into following ST* repeat * - * to end, join with SL ST, CH 1.
SC into same ST as join, *1 SC into next 3 STS, 2 SC into following ST* repeat * - * to end, join with SL ST, CH 1.
SC into same ST as join, *1 SC into next 4 STS, 2 SC into following ST* repeat * - * to end, join with SL ST, CH 1.
TURN WORK, *1 SCBB into each ST around, making 4 evenly spaced decreases for the first row only. Join with SL ST, CH 1*, repeat this step (without decreasing further) for a total of 9 rows or until basket is desired height around, ending with a row of slip stitches to finish.
Cut/weave in ends.