Easy Crochet Basket Pattern
Vintage Basket No. 288

This free and easy crochet basket pattern was originally published by Corticelli in 1916, in Lessons in Crochet - Book No. 1.



Follow the easy step-by-step instructions of this vintage basket pattern to make this classic crocheted basket. There is absolutely no charge for personal use of this crocheted basket pattern.

Easy Crochet Basket Pattern No. 288

CMC Cordonnet, No. 30
Steel Hook, No. 9

NOTE(s)

This easy crochet basket resembles a clothes basket in shape. It is 5 1/2 inches long, 3 1/2 inches wide, and about 2 inches high. A ribbon is run through the top edge of this and bowed at each end of the basket.

To stiffen basket, dip with sugar water made in the proportion of 1 spoonful of sugar to 2 spoonfuls of water and pull into shape over a form; a glass of anything the desired size will do.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Ch 21.

1st Row - Using only 1 loop of ch, make 3 dc in 4th ch from hook, make 1 dc each in next 16 ch, 8 dc in last ch; now work down other side of ch, make 1 dc each in 16 ch and 4 dc in same stitch with 1 st 3dc, join.

2nd Row - Ch 3, 1 dc in joining, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc each in next 20 dc, 2 dc each in next 4 stitches, 1 dc each in net 20 dc, 2 dc each in last 2 dc, join.

3rd Row - Ch 3, 1 dc in joining, 2 dc each in next 3 dc, 1 dc each in next 20 dc, 2 dc each in next 8 dc, 1 dc each in next 20 dc, 2 dc each in last 4 dc, join.

4th Row - Make 1 sc in each dc, join.

5th Row - Ch 4, 2 dc in 1st sc, * skip 2 sc, make a group of (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in next sc. Repeat from * ending with 1 dc in joining of last row, join in 3rd ch.

6th Row - Ch 3, 1 dc in 1st space, ch 1, 2 dc in same place, * 1 group in next group. Repeat from * around edge, join in 3rd ch.

Repeat last row 4 times (or until basket is as deep as desired), making 2 ch in center of group in last row.

Finish by making 4 dc with 3 picots between in each group on edge.

To make a picot, ch 4, make 1 sc in 1st ch.

In the last row of the bottom of basket between the 2 sc that were skipped, make 4 dc all around edge. Finish this easy crochet basket pattern by making 1 sc in each dc using both loops at top of stitch.

If a larger size is desired, make another row of dc widening in 2 more dc on each side of each end.

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