This attractive little crocheted basket can be used as a nut basket or even as a party favor. It is easy to crochet – even for a beginner.
Crocheting this basket is very easy if you follow the simple step-by-step instructions we have laid out below. It is free for personal use.
Free Crochet Pattern for a Basket:
CMC Crocheted Basket Pattern
REQUIRED MATERIALS
CMC Cordonnet, Size 30
1 Steel Hook, No. 9
NOTE(s)
This basket measures about 1 1/4 inches high and just over 1 1/2 inches in diameter at the bottom. This attractive little basket can be used as a nut basket or even as a party favor.
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
Chain 2.
1st Row – Make 6 sc in 1st ch.
2nd Row – Working round and round and using both loops at top of stitch, make 1 sc in 1st sc, * 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around row.
3rd Row – Make 2 sc in every 3rd sc.
4th Row – Make 2 sc in every 4th sc.
Continue this way, making 1 sc more between the widenings in each successive row until bottom of basket measures 1 1/2 inches across or is size desired.
Next Row – Ch 3, 1 dc in last sc, * ch 1, skip 1 sc, 2 dc in next sc. Repeat from * around row, join.
Next Row – Ch 5, 2 dc in 1st space, * ch 2, 2 dc in next space. Repeat from * ending with 1 dc in last space, join in 3d ch.
Next Row – Ch 3, 1 dc in last space, * ch 2, 2 dc in next space. Repeat from * around row, join.
Repeat the last 2 rows once more (or until basket is depth desired) making 1 ch between the 2 dc in last row.
Finish by making a shell of 5 dc around this 1 ch caught down by a sc around the 2 ch, join. In the last row of the bottom, make 3 dc in each sc between the 2 dc. This makes the bottom wider.
This free vintage crocheted basket pattern was originally published by Corticelli in 1916, in Lessons in Crochet – Book No. 1.
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Crochet Pattern Books for Baskets
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