Anchors Away Part 2- This Time… It’s a Basket

Gauge:

• 4″ = 16 scs x 16 rows

Terms/stitches used:

• Magic circle
• RS: right side (side that faces out)
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Slip st: slip stitch
• Sc: single crochet

Notes:

• This pattern is worked in the round, with a slip st into the first st from the last st.
• The ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
• Following the base, sc into the back loop only.
• If you don’t work this pattern in the back loop only, it might end up leaning. You can block the finished item to make it lean less.
• This pattern is worked from the bottom up.
• All of the stitches in this pattern are single crochets. The instructions for the sides portion (where all the color changes are) will only tell you how many stitches to do in what color, this is what the number in the parentheses means.
• Color A is any blue color, and color B is white.
• When changing colors at the beginning of the row, just pull up the new color where you start the row.
• Also check out this post about tapestry crochet from Moogly, it’s helpful.

Finished product dimensions:

• Height: 5.25″ (sides), 6.75″ (handles pulled up)
• Diameter: 8.25″
• Base: 5″ in diameter

Base

Row 1: A: Create a magic circle, ch 1, sc 6 times into the circle, slip st into the first st – 6 scs
Row 2: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc twice into the next 5 sts, slip st into the first st – 12 scs
Row 3: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next st, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next st,* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 18 scs
Row 4: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 2 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 2 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 24 scs
Row 5: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 3 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 3 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 30 scs
Row 6: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 4 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 4 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 36 scs
Row 7: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 5 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 5 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 42 scs
Row 8: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 6 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 6 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 48 scs
Row 9: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 7 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 7 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 54 scs
Row 10: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 8 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 8 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 60 scs
Row 11: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 9 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 9 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 66 scs
Row 12: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 10 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 10 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 13: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join, sc into the next 11 sts, *sc twice into the next st, sc into the next 11 sts,* repeat from* to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 78 scs

Sides
Note:

• Every row of the sides are worked into the back loop only.

• Every stitch in the sides portion of the pattern is a single crochet, because of this the directions only tell you what color (ie: Color A, Color B, etc…) and the number in the parentheses then tells you how many single crochets to make.
• Following the ch 1, the first st is worked into the same st as join.

(RS) Row 14: A: Ch 1, (78), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 15: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (4), *A: (9), B: (4),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (5), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 16: A: Ch 1, (3), B: (6), *A: (7), B: (6),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 17: A: Ch 1, (2), B: (2), A: (1), B: (2), A: (1), B: (2), *A: (5), B: (2), A: (1), B: (2), A: (1), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (3), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 18: A: Ch 1, (1), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), *A: (3), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Rows 19 – 20: A: Ch 1, (1), B: (1), A: (3), B: (2), A: (3), B: (1), *A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (2), A: (3), B: (1),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Rows 21 – 22: A: Ch 1, (5), B: (2), *A: (11), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (6), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 23: A: Ch 1, (3), B: (6), *A: (7), B: (6),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 24: A: Ch 1, (1), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), *A: (3), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 25: A: Ch 1, (5), B: (2), *A: (11), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (6), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 26: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (4), *A: (9), B: (4),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (5), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Rows 27 – 28: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (1), A: (2), B: (1), *A: (9), B: (1), A: (2), B: (1),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (5), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Row 29: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (4), *A: (9), B: (4),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, A: (5), slip st into the first st – 78 scs
Fasten off color B.
Row 30: A: Ch 1, (78), slip st into the first st – 78 scs