Materials

• US G (4.00 mm) crochet hook
• Aran/ medium/ size #4 weight yarn
  • approx 2 oz/ 102 yds
  • I used Caron One Pound
• Yarn needle

Gauge

• 16 scs x 14 rows = 4″

Terms/ stitches

• RS: right side (side that faces out)
• Magic Circle
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Slip st: slip stitch
• Sc: single crochet
• Rsc: reverse single crochet
• BLO: back loop only

Notes

• This pattern is worked in 3 sections, from the bottom up: the bottom, the sides, and the handles and they’re all worked in the round, with a slip st into the first st of the row.
• The ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
• All of the stitches in this pattern are single crochets. The directions will only tell you what color (ie: Color A, Color B, etc…) and the number in the parentheses tells you how many single crochets to make.
• In the example, the inactive yarn is carried behind the active. If this is confusing, you might want to check out this helpful Moogly video on tapestry.
• You need to know how to work into the back loop only (BLO) for this pattern. At the end of the row, slip st into both loops, this will help keep your seam straight.
• 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.
• In the photos: color A is off white (Caron One Pound in Off White), color B is blue (Caron One Pound in Agua), color C is pink (Caron One Pound in Dark Pink), and color D is yellow (Caron One Pound in Sunflower).

Finished measurements

• Height: 4.5″ (base to top of basket, not including handles)
• Diameter: 8.75″

– Base –
(worked into both loops)

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

– Sides –

Notes:

• Rows 13 – 24 are worked into the back loop only.
• The following directions will only tell you what color (ie: Color A, Color B, etc…) and the number in the parentheses tells you how many stitches to make.
• Following the ch 1, the first st is worked into the same st as join.

(RS) Row 13: A: Ch 1, (6), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), *A: (6), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 14: A: Ch 1, (8), B: (2), *A: (10), B: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 15: A: Ch 1, (6), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2), *A: (6), B: (2), A: (2), B: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 16: A: Ch 1, (8), B: (2), *A: (10), B: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Fasten off color A.
Row 17: C: Ch 1, (2), B: (2), C: (2), B: (6), *(2), B: (2), C: (2), B: (6),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 18: B: Ch 1, (2), C: (2), *B: (10), C: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, C: (8), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 19: C: Ch 1, (2), B: (2), C: (2), B: (6), *(2), B: (2), C: (2), B: (6),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 20: B: Ch 1, (2), C: (2), *B: (10), C: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, C: (8), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Fasten off color B.
Row 21: C: Ch 1, (6), D: (2), C: (2), D: (2), *C: (6), D: (2), C: (2), D: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 22: C: Ch 1, (8), D: (2), *C: (10), D: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, C: (2), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 23: C: Ch 1, (6), D: (2), C: (2), D: (2), *C: (6), D: (2), C: (2), D: (2),* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Row 24: C: Ch 1, (8), D: (2), *C: (10), D: (2),* repeat form * to * 4 more times, C: (2), slip st into the first st – 72 scs
Fasten off color C.