Hi again!
How was your week? I’m doing well, just designing and hanging out. 😀 I hope this week’s design will be another crowd pleaser… because who doesn’t love baskets? I’ve got them all over my house right now, with little odds and ends in them. I think one of these days I’m going to make a HUGE basket, one that fits a couple blankets in it. But those sorts of designs take a ton of time to make and I love quick, fun projects that take less than a day.
Either way, I hope you like this design and give it a try! Let me know in the comments if you like this pineapple or what sort of basket you’d like to see next!
There is a pdf available for purchase in my Ravelry shop, I hope you consider purchasing a pdf to help me continue to bring you patterns in the future.
Materials
- US G (4.00 mm) crochet hook
- Worsted/ medium/ size #4 weight yarn
- 1.8 oz. / 111 yards
- I used Bernat Super Value
- Yarn needle
Gauge
- 4″ = 16 scs x 16 rows
Terms/ stitches
- 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, because of this the sides portion (where all the color changes are) only tells you how many stitches to do in what color, this is what the number in the parentheses means.
- Color A is dark blue, color B is yellow, and color C green.
- The repeat on this is 16. If you want to make this basket larger, keep increasing the base as written here and make sure your final row has a stitch count that is divisible by 16.
- Also check out this post about tapestry crochet from Moogly, it’s helpful.
Finished measurements
- Height: 5.75″ (sides), 6.5″ (handles pulled up)
- Diameter: 7.25″
- Base: 3.75″ in diameter
Practical Pineapples Basket Pattern instructions
Base
Row 1: A: Create a magic circle, ch 1, sc 8 times into the circle, slip st into the first st – 8 scs
Row 2: Ch 1, sc twice into the same st as join and sc twice into the next 7 sts, slip st into the first st – 16 scs
Row 3: Ch 1, sc into the same st as join, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next st, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from* to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 24 scs
Row 4: Ch 1, sc once into the same st as join, sc once into the next st, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next 2 sts, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 32 scs
Row 5: Ch 1, sc once into the same st as join, sc once into the next 2 sts, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next 3 sts, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 40 scs
Row 6: Ch 1, sc once into the same st as join, sc once into the next 3 sts, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next 4 sts, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 48 scs
Row 7: Ch 1, sc once into the same st as join, sc once into the next 4 sts, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next 5 sts, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 56 scs
Row 8: Ch 1, sc once into the same st as join, sc once into the next 5 sts, sc twice into the next st, *sc once into the next 6 sts, sc twice into the next st,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 9: Ch 1, sc into the BLO of the first st, sc into the BLO of the next 63 sts, slip st into the first st – 64 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 10: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (8), *A: (8), B: (8),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 11: A: Ch 1, (3), B: (10), *A: (6), B: (10),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (3), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 12: A: Ch 1, (2), B: (12), *A: (4), B: (12),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Rows 13 – 18: A: Ch 1, (1), B: (14), *A: (2), B: (14),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (1), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 19: A: Ch 1, (2), B: (12), *A: (4), B: (12),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 20: A: Ch 1, (3), B: (10), *A: (6), B: (10),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (3), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 21: A: Ch 1, (4), B: (8), *A: (8), B: (8),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 22: A: Ch 1, (5), B: (6), *A: (10), B: (6),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 23: A: Ch 1, (5), C: (6), *A: (10), C: (6),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Fasten off color B.
Row 24: A: Ch 1, (4), C: (2), A: (1), C: (2), A: (1), C: (2), *A: (8), C: (2), A: (1), C: (2), A: (1), C: (2),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (4), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 25: A: Ch 1, (3), C: (2), A: (2), C: (2), A: (2), C: (2), *A: (6), C: (2), A: (2), C: (2), A: (2), C: (2),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (3), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 26: A: Ch 1, (2), C: (2), A: (3), C: (2), A: (3), C: (2), *A: (4), C: (2), A: (3), C: (2), A: (3), C: (2),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (2), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 27: A: Ch 1, (1), C: (2), A: (4), C: (2), A: (4), C: (2), *A: (2), C: (2), A: (4), C: (2), A: (4), C: (2),* repeat from * to * twice more, A: (1), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Fasten off color C.
Handles:
Row 28: A: Ch 1, sc into the same st as join and into the next 9 sts, ch 12, skip the next 12 sts, sc into the next 20 sts, ch 12, skip the next 12 sts, sc into the next 10 sts, slip st into first st – 40 scs
Fasten off color A.
Row 29: C: Ch 1, sc into the same st as join and into the next 63 sts (this includes each ch in the 2 ch-12 spaces), slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Row 30: C: Ch 1, sc into the same st as join and into the next 63 sts, slip st into the first st – 64 scs
Fasten off, weave in your ends.
Take care, I’ll see ya next week!
This post is linked to Hookin’ on Hump Day #147.
