Hearth Basket
A sturdy storage basket in t-shirt yarn, with tucked handles. Good for logs, blankets or a pile of works in progress.
Draft pattern. This pattern is a draft. The stitch counts were calculated on paper, but nobody has test-stitched it yet, so sizes, gauge and yarn amounts are unverified. Please swatch first and expect to adjust.
Materials
- T-shirt yarn (also called trapillo): about 100 m (110 yd)
- 9.0 mm crochet hook
- Stitch marker, scissors
Gauge
About 8 sc × 9 rounds = 10 cm (4 in). Work tightly. Loose stitches make a floppy basket.
Worked in a spiral. Jersey yarn twists as you work: let the hook hang free every few rounds to let it untwist.
Abbreviations
- ch chain
- sl st slip stitch
- sc single crochet (US)
- inc increase: 2 sc (or 2 hdc) in the same stitch
- MR magic ring
- st(s) stitch(es)
- Rnd round (worked in a spiral unless the pattern says to join)
- BLO back loop only
- * * repeat the instructions between asterisks as directed
- ( ) the stitch count at the end of a round
Base
A flat circle.
- Rnd 16 sc in magic ring(6)
- Rnd 2inc in every st around(12)
- Rnd 3(*1 sc, inc*) × 6(18)
- Rnd 4(*2 sc, inc*) × 6(24)
- Rnd 5(*3 sc, inc*) × 6(30)
- Rnd 6(*4 sc, inc*) × 6(36)
- Rnd 7(*5 sc, inc*) × 6(42)
- Rnd 8(*6 sc, inc*) × 6(48)
Walls
- Rnd 9Sc in the back loops only of every st around. This turns the corner.(48)
- Rnds 10–22Sc in every st around (13 rounds).(48)
Handles
- Rnd 23*Sc in the next 9 sts, ch 8, skip 6 sts, sc in the next 9 sts*, repeat once more on the other side.(36 sc + 2 ch-spaces)
- Rnd 24Sc in every st and 8 sc in each ch-8 space.(52)
- Rnd 25Sc in every st around. Sl st in the next st, fasten off.(52)
Weave in the ends. Fold the top rim over once to the outside if you would like a firmer edge.
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