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 youwould like a firmer edge.
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