Scrap Basket Crochet Pattern

Are you looking for a project where you can incorporate some of those yarn scraps you’ve been hanging onto? Check out this Scrap Basket crochet pattern!

From time to time I enjoy working little baskets that are great for holding onto little accessories and knick knacks. They also look so cute sitting on a shelf or side table.

This Scrap Basket crochet pattern is a great way to use up some of your yarn scraps in a very practical and cute way!

I originally designed this pattern to teach as a workshop at the annual Fibre Festival on Prince Edward Island. It’s a quick project that you will work using a premade base. I this case, I used a six inch wooden basket bottom that has the holes pre drilled into it. But you may use fabric, leather or another medium for your bottom!

The pattern is so easy to adjust and down in the written pattern and video tutorial you will learn how to adjust the size and height!

Materials:

For the Scrap Basket crochet pattern I used about 150-200 yards of yarn per basket. You can use a solid colour or mix it up. You will work (if using a worsted weight yarn) holding three strands of yarn together to create a thicker yarn. You may use a super bulky weight yarn, but you will want to check your gauge and adjust accordingly.

I used a 100% cotton worsted weight yarn, such as the Dishie Yarn by WeCrochet, and a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook. I worked the pattern around a 6 inch, round wooden basket bottom that I purchased off of Amazon.

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Scrap Basket Crochet Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate

Gauge:  11 sts x 12 rnds of sc = 4 inches

Finished Size: 15 cm/6 inch diameter, 2.5 inches tall

Yarn: 100% Cotton Yarn.  You will need approximately 150 yards per basket.  Note: This basket is work holding 3 strands of yarn together.  They may be all one colour or a mix.

Hook: Size H/8 (5 mm) hook. 

Notions: Yarn Needle, 6 inch/15 cm wooden basket base with holes pre punched.

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Ch – Chain
Psc – Post Single Crochet (A single crochet stitch worked through the middle of the post of the stitch below working under the two vertical bars at the front of the post)
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Yo – Yarn over

Pattern Notes:

• Pattern is written in American English terms.
• Pattern is worked in rounds.
• Ch 1 at beginning of row does not count as stitch.
• Pattern is worked around a wooden basket bottom base with prepunched holes.
• Weave in ends as needed.
• Note: Stitch counts will not be provided in this pattern as the number of stitches you have will depend on the number of holes punched in your basket bottom.  After your round 2, ensure you have an even number of stitches.

Free Crochet Pattern:

Begin by working a foundation round of stitches through the holes in the bottom of your basket.

Using 3 strands of yarn held together:

Step One: Pull up a loop through any hole of your basket base.  Leave a little bit of a tail of yarn that you may wish to tuck in as you go or weave in after.  Ch 1.

Step Two: Holding back the long tail on the underside of your basket bottom so that the loop does not pull through, insert your hook from the top through to the bottom in the next hole on the basket base.  Work a single crochet.

Step Three: Repeat step two all the way around working one single crochet stitch in each hole. 

Step Four: Join with a slip stitch in the first st.  Do not turn here and throughout.

Continue as follows:

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in each of the 1st 2 sts, 2 sc in the next st, *sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in the next st; Rpt from * around.  Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. 

Rnds 2-3: Ch 1, sc in each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  (Tip: You will want to keep the stitches of round 3 nice and loose!)

Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, *psc (see “Stitches and Abbreviations”) in the next st, sc in the next st; Rpt from * all the way around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.

Rnd 5: Ch 1, psc in the 1st st, *sc in the next st, psc in the next st; Rpt from * all the way around ending with an sc in the final st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.

Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, *psc (see “Stitches and Abbreviations”) in the next st, sc in the next st; Rpt from * all the way around ending with a psc in the final st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.

(Optional: For a taller basket, continue to repeat rounds 5 and 6)

Determine the placement of the basket handles:

Each of my basket handles is 4 stitches long.  For two handles, you will need a total of 8 stitches.

Count the number of stitches around your basket (There are 48 stitches in the basket shown).  

From the total number, subtract the amount needed for the handles (i.e. 48 sts in basket – 8 stitches for handles = 40 stitches remaining).

Divide the number of remaining stitches by two (40 sts/2 = 20 sts) and this will give you the number of stitches you need to crochet before and after each handle.

For example, for my basket with 48 stitches around (Stitch counts you may need to change depending on your basket stitch count are in italics), continue as follows:

Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc in each of the 1st 20 sts, ch 4, sk the next 4 sts, sc in each of the next 20 sts, ch 4, sk the next 4 sts.  Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.

Rnd 8:  Ch 1, sc in each of the 1st 20 sts, 4 sc in the next ch-4 sp, sc in each of the next 20 sts, 4 sc in the next ch-4 sp.  Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.

Fasten off, weave in your ends.

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