Spring has arrived and a lot of us are looking for ways to organize and clean our home. The Evergreen Basket is the perfect pattern for that task! Use it to organize your office, bedroom, or bath. I used mine to store my pom poms as well as some of my yarn skeins!
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About This Basket
- The Evergreen Basket uses two strands of cotton yarn held together giving it its sturdiness.
- This basket was designed to store small items.
- This is a great crochet pattern for beginner crocheters.
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Skill Level:
Advanced beginner
Supplies Needed
- 2 skeins of cotton yarn, 120 yrds each
- 5.5 mm crochet hook
- yarn needle
- tape measure
- scissors
Yarn I Recommend For This Pattern
Dishie TwistDishiePeaches N Creme
Crochet Stitches
- ch- chain/chains
- mc- magic circle
- hdc- half double crochet
- increase- 2 sc in the same stitch
- blo- back loop only
- tlo- third loop only click here for a video tutorial of the third loop only stitch
- st/sts- stitch/stitches
- ( )- stitches at the end of the row or round
Notes
- chain 1 does not count as a stitch.
- you Will be slip stitching to the first sc not the ch 1 to close each round.
- you will be holding two strands of yarn at once for this pattern
Finished Size
5 1/2 inches in diameter
6 inches tall
pattern
Basket Base
Make a mc, chain 1
Round 1: Make 8 sc into the magic circle. (8 sts)
Round 2: Chain 1, Increase in every st. (16)
Round 3: Chain 1,* Increase, 1 sc in next st.* Repeat from *to* (24)
Round 4. Ch 1, *increase, 1 sc in next two sts.* Repeat from * to * (32)
Round 5: Ch 1, *increase, 1 sc in the next three sts. Repeat from * to * (40)
Round 6: Ch 1, *increase, 1 sc in the next four sts. Repeat from * to * (48)
Round 7: Ch 1, * increase, 1 sc in the next five sts. Repeat from * to * (56)
Circle should measure 5 1/2 inches at this point.
Basket Body
Round 8: Ch 1, 1 hdc blo around. (56)
Round 9: Ch 1, 1 hdc around. (56)
Round 10-13: Repeat row 9 (56)
Rounds 14-15: Ch 1, 1 hdc tlo around. (56)
Rounds 16-17: Repeat row 9 (56)
Round 18: Ch 1, *1 hdc in the next 9 sts, ch 10, skip 10 sts, 1 hdc in the next 9 sts*. repeat from * to * one more time. (56)
Round 19: Ch 1, 1 sc around including the 10 ch from previous round. (56)
Round 20: Ch 1, 1 sc around. Tie off and weave ends. (56)
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Love, Laura
