Free pattern: small hangable crochet basket

This simple, yet convenient little basket is perfect to store small items, such as your crochet hooks. Or use it for your pencils and place it on your desk. Versatile crochet baskets always come in handy, you can never have enough! For this pattern, we used our newest recycled gradient yarn Wavy Blends. This cake yarn is super soft and creates beautiful, subtle colour flows. You don’t need much for this easy project: one ball Wavy Blends, a crochet hook and of course some scissors and a stitch marker if you’d like. Get started right away! This pattern is designed by the fabulous Emmaknitty.

What you need:

• Wavy blends (1x 250g (8,82 OZ))
  
• Crochet hook 6 mm (US J-10)
  
• Stitchmarker
  
• Scissors

Size of finished project:
Diameter approx. 8cm x height 14cm.

Used stitches:
Slip stitch – sl st
Chain – ch
Half treble– htr

Please note: This pattern uses UK terms.

Notes: For this pattern we worked from the centre pull of the yarn cake.

R1: ch5, close to a circle with a sl st in the first ch you made (=5).
R2: Inc.: ch2 (counts as first htr), 9 htr in the ring, close with a sl st into the top of the first ch2 (=10).
R3: Inc.: ch2 (counts as first htr) and work a htr into the same st. Work 2 htr into every st around, close with a sl st into the top of the first ch 2 (=20).
R4: Inc.: ch2 (counts as first htr) and work a htr into the same st,*1 htr, 2 htr in next stitch*, end with 1 htr, close with sl st into the top of the first ch 2 (=30).

Work in spiral.
R5: 1 htr in every stitch (back loop only).
R6-12: 1 htr in every stitch.
R13: Ch6, skip 7 stitches, sl st into the next stitch, 1 htr in following stitches until end of round.
R14: Work 7 htr into the chain space from the handle, 1 htr in following stitches until end of round, close round with a sl st. Fasten off and weave in all ends.

Crochet designer Emmaknitty made an IGTV on our Instagram page, showing you all the steps to make this cute basket yourself. So, if you prefer watching the steps in a tutorial, you can click here for the IGTV on Instagram.

Tip: you can also use the basket for your little plant pots!