Reef Crochet Basket Pattern 1.0

"I have been wanting to make a basket for soooo long! But the problem was, how do you keep a basket from caving in on itself??? How it came about? I started brainstorming one day and came up with plastic mesh. You see when I was in high school, I didn’t carry a backpack. I carried a large Vera Bradley bag. If you’ve had one, then you know they come with cardboard to keep the bottom flat. Well one day, I spilled a drink in the bottom and well you can probably guess what cardboard and liquid do. Soooo..."

Crochet HookK/10.5 or 6.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(5) Bulky/Chunky (12-15 stitches for 4 inches)

Finished Size29 1/2”circumference 9” diameter 7” height