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Mega Bulky Crochet Baskets

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Mega Bulky Crochet Baskets

Organizing and decorating has never been as easy as it is now. These Mega Bulky Crochet Baskets are not only considered beginner crochet patterns, but they're great for decorating purposes, too. Fill them with your scraps of yarn or fill them with blankets, towels or even tall decorative faux-flower pieces and topiary. The crochet instructions provide sizes for small, medium and large crochet baskets. Make one or make them all, they're too cute to pass up.

Crochet HookN/15 or 10 mm hook

Yarn Weight(6) Super Bulky/Super Chunky (4-11 stitches for 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge6 sc and 6 rows = 4” [10 cm].

Finished SizeSmall: Approx 11” [28 cm] diameter x 12” [30.5 cm] high. Medium: Approx 13½” [34.5 cm] diameter x 14” [35.5 cm] high. Large: Approx 15” [38 cm] diameter x 16” [40.5 cm] high.

Materials List

  • Bernat® Mega BulkyTM (10.5 oz/300 g; 64 yds/58 m): ​Small Version Linen (88021) 3 balls, ​Medium Version New Gold (88609) 5 balls, Large Version Teal (88206) 6 balls

Basket Pattern

  1. Ch 2.

  2. 1st rnd: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st in first sc.

  3. 2nd rnd: Ch 1. 2 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st in first sc. 12 sc.

  4. 3rd rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 18 sc.

  5. 4th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 2 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 24 sc.

  6. 5th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 3 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 30 sc.

  7. 6th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 4 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 36 sc.

  8. 7th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 5 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 42 sc.

  9. 8th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 48 sc.

Medium and Large Version Only

  1. 9th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 7 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 54 sc.

  2. 10th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 8 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 60 sc.

Large Version Only

  1. 11th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 9 sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st in first sc. 66 sc.

  2. 12th rnd: Ch 1. *2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in each of next 10 sc. Rep from * around.

  3. Join with sl st in first sc. 72 sc.

All Versions

  1. Next rnd: Ch 1.

  2. Working into back loops only, 1 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st in first sc. Place marker at end of rnd.

  3. Next rnd: Ch 1.

  4. Working into both loops, 1 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st in first sc.

  5. Rep last rnd until work from marked rnd measures 10 ( 12 - 14 ) ” [ 25.5 ( 30.5- 35.5 ) cm].

  6. Do not fasten off.

Handles

  1. 1st rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 9 ( 12 - 15 ) sc. Ch 6. Skip next 6 sc.1 sc in each of next 18 ( 24 - 30 ) sc. Ch 6. Skip next 6 sc. 1 sc in each of next 9 ( 12 - 15 ) sc.

  2. Join with sl st in first sc.

  3. 2nd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 9 ( 12 - 15 ) sc. 10 sc in next ch-6 sp. 1 sc in each of next 18 ( 24 - 30 ) sc. 10 sc in next ch-6 sp. 1 sc in each of next 9 ( 12 - 15 ) sc. Join with sl st to first sc.

  4. 3rd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off. 56 ( 68 - 80 ) sc

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