Crocheted Basket - Quick Mini Version

For those of you who would like to make one of the little fast baskets but don't need the entire tutorial, here is the pattern, plain and simple. This is also good to look at after you have completed the tutorial, so you can see what a pattern for in-the-round crochet looks like.

Materials:

H hook (5.0mm)

Ball of Sugar and Cream worsted weight cotton yarn in Natural

A small amount of colored yarn or hemp twine for the stripe

Abbreviations:

st - stitch

slst - slip stitch

ch - chain

dc - double crochet

Round 1: Begin with the adjustable loop in the natural yarn. Ch 2 (counts as first dc), and crochet 11 more dc into the loop. Join to beginning ch with a slst. (12 dc)

Round 2: Ch 2. 2 dc in each stitch around, join with a slst. (24 dc)

Round 3: Ch 2. *1 dc in next st, 2dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a slst. (36 dc)

Round 4: Ch 2. *1 dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a slst. (48 dc)

Round 5: Ch 2. *1 dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a slst. (60 dc)

Round 6: Ch 2, *1 dc in next 4 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a sl st. (72 dc)

Round 7: Ch 2, *1 dc in next 5 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a sl st. (84 dc)

Rounds 8-9: Ch 2, 1 dc in each st around, join with a slst.

Round 10: Switch to accent color yarn and repeat round 9.

Rounds 11-14: Switch back to natural yarn and repeat round 9.

Bind off and weave in ends, turn down edge of basket and voila!