Crochet Storage Basket

• 2-3 7oz skeins of worsted weight yarn (you will be working with 3 strands at once; consider using 3 skeins for convenience but note that you will use less than 2 full skeins)
• J crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

• Ch 34
• Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch to the end (33 sc)
• Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch to the end (33 sc)
• Row 3-20: repeat row 2 (33 sc)

This is the base of your basket; you will now begin working in rounds around the base to create the sides of your basket.

• Round 1: ch 1, turn so you are working down the short side of, sc in each stitch (20 sc) along the short side, turn and work along the first long side, 1 sc in each stitch (33 sc), work 1 sc in the second short side (20 sc), work 1 sc in each stitch along the second long side (33 sc), sl st to first sc to join (106 sc)
• Round 2: ch 1, sc in first stitch, ch 1, skip 1 stitch, [sc in next stitch, ch 1, skip 1 stitch] repeat around, slip stitch to first sc to join (53 sc, 53 ch sp)
• Round 3: sl st in first ch space, ch 1, skip 1 stitch, [sc in next ch space, ch 1, skip 1 stitch] repeat around, slip stitch to first sc to join (53 sc, 53 ch sp)
• Round 4-10: repeat round 3 (53 sc, 53 ch sp)
• Round 11: ch 1, sc in each stitch around (106 sc)
• Round 12: ch 1, reverse sc in each stitch around (106 reverse sc)