These baskets were inspired by a previous round of the Use the Good Stuff Swap with @jemimah. I wrote out a pattern for the Small, Medium, and Large versions at the time, even though I only had enough yarn for Small and Large. Since then I received a few skeins of the same yarns, in different colors from my Darn Good Yarn subscription boxes, so I decided to clean up the pattern, and add an Extra Large size as well. For this set I had just 2 skeins of the Twist yarn, so I made the Med, Large, and Ex Large baskets, with a little left over. If you wish to make all 4 baskets, you would need 1 more ball of each yarn. I love these yarns because they are made from silk waste, that would otherwise end up in a landfill; they are Fair Trade and provide safe work to women in India & Nepal; and most of all they are beautiful and great to work with.
Use The Good Stuff Baskets
You Will Need: (To make any 3)
2 balls Darn Good Twist Worsted Weight Silk Yarn in Pink Lemonade
3 balls Darn Good Yarn Speckled Tweed Recycled Silk in Oceanic Blues
6 mm crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitches Used:
Magic Circle
Single Crochet (sc)
Alternating Spike Stitch (al sp st)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
SMALL BASKET (not shown)
Round 1: Start with the Oceanic Blue, and make a Magic Circle. Crochet 6 sc st, then tighten the tail of the Magic Circle. Join with a sl st in top of first sc. (6 sc)
Round 2: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in remaining sts. (12 sc)
Round 3: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in next st. Repeat until end of round. (18 sc)
Round 4: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 2 st. Repeat until end of round. (24 sc)
Round 5: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 3 st. Repeat until end of round. (30 sc)
Row 6: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn - the spike stitches and the abundance of colors in the yarns help hide the jog between rows). Single crochet in back loop only to start the sides. (30 sc)
Row 7: Change to Oceanic Blue (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (30 al sp st)
Row 8: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (30 al sp st)
Row 9-17: Continue doing rounds of alternating spike stitch, changing colors without cutting yarn, in each row. You will end with Oceanic Blue. (30 al sp st)
Row 18: Still with Oceanic Blue, slip stitch in each stitch around to give the basket a sturdy edge. (30 sl st)
Finish off, weave in ends.
MEDIUM BASKET (smallest basket in photo)
Round 1: Start with the Oceanic Blue, and make a Magic Circle. Crochet 6 sc st, then tighten the tail of the Magic Circle. Join with a sl st in top of first sc. (6 sc)
Round 2: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in remaining sts. (12 sc)
Round 3: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in next st. Repeat until end of round. (18 sc)
Round 4: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 2 st. Repeat until end of round. (24 sc)
Round 5: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 3 st. Repeat until end of round. (30 sc)
Round 6: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 4 st. Repeat until end of round. (36 sc)
Row 7: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn - the spike stitches and the abundance of colors in the yarns help hide the jog between rows). Single crochet in back loop only to start the sides. (36 sc)
Row 8: Change to Oceanic Blue (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (36 al sp st)
Row 9: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (36 al sp st)
Row 10-20: Continue doing rounds of alternating spike stitch, changing colors without cutting yarn, in each row. You will end with Oceanic Blue. (36 al sp st)
Row 21: Still with Oceanic Blue, slip stitch in each stitch around to give the basket a sturdy edge. (36 sl st)
Finish off, weave in ends.
LARGE BASKET
Round 1: Start with the Oceanic Blue, and make a Magic Circle. Crochet 6 sc st, then tighten the tail of the Magic Circle. Join with a sl st in top of first sc. (6 sc)
Round 2: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in remaining sts. (12 sc)
Round 3: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in next st. Repeat until end of round. (18 sc)
Round 4: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 2 st. Repeat until end of round. (24 sc)
Round 5: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 3 st. Repeat until end of round. (30 sc)
Round 6: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 4 st. Repeat until end of round. (36 sc)
Round 7: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 5 st. Repeat until end of round. (42 sc)
Row 8: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn - the spike stitches and the abundance of colors in the yarns help hide the jog between rows). Single crochet in back loop only to start the sides. (42 sc)
Row 9: Change to Oceanic Blue (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (42 al sp st)
Row 10: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch, in which you will sc in the top of previous spikes, and spike in the top of previous sc. (42 al sp st)
Row 11-23: Continue doing rounds of alternating spike stitch, changing colors without cutting yarn, in each row. You will end with Oceanic Blue. (42 al sp st)
Row 24: Still with Oceanic Blue, slip stitch in each stitch around to give the basket a sturdy edge. (42 sl st)
Finish off, weave in ends.
EXTRA LARGE BASKET (largest basket shown)
Round 1: Start with the Oceanic Blue, and make a Magic Circle. Crochet 6 sc st, then tighten the tail of the Magic Circle. Join with a sl st in top of first sc. (6 sc)
Round 2: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in remaining sts. (12 sc)
Round 3: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in next st. Repeat until end of round. (18 sc)
Round 4: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 2 st. Repeat until end of round. (24 sc)
Round 5: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 3 st. Repeat until end of round. (30 sc)
Round 6: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 4 st. Repeat until end of round. (36 sc)
Round 7: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 5 st. Repeat until end of round. (42 sc)
Round 8: Ch 1. 2 sc in same st, sc in each of the next 6 st. Repeat until end of round. (48 sc)
Row 9: Change to Pink Lemonade. Single crochet in back loop only to start the sides. (48 sc)
Row 10: Change to Oceanic Blue (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (48 al sp st)
Row 11: Change to Pink Lemonade (without cutting previous yarn); do a row of alternating spike stitch. (48 al sp st)
Rows 12-26: Continue doing rounds of alternating spike stitch, changing colors without cutting yarn, in each row. You will end with Oceanic Blue. (48 al sp st)
Row 27: Still with Oceanic Blue, slip stitch in each stitch around to give the basket a sturdy edge. (48 sl st)
