The Crochet Triple C Basket is a beginner-friendly free pattern that makes it easy to create home storage in a short time.
Design Inspiration
After the holidays we found our home with a surplus of toddler toys and a deficit of toy storage. Do you know what I found that is the perfect size to store blocks and small to medium-sized toys? Coffee cans! Perfect size, yes. Pretty, not so much. I created this beginner crochet basket to dress up the cans. The triple c stands for coffee can cozy. This basket can also be used on its own. Leave seam out (picture below) or flip inside out for different looks.
PATTERN
Description
A lovely, beginner-friendly crochet basket pattern that’s easy to work up in a short amount of time.
Materials
Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream The Original (weight 4 – medium)
Color A – Soft Ecru (2.5oz/70.9g, 120yds/109m) – 1 skein
Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Scents (weight 4 – medium)
Color B – Camomile (2oz/56.7g, 95yds/86m) – 1 skein
Hook: I/9 – 5.50mm
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Sizing
Gauge: 12 stitches x 8 rows = 4″ in hdc
Finished Dimensions: 6″ height x 6.25″ diameter
Abbreviations (US)
st – stitch
sp – space
ch – chain
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
hdc2tog – half double crochet two together
Notes
This pattern is worked continuously in the round. Every time sc 2 is seen, single crochet in the same stitch twice. The pattern was made to fit a coffee can size ~ 6.25″ height x 6″ diameter.
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Crochet Triple C Basket -Instructions
Bottom
In color A, make a magic circle
Round 1: sc 8 into circle (8)
Round 2: *sc 1, sc 2, repeat from * around (12)
Round 3: sc 1 in each around (12)
Round 4: sc 2 in each around (24)
Round 5: *sc 1, sc 2, repeat from * around (36)
Round 6: sc 1 around (36)
Round 7: *sc 1 for 8 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (40)
Round 8: sc 1 around (40)
Round 9: *sc 1 for 4 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (48)
Round 10: *sc 1 for 5 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (56)
Round 11: *sc 1 for 6 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (64)
Round 12: *sc 1 for 7 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (72)
Round 13: *sc 1 for 8 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (80)
Round 14: *sc 1 for 9 sts, sc 2, repeat from * around (88)
Round 15: sc 1 in each around (88)
Finish off
Body
Starting in any stitch
Round 1: Sc 1 through the sts in round 14 and 15 of the bottom (see pictures at the end), continue around (88)
Round 2: hdc for 2 sts, hdc2tog, *hdc for 9 sts, hdc2tog, repeat from * seven times, hdc for 7 sts (80)
Round 3: hdc for 2 sts, hdc2tog, *hdc for 8 sts, hdc2tog, repeat from * seven times, hdc for 6 sts (72)
Rounds 4-13: hdc 1 in each around (72)
Round 14-18: in color B, hdc in each around (72)
Round 19: sl st in each around (72)
Finish off and sew in ends
Shape (I used the coffee can to help shape)
If you like this pattern, check out this project: Crochet Burtney Coasters