T-Shirt Yarn Basket - Free Pattern

Don't mind me, using this basket to hold my mandrake. Ha! For real, though, I wanted another basket with handles to carry my WIPs (works in progress) around the house. In order to save myself some yarn and have a sturdy bottom, I purchased some thick felt pads with pre-punched holes from a seller on Etsy. Link to that specific one is down below. It worked up quickly and was fun to make. This project was used as a basket while making itself into a basket. It felt like basket-ception. Here is a free pattern with and without a felt bottom base. Enjoy and happy crocheting!!

SKill: Beginner
US Terms:

• ch: chain
• rd: round
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase - two stitches in one stitch
• sl st: slip stitch
• sk: skip

Gauge 4" x 4": 8 sc x 8 rows

​Final Measurements with felt basket base:
​12" diameter x 9" height

You'll need:

• Hook: L/8mm
• Yarn: Any color at weight: 5 - bulky
  • Yardage: with felt base -175 yds.; without: 350 yds.
• Optional: felt basket base 30 cm.; I purchased mine here: 3po3lasercut
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors

Pattern

If you don't have a basket base, you can make your own with yarn. This will change your yardage and may change your final measurements:

rd 1: magic ring sc 6 (6)
rd 2: inc x 6, sl st, ch 1 (12)
rd 3: (inc, sc) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (18)
rd 4: (inc, sc 2) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (24)
rd 5: (inc, sc 3) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (30)
rd 6: (inc, sc 4) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (36)
rd 7: (inc, sc 5) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (42)
rd 8: (inc, sc 7) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (48)
rd 9: (inc, sc 8) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (54)
rd 10: (inc, sc 9) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (60)
rd 11: (inc, sc 10) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (66)
rd 12: (inc, sc 11) x 6, sl st, ch 1 (72)
rd 13: sc around in the front loop and third loop only, sl st, ch 1 (72) - this will give you the flat bottom edge
​rd 14 - rd 26: sc in both loops around, sl st, ch 1 (72)
rd 27: sc 14, ch 7, sk 7, sc 29, ch 7, sk 7, sc 15, sl st, ch 1 (72)
rd 28: sc 14, sc into the ch 7, sc 29, sc into the ch 7, sc 15, sl st, ch 1 (72)
rd 29: sc around (72)
​Fasten off, cut yarn, weave in ends

If you have a basket base, here are the steps that can be applied to any sized circular basket base with any number of pre-punched holes:

rd 1: sc into each pre-made hole in your basket base
rd 2:  sc around in the front loop and third loop only, sl st, ch 1 - this will give you the flat bottom edge
​rd 3 - rd 14: sc in both loops around, sl st, ch 1 
rd 15: evenly center the start of your handles on either side of the basket, sc until you get to the start of the 1st handle then ch 7, sk 7, sc around to the start of the 2nd handle, ch 7, sk 7, sc around to the end, sl st, ch 1
rd 16: sc around to the 1st handle, sc into the ch 7, sc around to the 2nd handle, sc into the ch 7, sc around to the end, sl st, ch 1
rd 17: sc around
​Fasten off, cut yarn, weave in ends