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    Home » Free moogly Patterns » Home Decor

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles

    Published: Sep 20, 2019 · Modified: Jan 26, 2023 by Tamara Kelly · 4 Comments

    The Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles is a free crochet pattern that will stand up all on its own! With a hard base, thick yarn, and convenient handles, you'll want to make one for each room of the home - or as packaging for your next special gift!

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles - Free Crochet Pattern on Moogly!Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links; materials provided by Yarnspirations and Hooked For Life LLC.

    Purchase the downloadable PDF of this pattern on Ravelry

    Crochet Baskets that Stand Up Tall

    Have you ever wondered how to make a crochet basket stand up? There are several techniques that can be used - and one of my favorites is using a crochet hook much smaller than the yarn recommends. This creates a very stiff fabric!

    Bernat Maker Big and Basket Base - get the free pattern to combine them on Moogly!

    Another method is to use a hard basket base, as I have done here! I got this basket base from Hooked For Life. There they have both wooden and aluminum bases to choose from! And while I left mine plain, they are paintable for a custom look too. I think you could great really creative with Mod Podge on these too!

    Aluminum Round Basket Base for Crochet on Hooked For Life

    Bernat Maker Big - so Big!

    This free chunky crochet basket pattern with handles is made with Bernat Maker Big. This jumbo yarn has a great feel and combined with a smaller hook, it creates a very stiff fabric!

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles - free pattern on Moogly!

    In past basket patterns, I've combined the trick of a small hook with a double layer of crochet to create stand up crochet baskets. The Super Sturdy Crochet Basket doesn't need this though - just one layer is plenty in this yarn!

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles - free crochet pattern on Moogly


    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket with Handles

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    US - H, 5.0 mm hook - Clover Amour

    US - L, 8.0 mm hook - Clover Jumbo Amour

    57 yds Bernat Maker Big ("7"/Jumbo/UK: 16+ ply; 50% cotton, 50% nylon; 250g/8.8 oz, 70 m/77 yds)
    Color A: Turquoise (1 ball - 42 yds)
    Color B: Ivory (1 ball - 15 yds)

    Basket Base from Hooked For Life - Wood

    Basket Base from Hooked for Life - Aluminum

    Stitch Markers

    Gauge: 11 sts x 12 rows = 5" inches in sc

    Finished Size: 8" base diameter x 6" tall

    Helpful Links and Tutorials:

    Crochet Abbreviations

    Surface Crochet

    Seamless Join

    Back Loop Only - BLO

    Bag Handles

    NOTES:

    This pattern is worked in a spiral, with no joins and no chains at the beginning of rnds. Use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round to help you keep track.

    Don't have a basket base and prefer to crochet one? Using the larger hook, make a basic sc circle in a spiral, starting with 6 sts in the first rnd, and increasing 6 sts per round until the circle has 48 sts.

    INSTRUCTIONS:

    Rnd 1 [Prepping the base]: With Color A and smallest hook, sl st around holes of basket base, as for surface crochet.

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket - Rnd 1, Step 1

    After working into each hole, pull the tail end of the yarn back through to the side you've been stitching on. Send this end through the center of the last st and weave it under the row with the hook to secure it.

    Sturdy Crochet Basket - Rnd 1, Step 2

    Rnd 2: Insert hook in first st made in Rnd 1 on other side of base, yo and pull up a loop, pull up a loop in next st, yo and pull through both loops for first sc (place marker), sc in each remaining loop around, including the loop made at the beginning of this rnd. (48 sc)

    Sturdy Crochet Basket on Moogly - Rnd 2

    Rnd 3: Switch to larger hook, sc in each st around.

    Rnd 4 - 11: Sc in each st around; at the end of Rnd 11, finish last st with Color B and break Color A.

    Rnd 12: With Color B, BLO sc in each st around.

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket on Moogly - switching colors

    Rnd 13: Repeat Row 4.

    Rnd 14 [Handles made]: Sc in next 8 sts, ch 8, skip 8 sts, sc in the next 16 sts, ch 8, skip 8 sts, sc in the last 8 sts.

    Rnd 15: Sc in each st and BLO of each ch around; sl st in first st of rnd, break yarn and seamless join. Weave in all ends.


    I can’t wait to see your Super Sturdy Baskets! If this free crochet basket pattern does inspire you to make your own, and you post a photo on social media, be sure to tag me @mooglyblog or #mooglyblog so I can check it out too! I love seeing what you make!

    Super Sturdy Crochet Basket - closeup of bottom

    Looking for more free crochet basket patterns? Check out all of these and more on Moogly!

    Moogly Yarnspirations Baskets

    The Fine Print

    Follow Moogly on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr! Thank you to Yarnspirations, Hooked for Life LLC, and Clover USA for providing the materials shown in this post. Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2019, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others.

    To print or download, use the Print Friendly button below, or go to PrintFriendly.com, or right-click to copy and paste it into a word processing document if those options do not work for you (please note that Print Friendly is a free outside website that the button links to, and you can click here for a tutorial on how to use it, but I cannot provide additional technical support for this service). If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. 

     

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    1. 1

      Michelle

      September 20, 2019 at 2:26 pm

      What a cute basket! Pinned!

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        Tamara Kelly

        September 20, 2019 at 3:21 pm

        Thank you so much, Michelle!

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    2. 3

      Elaine Thomson

      May 05, 2023 at 3:44 am

      I love these baskets. I made one for part an M N D. Challenge in march. And I am making more for my granddaughter. I will upload the pictures when made. And I pinned it. Other people have pinned it from me so I hope you get the credit. Thank you.

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        Tamara Kelly

        May 05, 2023 at 9:52 am

        Awesome, thank you so much! ♥

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