Big Hook Basket
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
10 inches wide x 14 inches long x 11 inches tall with cuff folded down and excluding Handles
MATERIALS
• Bernat Maker Home Dec bulky (chunky) weight cotton/nylon yarn (83/4 oz/317 yds/250g per ball): 6 balls #111008 clay 2 balls #111012 black 1 ball #111006 steel blue • Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Size G/6/4mm crochet hook • Blunt yarn needle
GAUGE
Size J hook: 7 sc = 3 inches; 3 shells = 3 inches; 4 shell rows = 21/2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Wind steel blue into 3 equal balls. Wind 1 ball of black into 2 balls. Hold 3 strands of yarn together throughout unless otherwise indicated. Use size J hook unless otherwise indicated. When changing colors, leave yarn strands each 3 inches long, do not knot these strands; with size G hook weave invisibly back through the stitches of same color row. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCH
Shell: (Sc, ch 2, sc) in indicated st or sp.
BASKET BOTTOM
Row 1: With size J hook and clay, ch 25, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (24 sc) Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn. Rows 3–36: Rep row 2. At the end of row 36, do not turn.
FIRST LONG SIDE EDGE
Row 1: Working across ends of rows, ch 1, shell (see Special
Stitch) in side edge of row 35, [sk next 2 rows, shell in next row, sk 1 row, shell in next row] 6 times, sk next 2 rows, shell in side edge of row 2, turn. (14 shells) Row 2: Ch 1, shell in each ch-2 sp across, turn. (14 shells) Rows 3–6: Rep row 2. At the end of last row, change color (see Stitch Guide and Pattern Notes) to steel blue, fasten off clay. Row 7: Rep row 2. Row 8: Rep row 2, change color to black, fasten off steel blue.
Row 9: Rep row 2, change color to steel blue, fasten off black.
Row 10: Rep row 2, change color to clay, fasten off steel blue.
Rows 11–26: Rep row 2. At the end of last row, fasten off.
FIRST SHORT SIDE EDGE
Row 1: Join (see Pattern Notes) clay in first sc of row 36, ch 1, shell in same sc as beg ch-1, [sk next 2 sc, shell in next sc, sk next sc, shell in next sc] 4 times, sk next 2 sc, shell in next sc, turn. (10 shells) Rows 2–26: Rep rows 2–26 of Long Side Edge. (10 shells)
2ND LONG SIDE EDGE
Row 1: Working across ends of rows, ch 1, shell in side edge of row 2, [sk next 2 rows, shell in next row, sk 1 row, shell in next row] 6 times, sk next 2 rows, shell in side edge of row 35, turn. (14 shells) Rows 2–26: Rep rows 2–26 of First Long Side Edge.
2ND SHORT SIDE EDGE
Row 1: Working across opposite side edge of foundation ch, join clay in first foundation ch, ch 1, shell in same ch as beg ch-1, [sk next 2 chs, shell in next ch, sk next ch, shell in next ch] 4 times, sk next 2 chs, shell in next ch, turn. (10 shells) Rows 2–26: Rep rows 2–26 of Long Side Edge. (10 shells)
JOINING
With WS facing, holding Long Side Edge to Short Edge and working through both thicknesses, changing color as colors change and with size G hook, join 1 strand of clay in base of row 1 of Edges, sl st evenly sp to top edge, ending in side edge of row 26. Fasten off. Rep joining on rem 3 Edges.
BLACK CUFF BORDER
Rnd 1: With RS facing and size J hook, join 3 strands of black in first ch-2 sp beyond joining of Edges, ch 1, shell in same ch-2 sp as beg ch-1, shell in each rem ch-2 sp around, join in beg sc, turn. (48 shells) Rnd 2: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, shell in same ch-2 sp, shell in each ch-2 sp around, join in beg sc, do not turn. Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 sp, *sc in next ch-2 sp, [ch 3, sc] twice in
same ch-2 sp**, sc in next ch-2 sp, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. Fasten off.
Row 1: With size J hook and 3 strands clay, ch 44, shell in 2nd ch from hook, [sk next 2 chs, shell in next ch] 14 times, turn. (15 shells)
Row 2: Ch 1, shell in each ch-2 sp across, do not turn.
Row 3: Ch 2, working across opposite side of foundation ch, sl st in ch at base of first shell, [ch 2, sk next 2 chs of foundation ch, sl st in ch at base of next shell] across. Fasten off.
Attaching Handles
Fold to outer edge the Black Cuff Border and next 4 rows of clay. Position Handles on Long Side Edge, positioning each end of Handle on 5th shell in from each outer edge. With a length of clay, sew 21/2 inches of each end of Handle to inside of Basket.