Easy Basket-Weave Throw
Design by Margret Willson
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
48 inches wide x 62 inches long
MATERIALS
• Caron One Pound medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (16 oz/812 yds/
454g per skein):
4 skeins #0611 ocean
• Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
3 V-sts and 3 fpdc = 3 inches; 5 rows = 2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Chain-2 at beginning of row counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated.
When instructed to work a stitch “in next V-st,” work indicated stitch between first and 2nd half double crochet of next V-stitch. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
V-stitch (V-st): 2 hdc in indicated st or sp.
Single crochet join (sc join):
Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, yo and pull through both lps on hook.
THROW
Row 1 (RS): Ch 156, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (155 sc)
Row 2: Ch 2 (see Pattern Notes), *hdc in each of next 3 sts**, sk next st, ( V-st— see Special
Stitches in next st, sk next st) 3 times, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, turn. (45 V-sts, 50 hdc)
Row 3: Ch 2, * fpdc (see Stitch Guide) around each of next 3 sts**, V-st in each of next 3 V-sts (see Pattern Notes), rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, turn. (45 V-sts, 48 fpdc, 2 hdc) Row 4: Ch 2, * bpdc (see Stitch Guide) around each of next 3 sts**, V-st in each of next 3 V-sts, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, turn. (45 V-sts, 48 bpdc, 2 hdc)
Row 5: Rep row 3.
Row 6: Ch 2, *V-st in next st, sk next st**, V-st in next V-st, hdc in sp before next V-st, hdc in next V-st, hdc in sp after same V-st, V-st in next V-st, sk next st, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, turn. (46 V-sts, 47 hdc)
Row 7: Ch 2, V-st in each of next 2 V-sts, *fpdc around each of next 3 sts**, V-st in each of next 3 V-sts, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, V-st in each of next 2 V-sts, hdc in last st, turn. (46 V-sts, 45 fpdc, 2 hdc)
Row 8: Ch 2, V-st in each of first 2 V-sts, *bpdc around each of next 3 sts**, V-st in each of next 3 V-sts, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, V-st in each of next 2 V-sts, hdc in last st, turn. (46 V-sts, 45 bpdc, 2 hdc)
Row 9: Rep row 7.
Row 10: Ch 2, *hdc in sp before next V-st, hdc in same V-st, hdc in sp after same V-st**, V-st in next V-st, sk next st, V-st in next st, sk next st, V-st in next V-st, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, turn. (45 V-sts, 50 hdc)
Rows 11–13: Rep rows 3–5. Rows 14–149: (Rep rows 6–13) 17 times.
Row 150: Ch 1, sc in each st across, fasten off. (155 sc)
BORDER
Rnd 1: With RS facing and working in ends of rows, sc join
(see Special Stitches) in end of first row, 2 sc in same row, *working across long edge of piece, sc in each of next 6 rows, (2 sc in next row, sc in each of next 7 rows) across to last 7 rows, sc in each of next 6 rows, 3 sc in last row for corner, sc in each st across short edge of piece*, 3 sc in end of row f or corner, rep between *, join
(see Pattern Notes) in beg sc, fasten off.