Add a touch of warmth and handmade charm to your shelves with the Free Amber Knot Crochet Basket Pattern!
Featuring a rounded, textured base topped with a contrasting color block band and built-in handles, this delightful organizing companion looks wonderfully high-end.
It hooks up remarkably fast and functions as a beautifully reliable storage piece. Best of all, it is completely free to make, so pick up your favorite colors and let’s get looping!
Pattern Details & Materials
Before pulling up your first loop, let’s review the required tools, measurements, and structural preparation.
Skill Level
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Easy
Sizes
- Finished Width: About 7 in. (18 cm), at widest
- Finished Height: About 7 in. (18 cm)
Materials
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Yarn: LION BRAND® TOUCH OF ALPACA® THICK & QUICK® (Art. #686)
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Yarn Weight: Super Bulky 6
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Color A: #132 Pumpkin, 2 balls
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Color B: #110 Nightshade, 1 ball
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- Crochet Hook: LION BRAND® crochet hook size N (10 mm)
- Notions: LION BRAND® large-eyed blunt needle
Gauge
- 8 sc + 8 rnds = about 4 in. (10 cm).
- EXACT GAUGE IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT.
Abbreviations
- beg = begin(ning)
- ch = chain
- dc = double crochet
- rnd(s) = round(s)
- RS = right side
- sc = single crochet
- sk = skip
- sl st = slip stitch
- st(s) = stitch(es)
Stitch Explanations & Project Notes
Stitch Explanations
- sc2tog (sc 2 sts together): (Insert hook in next st and draw up a loop) twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook – 1 st decreased.
- sc-blo (single crochet in back loop only): Insert hook in back loop only of indicated st and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Pattern Notes
- Basket is worked in joined rnds from the bottom upwards.
- To change yarn color, fasten off old color and join new color, as instructed.
- Exact gauge is not essential for this project. Work tightly for a sturdy Basket.
Instructions
Basket
With A, ch 4; join with sl st in first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 3 (counts as dc), work 9 dc in ring; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3 – you will have 10 dc in this rnd.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in same st as joining sl st, 2 dc in each st around; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3 – 20 dc.
Rnd 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), sk same st as joining sl st, 2 dc in next st, * dc in next st, 2 dc in next st; rep from * around; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3 – 30 dc.
Rnd 4: Ch 3 (counts as dc), sk same st as joining sl st, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, * dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st; rep from * around; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3 – 40 dc.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining sl st, sc in each st around; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnd 6: Ch 3 (counts as dc), sk same st as joining sl st, dc in each st around; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3.
Rnds 7 and 8: Rep Rnds 5 and 6.
Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining sl st, sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog, * sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog; rep from * around; join with sl st in first sc – 32 sc.
Rnd 10: Rep Rnd 6.
Fasten off A.
Rnd 11: From RS, draw up a loop of B in same st as joining sl st, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each st around; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnd 12: Ch 1, sc-blo in same st as joining sl st, sc in next st, * sc-blo in next st, sc in next st; rep from * around; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining sl st, sc-blo in next st, * sc in next st, sc-blo in next st; rep from * around; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnds 14 and 15: Rep Rnds 12 and 13.
Fasten off B.
Rnd 16: From RS, join A with sl st in same st as joining sl st, sl st in next 10 sts, ch 7, sk next 5 sts, sl st in next 11 sts, ch 7, sk next 5 sts; join with sl st in first sl st.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in ends.
Conclusion
Congratulations on completing your Free Amber Knot Crochet Basket Pattern!
By utilizing thick yarn and maintaining neat stitch tension, you have transformed standard stitches into a structured, functional organizer basket.
Set your stunning new creation on your entryway table, style it with plants or toiletries, and enjoy the lovely textured pop of your handmade masterwork!
