The crafts are exceptional. They are great therapy for emotions and if you are really skilled at doing anything, the end product of this is sure to be something beautiful. Crochet is a technique that has been used since ancient times and produces really beautiful and useful things.
Crochet is a weaving technique that helps you make almost anything, baskets, handmade bracelets , clothes, earrings, bags and much more. Like this example below that involves this technique, but with a variation similar to tapping, where it is woven over another thread to give volume to a fabric. If you’ve ever knit over your ends to avoid knitting inside, this works the same way.
In this case the rope (rope, loop) is used instead of another thread, which is much bulkier but is great for adding stiffness and makes each row deeper.
Crocheted to make a basket
The resulting basket is rectangular with rounded corners.
You will need to:
Chord length (may be 38mm in length and 6 mm diameter, for a 22x42x17cm basket, which is the example of the image)
Thread Stash (310m Patons 100% cotton 4ply a combination of cream color). Crochet size 5.00 mm (use a metal hook, if possible as the work is quite stiff), or larger if the rope is thicker.
Pattern:
Yarn bases: Decide what size base you need. The example in this article is 22 by 42 cm. The difference between the two dimensions (in this case it was 20 cm) is how long you need to make the chain to start. 20 cms, it’s more or less 30 chains.
Put the rope next to the chain that you are going to work with an overlap of a few cm.
Round 1: Working a single crochet (sc) over the rope in the 3rd chain from the hook. Complete a few more sc and then fold the string to align this ending with the beginning of the string. Follow bp until the last string, 5 plus sc in the last string (turning the rope around the “corner” and twisting the rope), ends with a pb.
Later rounds: 3 sc in each corner stitch and single crochet in all other stitches. Continue until the job is the desired base dimensions.
Transition to work the sides of the basket: Once the base is big enough, stop making 3 sc in each corner stitch, end by doing only 1 sc in each stitch around. For the first round of this you will need to make sure that the rope can sit vertically on top of the row below, which can be a bit awkward.
Handles: These are optional. When the basket has already reached a certain height, and after completing a round, place marker dots where you want the handles to be. When you get to the markers, leave the next group of stitches raw (this has 15 stitches), and instead knit more stitches over the rope (here are 20 sts on the rope). Continue with sc in the next stitches after the marker as before.
Securing the end (s): When you’ve finished your basket, simply finish off the end stitch.
Finish with a sc in the next stitch, but not over the chord. Trim the rope if necessary, and weave in all the ends.
