The Banned Stash Busting Texture Baskets

*Note from Celeste! Posting this pattern got me banned from the Facebook Group Crocheted Addicts so in honor of my first Facebook banning this is now called the banned pattern. Enjoy! :)*

I'm working on sorting out my pantry and I'm way to cheap to buy baskets. Instead I plan on using up some of the massive amount of yarn stash I have and making baskets. Hubby will be happy. My plan is to make baskets to sort everything. Unfortunately I'm picky and couldn't find any patterns I like so I made my own.

I used 2 strands of worst weight #4 yarn.  For theses in the picture I used Red Heart Super Saver in Buff. You could add another strand for even sturdier baskets or you could use chunky yarn in place of two strands.
I used a K hook.


Base
Row 1- With strands of yarn held together make a magic circle, ch 2, Dc into circle 12 times. Sl st into chain 2 (12)
Row 2- Chain 2, 2 Dc into each dc, sl st into chain 2 (24)
Row 3- Chain 2, 2 Dc into first dc, dc into next dc, *2 dc into next dc, dc into next dc, repeat from * around. Sl st into chain 2. (36)
Row 4- Chain 2, 2 Dc into first dc, dc into next 2 dc, *2 dc into next dc, dc into next 2 dc, repeat from * across. sl st into chain 2 (48)
Row 5- Chain 2, 2 Dc into first dc, dc into next 3 dc, * 2 dc into next dc, dc into the next 3 dc, repeat from * to end. Sl st into chain 2. (60)

From here you can add or subtract rows depend on how large you want the basket to be. On the larger basket I went to row 5 on the smaller basket I stopped at row 5. If you want larger follow the same trend of 2 dc, followed by an increase of Dc such as *Row 6- 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc* Row 7- 2 dc, dc in next 5 dc* follow this trend to make base as long as you want.

Sides
Row 6- Ch 2, dc in back loops of each dc from previous round, sl st into chain 2.
Row 7- Ch 2, fpdc around first dc, dc in next stitch, * fpdc around next stitch, dc in next stitch, repeat from * around. Sl st into chain 2
Repeat row 7 to desired height. For larger basket I had 7 rows of row 7. For smaller basket I had 5 rows of row 7.

Handles 
Large basket
Row 1- ch 1, sc in each stitch from previous row, sl st into ch 1.
Row 2- ch 1, sc in next 20 stitches, ch 10, skip next 10 stitches, sc in next 20 sc, ch 10 skip next 10 sc. sl st into ch1.
Row 3- ch 1 *sc in next 20 sc, work 10 sc in ch 10 space, repeat from *, sl st into ch1
Row 4- ch1, sc in each sc, sl st into ch 1 space.
Small Basket handles
Row 1- ch 1, sc in each stitch from previous row, sl st into ch1.
Row 2- ch 1, sc in next 16 stitches, ch 8, sc in next 16 stitches, ch 8, sl st into ch 1.
Row 3- ch 1,* sc in next 16 stitches, work 8 sc in ch 8 space, repeat from *, sl st into ch 1 space.
Row 4- ch 1, sc in each sc, sl st into ch 1.

Math for handles
If you decide to do larger or smaller baskets the math will need to be adjusted for handles. To adjust for handles take the number of stitches and subtract the chains for handles, then divide that number by 2. The final number will be the sc in-between handles. 60-20=40 (20 is both ch 10 spaces), 40/2=20.

And that's it! Have fun using your yarn stash! I wrote this up pretty quick so if you find a mistake please let me know. I am not a good pattern writer!

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