In this instructable, we will make the basket by starting from the center of the bottom, and then going up the sides.

First step: “The Ring”

Hold the yarn in your left hand. Twist the yarn around your fingers (left hand) three times. Use your crochet hook to go under the first two loops and hook the third with your crochet hook. Carefully pull the yarn through the two finger loops.

Now the loop on the crochet hook holds the double "inner ring" together. Carefully release it from your fingers and pull the yarn you have around your left finger through the loop holding your crochet hook.

Insert your crochet hook from the front through the large double ring that you are holding. Grab the yarn and pull through it. Now you have temporarily got two loops on the crochet hook. Put these two loops together by hook the yarn again around the crochet hook and pull this time through both loops. You just get a loop around the crochet hook and now you have made your first wood stitch.

Repeat this crochet stitch until you have gone around the entire circle and filled the first double starting loop with stitches. TIP! If this seems tricky, watch the Youtube video we've linked to here next to it.

The Bottom

Now it's time for the second round: Pass the crochet hook through both sides of the loops you made for the first round and pull the yarn through. Again you get two loops on the hook. Grab the yarn again and pull it through both loops. Now you only have one loop on the crochet hook.

Now we want the bottom to grow in size, so we start adding extra stitches on this round. Go through the SAME "hole" you used before and make another crochet in the same place. Repeat with the next stitch. Thus doublingyou the amount of stitches from round 1 to round 2. Continue this around the entire ring until you get back to where you started.

For the next round, continue to add extra stitches according to the following pattern:

Round 3: Make two stitches in every other stitch (between these you only make one stitch as usual)

Round 4: Make two stitches in every 3rd stitch

Round 5: No additions this round - just crochet around a full round‍

Round 6: Make two stitches in every 4th stitch

Round 7: Make two stitches in every 5th stitch

If you have a 330g roll of yarn (included in our 'crochet basket' kit), now proceed to the next step. If you crochet with a 1000g roll, you can make the basket bigger:

Round 8: Make two stitches in every 6th stitch

Round 9: Make two stitches in every 7th stitch

Round 10: No additions this round - just crochet around a full round

It is up to you how big you want to make the bottom. Once you are satisfied with the size, proceed to the next step - the Page.

The side

Look at the back of your work. You see loops that are close to each other as in the picture. Go through both with your crochet hook. Hook the yarn again and pull through both loops. Here you use exactly the same technique as before, but grab loops from the "inside" edge of the bottom to make the basket turn upwards. Crochet around the entire bottom.

The rest is simple. When you have "turned" the side up, continue crocheting as before, but only go through the loops you have closest to your hook (don't take anything from the inside). Continue until you are happy with the height of the basket.

To finish, cut the yarn leaving a 5-10 cm tail. Tie the remaining tail in a knot around the last loop to prevent it from unraveling. Tighten and hide the tail by attaching it through some nearby loops - or just let it hang on the inside of your basket.

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