Wavy Stripes Basket

This colorful, large, round basket with an interesting wavy stripes design works up fairly quickly, once you get the hang of the stitch pattern.  The finished basket is accented with matching colorful crocheted circles and wood buttons.  The circles are crocheted separately and sewn on after the basket is complete, so they are optional.

I made this in Red Heart Super Saver, an inexpensive worsted weight acrylic craft yarn, so that it will be stiff enough to stand up on its own.  Because of its size, this basket tends to be slightly floppy.   You can use other worsted weight yarn, such as a coarse wool, but soft yarns, such as merino wool, silk, cotton or blends would probably not be suitable if you don’t want a floppy basket.

The finished basket size is about 7.5” diameter and about 7” tall.