Teardrop Hanging Basket

Teardrop Hanging Basket by The Left Hookery

What is Being Made

The Teardrop Hanging Basket is a decorative crochet container designed for hanging storage and display. This project creates cute, teardrop-shaped baskets available in three size options: Small (H30 x D18cm), Medium (H34 x D20cm), and Large (H40 x D24cm). These baskets are functional home décor pieces suitable for organizing small items, plants, or decorative objects.

Craft and Techniques

This is a crochet project classified as beginner level, making it accessible to those new to the craft. The pattern is worked in a continuous spiral, which means stitches are joined continuously without breaking yarn between rounds. This technique creates a seamless appearance and requires the use of a stitch marker to track the beginning of each round. The designer notes a preference for displaying the finished basket inside out to showcase the textured back of the double crochet stitches, creating an aesthetically pleasing exterior finish.

Stitches Used

The Teardrop Hanging Basket pattern utilizes fundamental crochet stitches suitable for beginners:

• Chain (ch) – the foundation stitch used to create the base loops
• Double crochet (dc) – the primary stitch for building the basket structure
• Double crochet decrease (dctog) – used to shape the teardrop form and reduce stitches where needed
• Slip stitch (ss) – employed for joining and finishing

Materials and Tools

This project requires super chunky weight yarn, with yardage varying by finished size: Small baskets need approximately 50 metres, Medium requires 75 metres, and Large requires 100 metres. The designer specifically recommends chunky t-shirt yarn or cotton rope yarn, though any chunky yarn is suitable. The pattern accommodates yarn variation by suggesting hook sizes between 8mm and 12mm depending on yarn thickness; the provided instructions use a 9mm (US 13 or M/N-13) crochet hook.

Additional tools required include a yarn needle for weaving in ends, a stitch marker to track rounds in the continuous spiral construction, and scissors for cutting yarn. The pattern specifies a gauge of approximately 6.7 stitches and 8 rows per 10cm square when using cotton rope yarn with a 9mm hook.

Pattern Format

This is a downloadable PDF pattern from independent designer The Left Hookery, presented using UK crochet terminology. The beginner-friendly instructions include detailed materials lists, stitch abbreviations, gauge information, and finished size specifications for all three basket variations.