Easy ombre crochet basket pattern

We absolutely love working with Caron x Pantone yarn, so couldn't resist whipping up these cute little baskets. They only use simple stitches and they're easy to make.

Skills used Magic circle, Dc, Using back loop only (BLO), Colour changing

Yarn used Caron X Pantone, 1 set in Faerie Cakes, 16-4834 (A), 15-4722 (B), 14-4812 (C), 12-5209 (D), 11-0606 (E)

About the yarn Chunky; 116m per 100g skein; 60% acrylic, 20% nylon, 20% Merino wool

Tension Rnds 1-4 = 5cm diameter

Hook 4mm

Sizing Smaller basket: 12cm across Larger basket: 13cm across

Step by step

With E, 4 ch. Join with sl st to first ch to form a ring.

Rnd 1: 1 ch, dc 8 in ring. Join.

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 2 dc in each dc around. Join. 16 sts

Rnd 3: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc; rep from * around. Join. 24 sts

Rnd 4: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 2 dc; rep from * around. Join. 32 sts

Rnd 5: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 3 dc; rep from * around. Join. 40 sts

Rnd 6: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 4 dc; rep from * around. Join. 48 sts

Rnd 7: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 5 dc; rep from * around. Join. 56 sts

Rnd 8: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 6 dc; rep from * around. Join. 64 sts

Rnd 9: 1 ch, dc in BLO to end, join.

Rnd 10: 1 ch, dc to end. With B, join.

Rnds 11-15: With B, 1 ch, dc to end, join.

Rnd 16: 1 ch, dc to end. With C, join.

Rnds 17-20: With C, 1 ch, dc to end, join.

Rnd 21: 1 ch, turn and work in opposite direction. Dc to end, join.

Smaller Basket

With C, 4 ch. Join with sl st to first ch to form a ring.

Rnd 1: 1 ch, 8 dc in ring. Join.

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 2 dc in each dc around. Join. 16 sts

Rnd 3: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc; rep from * around. Join. 24 sts

Rnd 4: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 2 dc; rep from * around. Join. 32 sts

Rnd 5: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 3 dc; rep from * around. Join. 40 sts

Rnd 6: 1 ch, *2 dc in next st, 4 dc; rep from * around. With D, join. 48 sts

Rnd 7: With D, ch 1, *2 dc in next st, 5 dc; rep from * around. Join. 56 sts

Rnd 8: 1 ch, dc in BLO to end, join.

Rnd 9: 1 ch, dc to end, join.

Rnds 10-14: With B, 1 ch, dc to end, join.

Rnd 15: 1 ch, dc to end. With C, join.

Rnds 16-19: With C, 1 ch, dc to end, join.

Rnd 20: 1 ch, turn and work in opposite direction. Dc to end, join.

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