Crafty Crochet Basket using 6 strands of acrylic

[racerose]

I've been wanting to crochet a basket and I liked this pattern. I needed to use up some yarn in order to justify buying more yarn. This basket is crocheted with six strands of acrylic and a Q hook. Yay! now I have room for new yarn!

picture of my basket with more info:
http://racerose.blogspot.com/2005/08/now-i-have-another-place-to-put-yarn.html

pattern can be found here:
http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/projects/basket.html

[BonnieCrochets]

Wow. I love it!!

[mimi_mia]

Your basket looks great, I've been eyeing that pattern for a while now :hook Glad to see how it turns out so well, I will have to add that to my to do list which is growing by the minute, Thanks for sharing it with us :manyheart

[faithpa76]

What a great idea!

[vernzap]

Great basket! I love the colors.

[lynie]

Nice basket. I love the colors also. Was it hard on the hands with 6 strands??

[racerose]

Nice basket. I love the colors also. Was it hard on the hands with 6 strands??

Not at all hard on the hands. The acrylic yarn worked easily on the big plastic Q hook. And as you can imagine, it worked up really quickly. I love using the Q hook. On the other hand, I'm crocheting a little bowl using strips of fabric knotted together. THAT is very hard on the hands....ouch.

[winstongang]

Great job, the colors are wonderful!!

:manyheart
Megan

[divaborn]

Very cool!! I like!

[Aunty Dana]

Looks Great!:clap

[dogymom]

Your basket worked up really pretty!

[butterfly_girl]

Great job on the basket! I bought a q hook once to make a shrug, with two strands of yarn. But, I bought bulky yarn, and it was just way too thick! Anyways, I don't know how i did it, but I misplaced the hook!

lol, i got my little BIL laughing. I came home with the hook, and held it up, and said "Yeah, I don't think this hook is big enough." :rofl He thought it was funny.

I still don't know how i misplaced it. It's so huge!!! maybe it's under the couch.

[deneen]

I love it!

[melli]

WOW! I have GOT to try one of these. I see there are several of them. Beautiful job! :clap :cheer :yay

[knotme]

Great basket and I like the colors you used. Looks like I will have to try that:)

[rebeccav]

oooo - CUTE! i really like it :)


(pssst - do you normally keep yarn in a basket on your toilet?:lol:P:think:P:lol)

[Stitchinpick]

Which size did you use? I think yours looks better made and cuter than the pattern samples. You did a great job.

Stitchinpick

[YaYa Yarnhood]

Looks terrific! (I think you should have left it on the toilet, hee hee hee)

[AshEgypt]

What a great idea! Why not? I think everyone should have yarn available in the john - that's where I make my best creations! (I'm just kidding of course! :lol)

:frog

[racerose]

I used the small basket pattern. My boyfriend tells me that I keep crocheting things to put more yarn in; and I have enough yarn. I had to make this to get rid of some yarn....he didn't see the big box I got yesterday. He would've died.

Which size did you use? I think yours looks better made and cuter than the pattern samples. You did a great job.

Stitchinpick

[croaganey]

I love the colors you've used. Nice work!

[blong2001]

I have looked at that pattern for a long time. I think you have inspired me to actually do it. The dog needs a new toy box, yarn needs to be put away, dh mags need a home.........
You did a great job!

[yarncat]

Awesome basket,Tracey!

[Lollie2639]

i LOVE THAT! i AM TRYING TO PRINT IT. aLMOST OUT OF INK!I sure wanna make one tonight. Me and my best friend always crochet together one night a week!!! Tonights our night. You've got me n the basket mood!

[Stitchinpick]

When you were crocheting with 6 strands at once, did you use 6 different skeins?? Did you ball up a skein into different bundles? How many skeins of each color did you use?

I am just being nosey. I think I might make one! I have tons of stash.

Stitchinpick
Reno, NV

[racerose]

When you were crocheting with 6 strands at once, did you use 6 different skeins?? Did you ball up a skein into different bundles? How many skeins of each color did you use?

I am just being nosey. I think I might make one! I have tons of stash.

Stitchinpick
Reno, NV

I definitely didn't use a whole skein of each color... not sure exactly how much. I was lucky and had 3 leftover skeins of each color that I had used to make a rug (crocheted with 3 strands together). Then I rolled up 3 additional balls. The balls I wound up were about the size of a tennisball. I ran out of yarn a couple of times; but just tied on more yarn with a knot. (it's easy to hide the knots)

Another good thing to try is using both ends of a skein. Using the end from the inside of the skein and also the end on the outside of the skein.

Good luck! It's an excellent scrap yarn project.

[ItzKaren]

Oh I love this!! I have 9 big tots of yarn that I need to use up. I will get working on this right away!

Thanks for posting!! :clap

[vhanna26]

Nice project, and a great way to use scrap yarn.

[Stacey]

Great basket!

It's funny, I also made a version of that one a few days ago and the first thing I did, too, was cram it full of yarn to take the picture of it :lol

[crochetaddict033]

Wow, I really think your basket looks great, and a good idea to use up some yarn.

[Pyogazel]

:think
The basket turned out beautiful, but isn't it a bit costly? I mean 6 strands of yarn crocheted at once... Yarn is quite pricey and hard to find where I live, even if I only buy on sales, it's still around 3$ for 1 skein... maybe I'll try this pattern with srips of fabric...

Nice work anyway :)

[Chicki]

LOL I think everyone here is going to copy you and make baskets now :lol

I know I am

I LOVE Q-Hooks! projects work up so fast!

My boyfriend freaked out a little when he saw my Q...he thought it was like a novelty hook or something, like a big comb or toothbrush you win at the fair

:laughroll

the look on is face when I pulled that sucker out and started using it...priceless.


~Chicki

[mimicat]

That's a nice decorative basket! Thanks for sharing a very nice project for our yarn stash!:hook

:think
The basket turned out beautiful, but isn't it a bit costly? I mean 6 strands of yarn crocheted at once... Yarn is quite pricey and hard to find where I live, even if I only buy on sales, it's still around 3$ for 1 skein...
May I also mention: I am selling acrylic yarn , 12 skeins (18gms./skein) for only US$8.75(shipping and handling included). I hope you take a look at my site (http://mymonaco.blogspot.com/2005/08/sale-of-acrylic-yarns.html). Thanks!

[cazmc]

yum colours!

[Kimberly]

Great job on the basket!!!! I love the colors!!

[Monique39]

Nice!

[cher49]

nice work