Crocheted Basket: Double Stranded Version Using Wool and the Gang Ra-Ra Raffia
The Design
“Cute, roomy, useful!”
With a free adaptation to our original pattern, we’ve created a nice, roomy, and utterly practical version of our Crocheted Baskets! With a raffia yarn held double in this pattern’s sturdy single crochet, our basket’s scale gets a boost—and it gains a nice, stand-up structure. It can hold anything from rolled hand towels to skeins of yarn for your next project—to picnic goodies! And those large, slotted handles make it easy to tote along.
We chose to crochet this cute basket in Wool and the Gang’s Ra-Ra Raffia held double throughout. This biodegradable, vegan yarn is made of 100% long wood fiber—essentially paper. And it’s very crochet-friendly! Lightweight, quick-drying, and with an excellent structure, Ra-Ra Raffia promises that your Crocheted Basket will be up for anything—bathroom storage, picnics, beach days, and more!
The Details
FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 12"/30.5cm across x 10"/25.5cm tall.
YARN
4 skeins of Wool and The Gang Ra-Ra Raffia (273 yds/250m each), held double throughout. Or approx. 1092 yds/1000m total of an equivalent worsted-weight raffia/paper yarn held double.
Sample shown in color Tropez Tan.
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US J/9 (6mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge.
Cocoknits Knitter’s Block tiles (or a sturdy but bendable piece of cardboard approx. 44"/112cm for circumference and 14"/36cm tall to pin into) and T-Pins.
GAUGE
Approx. 13–14 sc = 4"/10cm. Don’t worry if your gauge varies a little as you work.
Digital Crocheted Baskets pattern. (Download)
Printed Crocheted Baskets pattern. (Requires shipping.)
Free digital adaptation for Double Stranded Ra-Ra Raffia Version. (Download)
COLOR: Ivory White. Creamy off-white.
COLOR: Tropez Tan. Coffee and cream.
COLOR: Desert Palm. Sandy beaches.
COLOR: Cinnamon Dust. Light terracotta.
COLOR: Dune Green. Spanish moss.
COLOR: Coal Black. Pure, deep, black.
COLOR: Midnight Blue. Deep navy blue.
COLOR: Rose Shimmer. Shiny metallic rose gold.
COLOR: Sunkiss Gold. Shiny metallic gold.
COLOR: Shell White. Shiny pearly white.
COLOR: Peony Pink. Pale pink.
COLOR: Moondust Grey. Light grey.
