This is a crochet basket with vertical surface color stitches (also called surface crochet / woven overlay).
I’ll explain step by step clearly how to make it like the picture.
🧶 MATERIALS (important)
- Cotton yarn (recommended)
- White: main basket
- Pink, yellow, green: decoration
- Hook:
- 3.5–4 mm for basket
- 3 mm for color work
- Needle for weaving
- Scissors
🧺 STEP 1: Crochet the basket bottom (circle)
Magic ring
R1: 6 sc into magic ring
R2: inc in every stitch (12)
R3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18
R4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24
R5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30
R6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36
👉 If you want bigger basket, continue increasing:
R7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42
R8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 = 48
🧺 STEP 2: Turn bottom into walls
Important round (edge)
Next round: BLO sc in each stitch
(BLO = back loop only → makes sharp edge)
🧺 STEP 3: Crochet basket walls
Round 1–12: sc in both loops
✔ Count: 36 stitches each round
✔ Height: about 8–10 cm (adjust if you want taller)
🎨 STEP 4: Plan color pattern (VERY IMPORTANT)
On the wall, count stitches:
2 white stitches
1 color line
repeat around
Each color line is placed in one vertical column.
🎨 STEP 5: How to make ONE vertical color line
(this is the most important part)
1️⃣ Insert hook from outside → inside between stitches
2️⃣ Pull color yarn through (leave 5 cm tail inside)
3️⃣ Insert hook straight up (one row above)
4️⃣ Yarn over with same color
5️⃣ Pull through = 1 vertical stitch
Repeat 3–4 times (depends how tall your basket is)
👉 You are making surface slip stitches vertically.
🎨 STEP 6: Secure color yarn
On the inside:
tie knot or weave in ends
🎨 STEP 7: Repeat for whole basket
Change colors:
green → yellow → pink → green → yellow → pink
Keep same spacing so pattern looks even.
🧵 STEP 8: Add top edge (like picture)
Do 1 round of:
slip stitch OR reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
This makes top strong and neat.
🧺 FINAL LOOK
✔ thick walls
✔ colorful vertical stripes
✔ clean top
✔ strong shape
💡 IMPORTANT TIPS (PLEASE READ)
- Pull color yarn not too tight or basket will shrink
- Always go straight up for neat lines
- Cotton yarn works best (keeps shape)
- Use smaller hook for color stitches