Crochet Teardrop Hanging Basket (Free Pattern)

That pattern was on a Russian sharing website I found through Pinterest—however, now when I click the link it redirects to the homepage and I can't find the chart pattern. This basket is meant to hold light stuff, like air plants and plushies.

This article shows how I adapted my favorite doily pattern into a teardrop hanging basket.

 

Measurements

Length - 16 inches

Width - 9 inches

Gauge - 4 stitches per inchHow Do I Test My Gauge?

To test your gauge, follow the crochet pattern until Round 1 and then measure. It should measure around 2.25 to 2.5 inches.

Tools and Materials

Light yarn (For this project, I used double pull of Indophil yarn, a type of multi-strand acrylic yarn available in my country.)

6.5 mm hook

Tapestry needleAbbreviationMeaning

chc - hain

sl sts - lip stitch

sks- kip

sc - single crochet

hdch - alf double crochet

dcd - ouble crochet

trt - reble crochet

dc2togt - wo dc together

clustert - hree dc together

tr2togt - two treble crochet together

Free Written Pattern

Crochet a circle with a radius equivalent to the width of the object you want to place inside.

 

Foundation Ring: Ch 5, sl st into a ring.

Round 1: Ch 3 , 15 dc in ring, sl st to top of ch-3.

Round 2: Ch 5, (dc, ch 2) 14x, hdc into 3rd ch of ch-5.

Round 3: Ch 2, dc2tog in hdc-sp, (ch 4, cluster in next ch-sp) 15x, ch 1, dc on top of dc2tog.

Round 4: (Sc in ch-sp, ch 4) 16x, sl st to 1st sc.

Round 5: [(3 sc, ch 1, 3 sc) in ch-sp] 16x, sl st to the 1st three sts.

Round 6: Round 4.

Maintain the number of stitches in the next rounds until you have doubled the radius, while adding a 3-dc group in each round to create the teardrop shape.

Round 7: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, (5 dc in ch sp) 16x, sl st to top of ch-3.

Round 8: Ch 2, 3 dc in dc, hdc on all remaining dc's, sl st to top of ch-2.

Round 9: Ch 4, sk 1 st, 3dc in same stitch, (ch 1, sk 1 st, dc) 41x, ch 1, sl st into 3rd ch of ch-4, sl st into ch-sp.

Round 10: Ch 2, dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, 3 dc in same st, (ch 1, dc2tog in ch-sp) 41x, ch 1, sl st to 1st dc, sl st to ch sp.

Divide the resulting number of stitches into three parts and decrease the number of stitches for the second part, the one across the 3-dc group. In the second to the last round, add a handle

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