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.