A very popular pattern that makes a wonderful weighted blanket for those cool evenings.
The traditional basketweave pattern uses a combination of Front and Back Post Double Crochets to create a textured, heavy fabric that resembles a woven basket. Both sides will look the same.
Skill Level
Confident beginner/Intermediate
Stitches Used (US Crochet Terminology)
- CH (chain stitch)
- SL ST (slip stitch)
- SC (single crochet)
- HDC (half double crochet)
- DC (double crochet)
- FPDC (front post double crochet)
- BPDC (back post double crochet)
Stitches Used (UK/AUS Crochet Terminology)
- CH (chain stitch)
- SL ST (slip stitch)
- SC (double crochet)
- HTR (half treble crochet)
- TR (treble crochet)
- FPtr or RtrF (front post treble crochet/raised treble front)
- BPtr or RtrB (back post treble crochet/raised treble back)
Yarn weight and hook recommendation
DK/8 ply or above with 3.5 – 5 mm hook
Gauge:
| 10 cm = 20 stitches, 10 rows (approximately, if using 8 ply/DK yarn) |
Special Stitches:
FPDC (Front Post Double Crochet) is just a normal double crochet stitch, except you wrap your hook around the vertical body (post) of the stitch from the row below instead of working into the top “V” loops.
How to do it in 4 simple steps:
1. Yarn over your hook.
2. Insert your hook from the front, going right-to-left around the back of the stitch’s post and back out to the front (the post will wrap around your hook).
3. Yarn over and pull up a loop (you have 3 loops on your hook).
4. Finish like a normal double crochet: yarn over and pull through 2 loops, then yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops.
BPDC (Back Post Double Crochet) is a standard double crochet stitch, but instead of working into the top loops, you wrap your hook around the vertical body (post) of the stitch below from the back of your work.
How to do it in 4 simple steps:
1. Yarn over your hook.
2. Insert your hook from the back, going right-to-left around the front of the stitch’s post and back out to the back (the post will be pushed behind your hook).
3. Yarn over and pull up a loop (you have 3 loops on your hook).
4. Finish like a normal double crochet: yarn over and pull through 2 loops, then yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops.
Pattern Instructions
Start with chaining multiples of 8 + 4 (the 4 CH needed for the first turn in your work). For example: (10 X 8) + 4 = 84 CH or (14 X 8) + 4 = 116 CH or (20 X 8) + 4 = 164 CH.
| R1: Skip the first 3 CH, work a DC each into all the remaining chains of the foundation. |
| R2: Turn with CH 2 *work a FPDC each around the next 4 DCs of R1, a BPDC each around the next 4 DCs of R1*, repeat from * to * until you reach the end, work a HDC into the last stitch of the previous row. |
| R3: Same as R2. |
| R4: Turn with CH 2 to stand as your first HDC of this row, *work a BPDC each around the next 4 Dcs, a FPDC each around the next 4 DCs*, repeat from * to * until you reach the end, work a HDC into the last stitch of the previous row. |
| R5: Same as Row 4. |
| Repeat rows 2 to 5 until you reach the desired height/length. |
