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RAINBOW COIL + CROCHET BASKET DIY

L ittle crochet baskets are so handy for

corralling small miscellanea that seem to end
up all over the house, you can never have too
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many. I’ve created some lovely rainbow hued ones

with a simple coil basket making technique.

Be inspired by original DIY

craft projects for all
skill levels.

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There baskets were actually an experiment in using
variegated gradient yarn. Instead of weaving I’ve
used crochet which makes the process go a lot
faster.

I received a few samples of 4ply cotton Mornington

Yarn (now discontinued) with a self striping
rainbow pattern through it. I love the idea of FA T T O U S H S A L A D W I T H O R A N G E
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variegated yarn but am often dissatisfied with how
it pools when knitted or crocheted, so it was time
to experiment.

This yarn would be a good substitute to achieve a

rainbow effect.

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These Crochet Coil Baskets show of the rainbow

gradient perfectly, I’ve sized them to make the
best use of the yarn’s pattern.

If you have yarn with a less prominent

gradient/variegation, you can adjust the size of
your basket accordingly.

Because I’ve used t-shirt yarn as the core, they

are nice and floppy but if you want a firmer
basket consider using thin rope. You can even make W H AT’S TREN D I N G
them fit around an old jar and hey presto, a new
vase!

MORE CROCHET BASKET PROJECT IDEAS:

Scrap Yarn Crochet Basket

T-Shirt Yarn Rainbow Storage Basket

T-Shirt Yarn Heart Shaped Basket

Basic Nesting Basket Tutorial

Let’s Get Started Making a Coil &

Crochet Basket
You will need:
T-shirt yarn or thick cord for the core

Gradient rainbow yarn cotton yarn – The yarn

I used is discontinued – this rainbow yarn
should work well.
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3.5mm crochet hook

Scissors

Finished size: 9cm diam x 9cm tall

How to make a crochet basket:

Crochet stitch used = single crochet (Sc)

How to do a single crochet stitch over a

cord
Single crochet over a cord is much the same as
tapestry crochet, the idea is to form your stitch
around the cord and encase it. The stitch
mechanics remain the same. I’ve taken some step by
step photos and made an animation to help you if
you are not familiar with the single crochet
stitch.

1. Insert hook through top of stitch in previous

row.

2. Pull yarn through (yarn over)

3. You should now have 2 loops on your hook.

4. Yarn over – over cord

5. Pull yarn through both loops. Stitch complete

Here is a short animation of all those steps put

together.

How to make the crochet basket – Base

1. Wrap the t-shirt yarn (or cord) into a small

ring.

2. Sc closely together as many stitches as you can

fit around the ring. If you have a small tail
hanging out that’s ok.

3. Sc all the way around until you are back at the

start (that was round 1). You will now work in a
spiral with the hook going into the corresponding
stitch below (from previous rounds).

For round 2, Sc 2 stitches into every stitch from

the round before.

4. Carry on in a spiral with and occasional

increase (2 stitches in one), checking that the
work lies flat after every round. If it starts to
cup, you need to add more increases. There is no
strict formula for this as the tops of the
stitches elongate over the cord allowing for it to
sit flat.

Crochet to the desired base size, mine was 9cm.

How to make the crochet basket – Sides

5. When it’s time to build up the sides, re-

position the cord so it sits up (as opposed to
flat), continue Sc with no increases.

How to make the basket – Base

6. You should notice the edges start to curve up
once the first round of the sides is finished. If
it’s sill sitting flat give the cord a gentle pull
to gather the stitches in.

7. Flip your work over so the right side will now

face out as you continue to crochet.

8. Work your sides up…

…and up…

…and up.

9. When you are happy with the basket height (mine

was 9cm) taper your t-shirt yarn or cord.

10. Sc until the end of the cord is fully covered,

it should taper off gradually.

11. To finish off, crochet a final row of Sc then

break off yarn and weave in ends.

All done! Don’t they look smashing? I love how the

colour gradually changes up the sides of the
basket.

They are the perfect size for storing all sorts of

little bits and pieces in. Use them to store craft
supplies, stationery, jewellery, makeup,
toiletries, small toys…the list is endless.

They would also make a great gift for a friend

filled with treats, like a mini hamper.

Now you know how to crochet over a cord, you can

adapt the same techniques to a bigger project like
this crochet rug.

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53 Comments
CHELSEA R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 AT 2 : 0 9 P M

What a beautiful project and such awesome

instructions – love it!

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 AT 4 : 0 3 P M

Thanks Chelsea

TERRI R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 AT 5 : 2 2 P M

These will be perfect in my new (and Bigger) craft

room. Keep up the great ideas…

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 1 , 2 0 1 5 AT 7 : 4 1 P M

OOH! big craft room, that’s exciting!

C U C I C U C I C O O : EC O LO G I C A L L I V I N G R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 AT 5 : 4 8 P M

Gasp! These are gorgeous! That rainbow yarn is

amazing and I love how you worked it so that the
color moves up the basket. I’ve tried making this
type of basket before, but failed miserably.
However your tutorial is so clear and makes it

🙂
look so easy, I’m just going to have to try again!
Thanks! Lisa

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 1 , 2 0 1 5 AT 7 : 4 1 P M

Thanks so much Lisa, you always leave the nicest

comments. I really appreciate it. I’d love to
hear how your basket turns out. My first
attempts at things aren’t always perfect.

TIANA R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 1 , 2 0 1 5 AT 3 : 2 4 P M

These look amazing Cintia! Would make fabulous

presents.

K E L LY R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 5 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 0 : 4 5 A M

These are beautiful!!

TERRY R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 5 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 : 0 8 P M

What adorable baskets…love them!!!! Thanks for the

tutorial…can’t wait to make some :o)

TONYA R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 5 , 2 0 1 5 AT 4 : 0 2 P M

Love these! The baskets are so cute and I’m a

sucker for rainbow anything – plus the step-by-
step tutorial is so easy to follow. Love!

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 5 , 2 0 1 5 AT 8 : 5 4 P M

Thanks Tonya, glad you like them.

CREATI V EJ EW I S H M O M / S A R A R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 : 5 2 A M

This is fabulous Cintia, I’ve been wanting to make

some coil baskets, and crocheting them is
certainly a great way to go! I’m going to try it
with some homemade yarn from sheets possibly, I”ll
let you know!

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 2 : 0 0 P M

Great, can’t wait to see them 🙂

SEAWEED & RAINE R E P LY

A U G U S T 2 7 , 2 0 1 5 AT 9 : 4 1 A M

Hi Cintia! Just wanted to let you know that (after

my failed attempts to find the mornington yarn for

🙂
the coasters) the yarn is in store now! I picked
some up on Monday.

Sheree

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 2 7 , 2 0 1 5 AT 7 : 1 6 P M

Great, thanks for letting me know. I must have

gotten an early preview.

VILMA R E P LY
O C T O B E R 1 7 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 2 : 1 6 A M

Just loved the scrappy fabric. You are truly an

inspiration and one very clever lady (although –
if you lived in NZ instead of Aussie, then you’d
be an exceptionally clever lady)! Kidding. Thank
you so very much

DEE R E P LY
D E C E M B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 AT 4 : 2 4 A M

Love the baskets and want to try them but can’t

find the yarn.

I clicked on the “Spotlight” link in the supply

list but can’t find the “Gradient rainbow cotton
yarn – 4ply Mornington Yarn”

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
D E C E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 0 : 0 3 P M

Their yarn stock is quite seasonal so they may

have sold out their supply. I’ll have a poke
around the online store and see if it’s still
available. Otherwise any other gradient style
yarn will give similar results.

LAWRENE R E P LY
D E C E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 AT 1 1 : 4 4 P M

I wonder if you could make spool knitting or i-

cord with the Spotlight multi-color cotton that
you’ve used for these little baskets, then use
that cord as the base for another set of baskets
with white size 10 crochet cotton as the material
to crochet the basket together. I wonder if you’d
get the opposite color effect in a way that would
look good paired with the bowls you have made up
here? If the i-cord wasn’t sufficiently stiff, a
person could run a length of drapery pull cord or
something of that sort through it, I suppose,
possibly even as you work up the i-cord or spool
knit. I really like the ones you’ve shown here.
I’m seriously tempted to start a project like it!

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 3 , 2 0 1 6 AT 8 : 4 8 P M

I think that would work great but you are right

in saying that the icord would be too soft to
hold a shape. Running a small cord/rope through
it would make it ideal.

I’d love to see the result if you do give it a

try.

Thanks for your comment and idea, I may give it

a tryA too.
UDREY R E P LY
F E B R U A R Y 2 9 , 2 0 1 6 AT 7 : 4 6 A M

Could you possibly adapt the crochet stitch for us

“lefties”? Great tutorial!

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
M A R C H 1 1 , 2 0 1 6 AT 7 : 3 8 P M

I’m not a leftie, but here is a handy tip I

learnt from a vintage craft book. Hold a mirror

🙂
90deg to the screen (or book) and the reflection
will be the leftie version

Hope that helps a little.

DIM CHIOMA R E P LY
A P R I L 2 7 , 2 0 1 6 AT 7 : 1 1 P M

Simply and nice

C H R I S TA B E L R E P LY
J U N E 1 8 , 2 0 1 6 AT 2 : 1 8 P M

This is great! I love the look of coil baskets and

your tutorial makes it look really easy. Love the
use of the rainbow yarn! Thanks for sharing this.

K AY P I RRI E R E P LY
J U LY 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 A T 1 0 : 2 9 A M

Spotlight (Auckland, NZ) do not stock T-shirt yarn

and I haven’t been able to find anyone else here
that sells it.

I am very keen to make the small baskets.

You have suggested ‘cord’ as an alternative. What

sort of cord is that – is it upholstery cord?
I love your projects.

Thank you.

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J U LY 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 A T 1 0 : 0 7 P M

you can cut your own t-shirt yarn (refer to my

latest post) or thick piping cord will work too.
Check out your local hardware store for thin
cotton rope.

K AY P I RRI E R E P LY
J U LY 1 7 , 2 0 1 6 A T 2 : 5 4 P M

Thank you Cinita. I will try your alternative

suggestions. I will be in Brisbane later this
year so if all else fails here then I may be
able to get it there.

EC H O R E P LY
D E C E M B E R 3 0 , 2 0 1 6 AT 5 : 3 8 A M

I would love to know what yarn you used for the

single crochet part. It’s gorgeous, and I can’t
find anything like it locally (USA, Oregon). I’m
thinking about cutting up a sheet and using that
as my core, what do you think? hoping to create
some hanging baskets for the kids’ toys.

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 2 , 2 0 1 7 AT 1 0 : 3 4 P M

It was a variegated cotton yarn (which is no

longer available here either), any rainbow
gradient yarn should work. You can absolutely
use a sheet as the core. I’ve made a rug here
using scrap fabric as the core with the same
technique.
https://mypoppet.com.au/makes/2015/10/coil-
crochet-scrap-fabric-rug-diy.html

M EG A N H O B I N R E P LY
M A R C H 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 AT 3 : 2 4 A M

Thanks for the beautiful DIY craft! I a currently

making a basket myself. I am new to crocheting but
the basket is going great so far. I struggled a
little bit with the start, since I couldn’t use
the step by step tutorial for the first spiral,
but I made due.
My question is, did you add any increases up the
walls? Mine seems to want to cave in a little as I
move upwards.
Thanks in advance for the tips!
CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
M A R C H 2 8 , 2 0 1 7 AT 9 : 4 7 A M

Hi Megan, the walls have no increases. I suspect

what may be happening is that because t-shirt
yarn can be stretchy (some types more stretchy
than others), as you are crocheting it you are
pulling it. When it relaxes it is pulling in
like elastic. To reduce this happening you may
need to adjust your tension a little looser so
your yarn isn’t under tension as you crochet. I
hope that helps.

LILIAS SCHLENDER R E P LY
A U G U S T 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 AT 4 : 2 3 A M

I am going to learn to crochet so i can make one

(or two) of these.

M E LO DY R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 2 7 , 2 0 1 8 AT 5 : 1 5 P M

Hello! Please please tell me you know how to

“taper off” a basket using plastic tubing and in
the spiral! I have a great basket, T-shirt yarn
over tuning, but at the top there seems to be NO
way to end it off without a huge hump.

Do you have any suggestions??

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 3 1 , 2 0 1 8 AT 1 1 : 4 9 P M

You could try cutting the tubing diagonally so

it thins out at the end?

ALIETE QUIRINO R E P LY
J U LY 1 1 , 2 0 1 8 A T 3 : 0 6 A M

Adorei!!! vou iniciar um tapete ,as gostaria de um

retangular

C A LC H I C K R E P LY
O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 AT 7 : 2 7 A M

do you keep increasing SC each row? you said 2 in

each and then continue, but 3rd row just one SC in
each and continue with rounds? Or are you saying 2

🙁
SC in each for every next round? confused. sorry.

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 AT 1 2 : 0 5 P M

There is no strict formula but you do need to

increase a few sc in every round or the shape
will start to cup up. In the 2nd round I’ve put
2sc in every stitch but in the 3rd I’ve only put
2sc in every 3-4 stitches.
“Carry on in a spiral with and occasional
increase (2 stitches in one), checking that the
work lies flat after every round. If it starts
to cup, you need to add more increases. There is
no strict formula for this as the tops of the
stitches elongate over the cord allowing for it
to sit flat.”

SUZANNE R E P LY
D E C E M B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 8 AT 7 : 5 7 A M

Hello
Do you think I can make a square rug using that
technique? If so how would you do it? Thank you
such a great tutorial

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 1 1 , 2 0 1 9 AT 1 0 : 1 3 P M

Yes you can. A few readers have asked a similar

question so I will create a tutorial for it.

EMMA R E P LY
F E B R U A R Y 4 , 2 0 1 9 AT 8 : 5 6 P M

I love this idea!

Can I sell the finished product?

If so, what do I have to write?

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 9 AT 1 : 0 0 P M

Hi Emma, yes happy for you to sell the finished

product in limited production if you are
personally making them. If you are selling
online please mention the original designer as
My Poppet with a link to mypoppet.com.au. If you
are selling at a craft fair or to a store,
please mention ‘original design by
mypoppet.com.au’ on any tag attached.
Yell out if you have any further questions.

EMMA R E P LY
F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 9 AT 1 0 : 1 6 P M

🙂
Thank you! I love your pattern/idea and I
hope to see more of your tutorials

SUE SWITZER R E P LY
M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 9 AT 9 : 2 2 A M

Cintia,

I’ve been crocheting for 50+ years. I recently

found your baskets on Pinterest and had to make
some. I’m having trouble getting the internal cord
to show through the stitching. The only way I’ve
had any luck is to ch 1 and skip1 on previous
round. Have tried 2 different cords and 2
different weights of yarn, and larger hook. Please
advise what I am doing wrong.
CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
M A R C H 4 , 2 0 1 9 AT 7 : 3 7 P M

You aren’t doing anything wrong. To space out

the stitches without having to add an extra
chain stitch, try elongating the top (last) loop
of each stitch. That will space out the
stitches.

SUZANNE R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 4 , 2 0 2 0 AT 8 : 1 5 A M

Hi there,

I have just discovered your site and love it. Can

you tell me if there is a way to download your
tutorial?
Thanks,

Suzanne Q

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 1 6 , 2 0 2 0 AT 1 0 : 5 6 A M

I have a printable option for some of my

tutorials but have not yet had a chance to
implement to all of my archives. If it’s for
personal use, I am happy for you to copy and
past into a word doc for your personal reference
if you need to print.

B EG I N N E R C R O C H E T- E R R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 1 7 , 2 0 2 0 AT 7 : 4 4 A M

I came here for instructions on how to start the

crochet rug and I’ve looked at the picutres and
read through this page 100 times but I still don’t
get it…

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
J A N U A R Y 2 2 , 2 0 2 0 AT 1 0 : 4 1 P M

Is it the crocheting over a fabric that stumps

you? Or working the start from a ring? If you
have a specific step you are stuck on maybe I
can elaborate.

DEBBIE R E P LY
N O V E M B E R 8 , 2 0 2 0 AT 3 : 5 3 A M

I’m really stuck on how to even start

crocheting over the rag yarn. I can crochet
easily, but my spatial reasoning is
struggling to add the rag yarn in as well

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
N O V E M B E R 1 1 , 2 0 2 0 AT 1 2 : 5 7 P M

Try to think of the rag yarn as a stitch

you are working into.

DEBRA R E P LY
F E B R U A R Y 1 3 , 2 0 2 0 AT 1 0 : 2 3 A M

Hi Cintia,

Thank you so much for taking the time to write and

share this tutorial with us. I couldn’t wait to
try the pattern – so grabbed some old (left over
from the 70’s) macrame yarn and crocheted over
that, worked great. The pattern is so forgiving
you can use pretty much any weight of yarn to
crochet over the core. Thinking I will make Easter
baskets for my grand daughters using this
technique – they can keep their hair ties in the
baskets afterwards. Thank you.

K AREN ZELEZNIK R E P LY
J U LY 2 6 , 2 0 2 1 A T 1 0 : 5 9 P M

Hello, Cintia,
I just discovered “My Poppet Makes” this morning
and found it inspiring and fun. Is there a way to
subscribe to your site?
Thank you

CINTIA @ MY POPPET R E P LY
A U G U S T 1 7 , 2 0 2 1 AT 5 : 3 6 P M

Thanks. Yes, you can sign up to my newsletter on

the form at the bottom of this post,
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