Ready to add gorgeous texture to your crochet projects? The basket weave stitch creates stunning dimensional patterns that look complicated but are surprisingly simple to make! Whether you're a beginner looking to expand your skills or an experienced crocheter seeking a satisfying project, this tutorial will guide you through each step of creating your own beautiful basket weave dishcloth. Let's get started!
Visual learner? Lucky for you! There's a video tutorial for this stitch! You can enjoy that here:
Starting Chain
To begin any basket weave pattern, chain a multiple of 6+4. For this dishcloth pattern, chain 28 chains
Row 1
Skip the first 3 chains and make 1 double crochet into the next chain. Make 1 double crochet in each remaining chain.
Row 2
Chain 2 and turn your work. Skip the first double crochet and *front post double crochet around each of the next 3 stitches. Back post double crochet around each of the next 3 stitches* Repeat between ** to the last stitch of the row and, into your turning chain, make 1 double crochet.
Row 3
Repeat row 2.
Row 4
Chain 2 and turn your work. Skip the first double crochet and *back post double crochet around each of the next 3 stitches. front post double crochet around each of the next 3 stitches* Repeat between ** to the last stitch of the row and, into your turning chain, make 1 double crochet.s 2 and 3 until your piece is as long as you'd like!
Row 5
Repeat row 4.
Repeat
Repeat rows 2-5 (four row repeat) until your piece is as long as you'd like!
And there you have it! That's how to crochet the basket weave stitch. Checkout the link below to get a printable version of the pattern and don't forget to catch the video tutorial as well!
Free Crochet Dishcloth Pattern
To get your free copy of the dishcloth pattern that I demonstrated this stitch on, click HERE
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