Dusty Rose & Sage Puff Stitch Basket: Free crochet pattern

There is something deeply comforting about a handmade home. This basket brings that warmth to your everyday spaces, offering a soft, textured place to store your favorite blankets, yarn, or keepsakes.

Designed with our signature WithMe palette in mind, the swirling puff stitches create a beautiful tactile surface, while the sage green accents add a fresh, natural touch.

Whether you are gifting it to a loved one or keeping it for yourself, this basket is a wonderful project for confident beginners looking to master colour changes and textured stitches.

What you need

• 150g Warm Cream chunky acrylic
• 200g Dusty Rose chunky acrylic
• 50g Sage Green chunky acrylic
• 6.0 mm crochet hook
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle

Gauge

Gauge is not critical, but fabric should be tight enough to hold its shape.

Abbreviations

• sc — single crochet
• inc — 2 sc in the same stitch
• sc blo — single crochet in the back loop only
• puff — puff stitch
• sc flo — single crochet in the front loop only
• tr — treble crochet
• dc — double crochet
• ch — chain

Pattern notes

• Use a stitch marker to track the first stitch of each round.
• Change colours at the end of the round indicated in the notes.

1. Base

Work the flat circular base in warm cream to create a sturdy foundation.

• Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
• Round 2: inc × 6 [12]
• Round 3: (sc, inc) × 6 [18]
• Round 4: (2 sc, inc) × 6 [24]
• Round 5: (3 sc, inc) × 6 [30]
• Round 6: (4 sc, inc) × 6 [36]
• Round 7: (5 sc, inc) × 6 [42]
• Round 8: (6 sc, inc) × 6 [48]
• Round 9: sc blo in each stitch around [48]

1. Fasten off warm cream and join Dusty Rose for the body.

2. Textured Body

Build the walls with a swirling puff stitch pattern, changing colours to create sage green accent rings.

• Round 10: (puff, 3 sc) × 12 picked up evenly [48] — Change to Dusty Rose.
• Round 11: (sc, puff, 2 sc) × 12 [48] — Change to Sage Green.
• Round 12: (2 sc, puff, sc) × 12 [48] — Change to Dusty Rose.
• Round 13: (3 sc, puff) × 12 [48] — Change to Sage Green.
• Rounds 14–21: sc in each stitch around [48] — Change to Dusty Rose.
• Round 22: (puff, 3 sc) × 12 [48] — Change to Sage Green.
• Rounds 23–24: sc in each stitch around [48] — Change to Dusty Rose.

1. Fasten off Dusty Rose and join Warm Cream for the trim.

3. Top Trim

Finish the edge with a neat, folded-looking ridge in warm cream.

• Round 25: sc flo × 48 picked up evenly [48] — Change to Warm Cream.
• Round 26: sc in each stitch around [48]

1. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for weaving.

4. WithMe signature heart

The same little heart sits on every WithMe original — our way of signing it with love. Use any contrast colour from the project.

• Round 1: 3 tr, 3 dc, ch, tr, ch, 3 dc, 3 tr in a magic ring [15] — Ch 3 first (it doesn't count as a stitch). After the last stitch, ch 3 and sl st into the ring, then pull the ring tight — the dip at the top of the heart forms as you pull.

1. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing the heart in place.

Finishing

1. Weave in all ends securely on the inside of the basket.
2. Sew the WithMe signature heart on the front of the basket, centered just below the second sage green accent ring.

Tips from the WithMe studio

• To keep the puff stitches uniform, pull up loops to the same height as your single crochets.
• If the basket base curls, block it flat with a damp cloth and warm iron.

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