FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

14" x 14" (24" x 24", 36" x 36") 

YARN

Knit Picks Brava Bulky (100% Premium Acrylic; 136 yards/100g) Canary 25736, 4 (5, 7) balls

HOOKS

US 15/N (9.0mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge

NOTIONS

Yarn Needle

GAUGE

10 sts and 10 rows = 4" in Basket weave Stitch Pattern. 

Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc)

YO, insert hook into gap between two stitches from front to back, then around the post and out to the front side of the work. Wrap yarn around hook and draw a loop onto hook (pulling the hook back out the way you went in) 3 loops on hook. Now make the dc in the normal manner (YO, draw through 2 loops, YO draw through remaining 2 loops on hook).

Back Post Double Crochet (BPdc)

YO, insert hook into gap between two stitches from back to front, then around the post and out to the back side of the work. Wrap yarn around hook and draw a loop onto hook (pulling the hook back out the way you went in). 3 loops on hook. Now make the dc in the normal manner (YO, draw through 2 loops, YO draw through remaining 2 loops on hook).

Basket weave Stitch Pattern

Row 1: Ch 2, Hdc, 3 FPdc, *3 BPdc, 3 FPdc; rep from * across row, ending with Hdc, Sk tch. Turn.

Row 2: Ch 2, Hdc, 3 BPdc, *3 FPdc, 3 BPdc; rep from * across row, ending with Hdc, Sk tch. Turn.

Row 3: Rep Row 2. 

Row 4: Rep Row 1. 

DIRECTIONS

Ch 38 (62, 86).

 Row 1: In 3rd st from hook, DC in each ch across, turn. 36 (60, 84) sts. 

Work Row 1 of Basket weave Stitch pattern.

Continue in pattern until piece measures 14 (24, 36)".

Final Row: Ch 2, DC across row. Fasten off.

Finishing

Weave in ends securely.