Square Napkin Basket | Free Crochet Pattern

A beautiful square napkin basket is such a help at family gatherings, and is a delight when it coordinates with your seaside or farmhouse decor. It’s the perfect compliment to the Seaside Reflections Placemats… Table Runner… Mug Rug… & Round Basket, as they all use the same stitches. A change of color and the square napkin basket can easily be made to match a holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving. 

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Square Napkin Basket

Yarn Used:

Red Heart Super Saver; MC= White CC = Navy

Square Napkin Basket – 2 strands held together; MC = White 180 yds; CC Navy = 60 yds

Gauge: 

using K hook: 4″ x 4″ = 10 st’s across x 11 rows high

Swatch
holding two strands of yarn together, ch 20
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1 & turn (19 st)
Row 2: sc in each st across, ch 1 & turn (19 st)
Row 3 – 15: repeat Row 2 (19 st)

Hooks

J-10/6.00 mm

K-10.5/6.50 mm

Stitch Guide:

MC = Main Color = White or Navy

CC = Contrasting Color = Navy or White

ch = Chain

sc = Single Crochet

bp sc = Back Post Single Crochet

h bp sc = High Back Post Single Crochet – wrap the hook high around the post, above the third loop to execute a back post sc

dc = Double Crochet

join w/ = join with

slp st = Slip Stitch

skp = Skip 

sp. = Space

nxt = Next

prev. = previous

st./st’s = stitch or stitches

beg. = beginning

* * = Complete sequence between the stars, the number of times stated;

x = Times; example Repeat 2 x or 2 times; 3 x or 3 times and so on;

in = example “in nxt st” means you will be inserting the hook under the top two loops of the next stitch to complete stitch or sequence of stitches stated

Special Stitch Guide:

scss2 = Single Crochet Spike Stitch 2; insert hook two rows below and execute sc st, repeat in that same st, for a total of 2 sc spike st’s 

Using “K” hook & hold 2 strands of MC (White), ch 18 

Row 1:

sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across; ch 1 & turn (17 sc)

Rows 2-18:

 sc in 1st st and in each st across; join w/slp to beg. sc, ch 1 & turn (17 sc)

Round 19: Edge Around The Base Of The Square Napkin Basket

Evenly space 72 sc st’s around the square base, following instructions below.
sc in 1st st, sc in each st across placing 3 sc in the last st to turn the corner, proceed to sc down the side of the square base, 3 sc at the next corner. Sc across the bottom of the base, 3 sc st’s at the corner. Sc up the last side of the square base, placing 2 sc st’s in the last st, join w/slp st to beg. sc, ch 1 (72 sc)

Measurement check: 7.5″  x 7.5″ 

Round 20:

ch1, bp sc at joining st and at each st around; join w/slp to beg. sc. (72 sc)

Round 21-26: Use “J” hook throughout the rest of the pattern.

ch1, sc in joining stand in each st around; join w/slp to beg. sc; at the end of Round 26, drop MC & pulling up CC at the last pull through of the last sc of Round 26 (72 sc)

Round 27:

ch1, scss2 in round below, ch 1; *skp 2 st’s, scss2 in round below, ch 1* repeat around; join w/slp to beg. scss2.  (24 scss2)

Round 28:

Drop CC & pull up MC at the ch1, that begins this round; ch1, sc in joining st and in each st around; join w/slp to beg. sc. (72 sc)

Round 29: 

ch1, sc in joining st and in each st around; join w/slp to beg. sc.  (72 sc) Fasten off and weave in all ends.

Finished Measurements: 30″ around w x 4″ h

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