Very useful crochet decorative Basket,Box

That’s a fun and creative crochet project! 🧡🤍
crochet basket or container made using a plastic lid as a base and a mosaic/waffle-style stitch for the sides.
This is a popular technique for making storage baskets, pen holders, or plant pot covers.

Here’s a step-by-step crochet pattern to make exactly this type of project:

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🧶 Materials Needed

• 1 plastic lid (round, like from a jam jar)
• Yarn in 3 colors (e.g., orange, gray, and white)
• Crochet hook (2.5–3.0 mm, depending on yarn)
• Yarn needle & scissors
• Awl or heated needle (to make holes in the lid if needed)

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🪡 STEP 1: Prepare the Lid Base

1. Clean the plastic lid.
2. Use an awl or hot needle to make evenly spaced small holes around the edge of the lid (approx. every 0.5–0.7 cm).
3. Make sure the holes are large enough for the crochet hook to pass through easily.

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🧡 STEP 2: Attach Yarn & Make Foundation Round

1. Insert hook through one hole.
2. Pull up a loop with orange yarn.
3. Ch 1, then single crochet (sc) into each hole around the lid.
4. At the end, join with sl st to the first sc.
   👉 This gives a clean, even foundation around the lid.

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🧶 STEP 3: Vertical Wrap Stitch (Base Cover)

1. Still using orange yarn:
   • Wrap the yarn over the lid and back through the same hole.
   • Pull the loop tight but not too tight.
   • Move to the next hole and repeat.
2. This creates those tightly packed vertical strands as shown on the left side of the image.
3. When the round is complete, slip stitch to finish.

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🧵 STEP 4: First Round of Side Wall

1. Chain 1.
2. Work 1 single crochet into each stitch around the base.
3. Join with sl st to the first stitch.

This forms the bottom row of your basket wall.

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🧊 STEP 5: Mosaic / Drop Stitch Pattern for the Wall

(Using 3 colors: orange, gray, white)

Repeat the following for each round:

Round A – Orange

• Insert hook in next stitch, pull orange yarn.
• Single crochet (sc) in each stitch around.
• Join with sl st.

Round B – Gray

• Attach gray yarn in any stitch.
• Single crochet in next stitch, then a drop stitch (dc in the stitch 1 round below) alternating.
  👉 This creates the “woven” texture.
• Join with sl st.

Round C – White

• Repeat the same pattern as Round B, alternating drop stitches and sc.
• Join with sl st.

🌀 Continue alternating these 3 colors until you reach your desired basket height.

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🧶 STEP 6: Finishing Edge

1. When you’ve completed the last round, fasten off the yarn.
2. You can work 1 or 2 rounds of single crochet in orange for a clean top edge.
3. Weave in all yarn ends with a needle.

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✅ Tips

• Keep your tension consistent for neat vertical strands at the base.
• If your basket starts curving outward too much, tighten your stitches slightly.
• For a stiffer basket, you can use cotton yarn or add a thin cord inside.

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🪄 Variation Ideas:

• Add a handle by chaining and attaching both ends.
• Use only 2 colors for a minimalist look.
• Decorate the top edge with a crab stitch (reverse single crochet) for a nice finish.

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Would you like me to write the stitch chart (symbol diagram) for the mosaic stitch part too? 🧵✨ (This helps if you prefer to follow visual crochet patterns.)