Crochet Cat Ear Storage Basket – Free Pattern and 7-Minute Video Tutorial

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This little cat ear storage basket is a round, flat-bottomed basket worked in single crochet, with two open cat ears made right into the last rounds. It is just the right size for the small things that never have a home: stitch markers, hair ties, little crocheted accessories, keys or jewelry. You can glue on felt decorations to make it your own, and it makes a sweet gift for a cat lover.

Watch the video, then use the written steps below. They are the video’s own subtitles, word for word, so you can follow along at your own pace.

Step-by-Step: The Video Subtitles

These are the video’s subtitles, copied word for word. The video has no chapters, so they are split into four parts, each with the time it starts in the video. The video numbers the base Rounds 1 to 7, then starts counting the sides again: Round 8 is also the first round of the sides.

Part 1 (0:04)

Hello everyone,
Today we’ll crochet this cute cat ear
storage basket
You can use it
to organize small hard-to-store items
And also
For example, those small crocheted
accessories and such
You can store them neatly
Okay, let’s start crocheting now
First we’ll make the basket base
For the base, we’ll start with a magic ring
Round 1: Make 7 single crochets (sc)
After 7 sc, slip stitch to first stitch
Chain 1
Round 2: Make 7 sc increases (2 sc in each stitch)
That means putting
2 sc in each stitch
This completes Round 2
After Round 2 comes Round 3
Round 3: Chain 1
Then we’ll do 1 sc
Followed by 1 sc increase (repeat as set)
Make 7 sets for Round 3
After Round 3 comes Round 4
1 sc
1 sc increase
1 sc (repeat as set) – also make 7 sets
After Round 4, Round 5: [sc 3, inc]
3 sc then 1 increase as a set
Also make 7 sets
This completes Round 5
After Round 5 comes Round 6
Round 6: 2 sc
1 increase
Then 2 more sc (repeat as set)
Also make
7 sets
After Round 6
Round 7: [sc 5, inc]
5 sc then 1 increase as a set
Also make 7 sets
This completes Round 7

Part 2 (2:29)

After Round 7 we’ll start Round 8
Round 8 is where we’ll make
the basket’s side walls
We’ll work into the
back loops only
Make 49 sc evenly around
Back loops only – remember this
Turn it over to see the ridge
that forms
Now let’s complete
the first round of the sides
After finishing Round 1 of sides
We’ll start Round 2
Round 2: Work even (no increases)
Now you can work through
both loops of each stitch
No longer back loops only
Still make 49 sc total
Complete Round 2 this way
After Round 2 comes Round 3
Round 3: First make 3 sc
Then 1 sc increase
Then 3 more sc
Repeat this set 7 times total
[3 sc, inc, 3 sc] as one set
After Round 3
Rounds 4-6: Work even
Make 56 sc each round
Continue through Round 6

Part 3 (3:58)

After Round 6
We’ll start Round 7
Round 7: First make
10 sc
After 10 sc
Chain 7
After ch7, skip 3 stitches (123)
Make 10 sc in the 4th stitch
After 10 sc, chain 7 again
Skip 3 stitches
Then make 30 sc
This completes the round
After Round 7 comes final Round 8
Round 8: First make
10 sc
After these 10 sc
In the ch7 space make 4 sc
First make 4 sc in the chain space
Remember we chained 7?
In the 4th chain
(the center chain)
Work into the back bump
Make 3 sc in this back bump
3 sc here
After these 3 sc
Continue in the same
ch7 space
Make 4 more sc
Between the two ears
where we made 10 sc before
Make 10 sc again here
After this
Make the second ear same as first
Complete both ears
Then make 30 sc on the other side
Continue to end
Slip stitch to finish
Weave in ends

Part 4 (6:17)

The ears should look like this
Let’s complete the second ear
Make sc where indicated
After finishing
You can glue on some cute
felt decorations
for embellishment

Stitch count check (added by DailyCrochet)

Not part of the video. Our own count of each round, worked out from the subtitles above.

Crochet Cat Ear Storage Basket Tips

• Back loops only, once. The first round of the sides (Round 8) is worked into the back loops only. Turn the basket over and you will see the ridge that forms.
• Then both loops again. From the second round of the sides you work through both loops of each stitch.
• The ear holes are chain spaces. In Round 7 of the sides you chain 7 and skip 3 stitches for each ear.
• The ear tip. In the last round, the 3 sc go into the back bump of the center chain (the 4th of the 7 chains).
• Make it yours. Glue on felt decorations when you have woven in the ends.

More Baskets and Cat Patterns to Crochet

Want another little basket? Try the Flower Shaped Storage Basket, the Small Crochet Flower Basket or the Crochet Round Basket For Beginners. Love cats? See the Cat Coaster & Round Tray Organizer, the Kitty Crochet Basket For Toys and The Cutest Free Crochet Patterns For Cat Lovers.

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