To Make Bottom of Basket:
1. Chain 5; that is, make 5 chain stitches. Join into a ring with a slip stitch.
2. Chain 5.
3. Make 15 treble crochets in the ring with 1 chain stitch between each treble crochet. Join the last treble crochet into the fourth chain stitch (see No. 2) with slip stitch.
4. Second row: Chain 4. Make 1 double crochet in the space between the first 2 treble crochets. Chain 2. Make 1 double crochet in next space. Make 2 chain stitches. Continue in this way around the row. Join (with slip stitches) the last of the 2 chain stitches into the third chain of the 4 chain stitches.
5. Third row: Chain 3. Put 2 double crochets in the first space between first 2 double crochets in previous row. Make 2 chains. Put 2 double crochets in the next space. Make 2 chains. Continue around the row, and join the last chain with the top of the 3 chains.
To make the Scallops:
6. Make 1 single crochet, 3 double crochets, 1 single crochet in each space between double crochets in the row below.
To Make the Sides of the Basket:
1. Turn the under or wrong side of the bottom of the basket toward you. Bend down the scallops under the thumb.