Crochet often comes in handy when I need a container for our home. I sometimes design my own patterns based on others, like this free pattern over at Yarnspirations for rectangular basket. I needed something similar but wider, lower and sturdier for my glucose log clipboard and testing supplies, which keep falling through the wire rack shelves in the bathroom closet.
I pulled these three super bulky weight gray yarns from my stash because they'll make a sturdy basket. After reading the pattern, which was in rounds and not what I wanted to do, I went ahead and crocheted the basket I wanted in one piece using just rows of single and double crochet for the bottom and a rim of single crochet for the sides.
Here's the finished basket, which I did start and finish in one day. It was difficult to keep the ends woven into the project; this yarn is super slippery and pops out of every stitch. It also turned out shorter on one side because I made a mistake in counting stitches on the bottom. But all in all it's fine, and works, which is all that matters to me.
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