The belly basket is the must-have storage item of 2017. We’ve used Rico Creative’s innovative paper yarn in a variegated shade for our colour-pop version, giving pattern and texture with minimum effort.
Crochet with paper yarn as you would normal yarn, but keep your stitches as tight as possible to give the basket its structure – if yours are working up loose, try going down a hook size.

MATERIALS
■ Rico Creative Paper, 100% paper fibres, 50g/55m per ball, four balls in Candy Mix (014) (YarnA)
■ Paintbox Yarns Simply DK mini ball, 100% acrylic, 10g/28m per ball, one ball each in Light Champagne (102) (Yarn B) and Mustard Yellow (123) (Yarn C)
■ 6mm (UK 4, US J/10) crochet hook
■ 5cm (2”) pom pom maker
■ Yarn needle