How to Crochet a Box

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Last Updated: February 24, 2025

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Using stiffener

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Using stiffener

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Do you have more yarn than you can handily store? Perhaps you might be interested in crocheting a storage box from and/or for that yarn. Here are several methods of crocheting a box that you may find interesting enough to use.

Both of these methods use "Single Crochet" (American term).

Method 1

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Separate sides

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This can be square or rectangle.
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Slip stitch the 5 sides together at the edges to form the corners.

Method 2

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You can use a heater or fan to hasten the drying process if you like.

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From your starter loop, single crochet 3, chain one, single crochet 3, chain one, single crochet 3, chain one, single crochet 3, chain one so that you have four "sides" of 3 SC each.
When you reach the "end" or "corner", SC 1, chain one to form the turn and SC 1 to begin the next side; then, repeat for the remaining three sides. The effect is to increase each side by two SC each round.
Do this till turn the sides up. If the sides seem a bit too splayed out, decrease at the corners.
Some artisans use wallpaper glue.
You may also wish to place it in front of a fan or heater to speed up the drying/stiffening process.

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I don't have any of the "stiffeners." Is there anything else I could use?

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An alternative to stiffners is to crochet around a core. It is similar to basket making, where material is wrapped around a more solid or larger cane. Use a cotton yarn, paracord, or even a double strand of yarn as the core. Crochet around this material so that it forms a horizontal strand wrapped by crochet stitches. Avoid pulling the core too tight, as that will result in a warped surface on the next row. Sugar stiffening is most effective on cotton fibers, but will lose its shape if it gets wet. It also requires blocking - forming the item to the desired shape before allowing it to dry.

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How do I square off the corners of an oval crocheted rug?

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If you mean taking off the corners so it will become oval instead of square, all you need to do is learn to decrease your stitches. In most cases, this is done by making a stitch, but not pulling the last loop through your starting loop, and then starting the next stitch and finishing the both of them together. That way, the two stitches you start with will be under the single loop you ended the new stitch with. Do this at the beginning and the end of every line.

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