Small and Blue: Quick and Easy Basket

For this basket, I worked with two strands of worsted weight cotton yarn.
Hook: J (6.00mm)

Start with a magic circle.
Rnd 1: 8 hdc. Join with sl st.
Rnd 2: Ch 2. (Ch 2 counts as first hdc here and throughout.) 2 hdc in each st. Join with sl st. (16 hdc)
Rnd 3: Ch 2. Hdc in same st. *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st*; repeat from * Join with sl st. (24 hdc)
Rnd 4: Ch 2. Hdc in same st. *hdc in next 2 sts. 2 hdc in next st*; repeat from * Join with sl st. (32 hdc)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, turn. In back loops only, sc around. Join with sl st. (32 sc)
Rnd 6: Ch 2. Going through both loops, hdc around. Join with sl st. (32 hdc)
Rnd 7: Ch 3. Dc around. Join with sl st. (32 dc)
Rnd 8: Ch 1. In back loops only, sc around. Join with sl st. (32 sc)
Rnd 9: Ch 2. Going through both loops, hdc around. Join with sl st. (32 hdc)
Rnd 10: Ch 1. Sc in next 5 sts. Ch 7. Skip 6 sts. Sc in next 10 sts. Ch 7. Skip 6 sts. Sc in next 5 sts. Join with sl st. (20 sc and 2 ch 7 spaces)
Rnd 11: Ch 1. Sc around, with 8 sc in each ch sp. Join with a sl st. (36 sc)
Finish off and weave in ends.