Almost.
The sides are tall enough to use for holding plarn balls. I didn't finish off, because I might decide that I want the sides higher.
I worked the granny square until it was 11 inches on each side. Then I started working each round even: Instead of two 3 dc clusters and 3 ch in each corner, I started just putting one 3 dc cluster in the corner, the same as I had been putting in each ch 2 space on the sides. It went a bit bigger on the bottom, the same way my shopping bags do. The bottom is about 12 inches on a side. I've worked enough rounds to get 4 inches high on the sides. That's big enough to hold a lot of plarn balls. Now it's much neater in the craft room.
The first few beginning rounds went fast, because they were smaller. Each round got longer as I increased in all four corners. Progress seemed to be very slow. Going around while working the sides also seemed slow. Four 12 inch sides meant crocheting for 4 feet to get around once.
Another plus is that the balls would unroll in the bag so that I had a tangled mess of plarn. This basket controls them better. Less unrolling, less mess, which makes it easier for me to see how much of any one color I already have cut and rolled.
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