Thread your needle with all six strands as long as you can handle and tie a knot at the end.

Make a small coil with the rope/cord.

Push the needle through the coil starting at the end opposite where the free rope/cord is to secure the coil.

Start stitching the free rope/cord to the coil in 1/4 inch intervals, grabbing some of the inner rope/cord, and wrapping the thread over the outer rope/cord.

Continue until you make the base as large as you like.

Then start adding the rope/cord up on top to create sides all the while continuing to stitch the thread in intervals running the needle through some of the previous rope/cord and around the new rope/cord.

When you are finished, cut the rope/cord and make several stitches in a row.

Then tie a knot to complete the basket.