Eat Your Veggies Towels
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
131/2 inches wide x 18 inches long
MATERIALS
• Premier Home Cotton medium (worsted) weight cotton/polyester yarn (23/4 oz/140 yds/80g per ball): 6 balls #38-13 pastel blue 1 ball each #38-01 white, #38-06 orange, #38-07 cranberry, #38-15 sage and #38-14 Christmas green • Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
13 dc = 4 inches; 8 rows = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
First foundation double crochet (first foundation dc): Ch 2, yo, insert hook into 2nd ch from hook (see illustration A), yo, pull up lp, yo, draw through 1 lp on hook (see illustration B—ch-1 completed), [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (see illustrations C–E—dc completed).
Next foundation double crochet (next foundation
dc): *Yo, insert hook in last ch-1 made (see illustration A), yo, pull up lp, yo, draw through 1 lp on hook (see illustration B—ch-1 completed), [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice (see illustrations C–E—dc completed), rep from * as indicated.
Single crochet decrease join
(sc dec join): Place a slip knot on hook, [insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp] twice, yo and pull through all 3 lps on hook.
Single crochet join (sc join):
Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, yo and pull through both lps on hook.
TOWEL
Make Row 1: 3. With blue, work first foundation dc (see Special Stitches), work 47 next foundation sc (see Special Stitches), turn. (48 dc) Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), * fpdc (see Stitch Guide) around next st,
bpdc (see Stitch Guide) around next st, rep from * across, dc in last st, turn. (2 dc, 23 fpdc, 23 bpdc) Row 3–39: Rep row 2. Fasten off.
CARROT APPLIQUÉ
Row 1: With orange, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn. (1 sc) Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in sc, turn. (2 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, turn. (3 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across, turn. (4 sc) Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in back lps (see Stitch Guide) of next 2 sts, sc in last st, turn. (5 sc) Row 6: Rep row 4. (6 sc) Row 7: Rep row 5. (7 sc) Row 8: Rep row 4. (8 sc) Row 9: Ch 1, sc in first st, sc in back lps of next 6 sts, sc in last st, turn. Row 10: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. Row 11: Rep row 9. Row 12: Ch 1, sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in first 2 sts, sc in next 4 sc, sc dec in last 2 sts, turn. (6 sc) Row 13: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sts, sc in back lps of next 2 sts, sc dec in last 2 sts. Fasten off. (4 sc) Row 14: With RS facing, join (see Pattern Notes) green in 2nd st, ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 3 chs, sl st in next
2 chs, *ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 3 chs, sl st in next 2 chs**, sl st in next ch of beg ch-10, rep between * and ** once, sc in last 2 chs of beg ch-10, sl st in next sc. Fasten off. (16 sc, 8 sl sts)
RADISH APPLIQUÉ
Row 1: With cranberry, ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, turn. (1 sl st)
Row 2: Ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in sl st, turn. (2 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, turn. (4 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in last st, turn. (6 sc)
Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 2 sc in last st, turn. (8 sc)
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. Row 7: Rep row 5. (10 sc) Row 8: Rep row 6. Row 9: Ch 1, sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in first 2 sts, sc in each st across, turn. (9 sc)
Row 10: Rep row 9. Fasten off. (8 sc)
Row 11: With RS facing, sc dec
join (see Special Stitches) white in first 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, sc dec in last 2 sts, turn. (6 sc)
Row 12: Ch 1, sc dec in first 2 sts, sl st in next 2 sts, sc dec in last 2 sts. Fasten off. (2 sl sts, 2 sc) Row 13: With RS facing, sc join
(see Special Stitches) green in 2nd sl st, *ch 8, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in next 2 chs, hdc in next ch, sc in next 2 chs**, sl st in same st as join, sc in next st, rep between * and ** once, sl st in same st as last sc made. Fasten off. (6 dc, 2 hdc, 6 sc, 2 sl sts)
PEA POD Peas
Row 1: With sage, make a slip ring (see illustration), ch 3 (see
Pattern Notes), 8 dc in ring, join in top of beg ch-3, [ch 5, 8 dc in the 4th ch from hook (beg 3 sk chs count as first dc), join in 4th ch of beg ch-5] twice. Fasten off. (27 dc, 3 ch-1 sps)
Shell
Note: Work in sts of each Pea that are not overlapped. Row 2: With RS of Peas facing and overlapping in a straight line, sc join (see Special
Stitches) green in last st of 3rd Pea, dc in next st, ch 1, sl st in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 4 sts, sc in next 3 sts of 2nd Pea, sc in next 4 sts of 3rd Pea, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch 1, sl st in top of dc, sc in next 3 sts, sc in next 2 sts of 2nd Pea, sc in next 2 sts of first Pea, join. Fasten off. (19 sc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 2 sl sts, 2 ch-1 sps)
Vine
Leaving a 5-inch tail, with green, ch 10, sl st in 5th ch from hook, ch 5, fasten off, leaving 5-inch tail.
FINISHING
Hold WS of appliqué to RS of towel in bottom right corner or where desired and sew in place. Referring to photo, with 5-inch tails, sew Vine to top of Shell.
Hanging Loop
Join blue in 10th st from top right corner of Towel. Sl st in next 2 sts, ch 5, sk next 4 sts, sl st in last 3 sts. Fasten off.