Spring Flowers Hot Pad
A bevy of spring blooms covers this double-thick hot pad. Crocheted in a variation of single crochet, choose colors to match your kitchen decor.
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
91/2 inches square
MATERIALS
• Premier Yarns Home Cotton medium (worsted) weight cotton/ polyester yarn (21/2 oz/ 131 yds/75g per ball):
2 balls #38-15 sage
1 ball each #38-14 Christmas green, #38-13 pastel blue, #38-27 carrot, #38-09 fuchsia and #38-20 sunflower
• Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker
GAUGE
13 split sc = 4 inches; 19 split sc rnds = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Hot Pad is worked in continuous rounds from written instructions and Chart. Chart is for front only with each square representing 1 split single crochet. Back is worked in split single crochet without color changes.
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Work in continuous rounds; do not turn or join unless otherwise stated. Mark last stitch of round and move up as work progresses.
SPECIAL STITCH
Split single crochet in
rounds (split sc): Sc in center of “V” of indicated sc (see illustration).
HOT PAD
Rnd 1: With sage, ch 70, taking care not to twist ch, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch, sc in first ch, working in back bar of ch (see illustration), sc in each ch around to last ch, hdc in last ch. Do not join or turn, place marker (see Pattern Notes) in last st. (70 sts) Rnds 2 & 3: Split sc (see Special Stitch) in each st around. Rnd 4: Split sc in first 3 sts, change color (see Stitch Guide) to Christmas green, working in back lps (see Stitch Guide), split sc in next 4 sts, change color to pastel blue, split sc in next 5 sts, change color to Christmas green, split sc in next 6 sts, [change color to pastel blue, split sc in next st, change color to Christmas green, split sc in next 2 sts] 4 times, split sc in next st, change color to pastel blue, split sc in next st, change color to sage, split sc in both lps of each rem st around.
Rnd 5: Split sc in first 3 sts, split sc in back lp of next st, change color to Christmas green, split sc in both lps of next 3 sts, split sc in back lps of next st, change color to pastel blue, split sc in both lps of next 3 sts, change color to Christmas green, working in back lps, split sc in next st, change color to pastel blue, split sc in next 6 sts, [change color to Christmas green, split sc in next st, change color to pastel blue, split sc in next
2 sts] 4 times, split sc in next st, change color to Christmas green, split sc in next st, change color to sage, split sc in both lps of each rem st.
Rnds 6–40: Referring to Chart for rem of front, work split sc in both or back lps and changing colors as indicated, for back, with sage, split sc in rem sts. At end of last rnd, join in first split sc. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Block with image centered. Working in back lps, sew top and bottom edges closed.