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Hot Plate Mats Pattern #215
Set of four checkerboard hot plate mats in Star Pearl Cotton with a treble-shell edge, sized from large to small. Originally published in Star #10, The Variety Book of Crochet; also Old Time Crochet Patterns & Designs Magazine, Fall 1979.
Materials
- Steel Crochet Hook · No. 6
Pattern instructions
Large Mat
With White ch 81, turn, skip 1 ch and * work 10 sc, attach Yellow and work 10 sc (carry all threads under sts) repeat from * 3 times. Ch 1, turn and work 3 more rows working Yellow over Yellow and White over White.
Work White over Yellow and Yellow over White and work 3 more rows.
Repeat these 8 rows until there are 6 White Blocks and 5 Yellow Blocks.
Next Size Mat
Start with ch 71 and work 5 White and 5 Yellow Blocks.
Next To Smallest Mat
Start with ch 61 and work 4 White Blocks and 4 Yellow Blocks.
Small Mat
Start with ch 51 and work 4 White and 3 Yellow Blocks.
Edge
Work 41 one ch meshes on long side, 1 mesh in corner, 27 meshes on short side, mesh in corner and work other half to correspond.
9 trc in corner * skip 1 mesh, sc in next mesh, 7 trc in next mesh, repeat from * around mat working 9 trc in corners.
Sc in first trc, ch 4, dc in next trc, * ch 1, dc in next trc, repeat from * 4 times, ch 1, sc in last trc, sc in sc, sc in first trc of next shell, * ch 1, trc in next trc, repeat from * 4 times, ch 1, sc in last trc, sc in sc between shells, sc in 1st trc of next shell, ch 1 and continue all around.
Work 37 meshes across long sides including corners and 23 meshes on each short side.
Work 33 meshes including corners across long sides and 19 meshes on short sides.
25 meshes including corners on long sides and 15 meshes on short sides.
2nd and 3rd rows are worked same on all mats.
