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Hot Plate Mats Pattern #9233
Pair of oval hot plate mats in cotton rug yarn worked from the center with double crochet and sc-behind-dc-bar rounds. Originally published in Spool Cotton #164, Pot Holders to the Rescue.
Materials
- Clark's O.N.T. Rug and Afghan Hook · size G
Pattern instructions
Hot Plate Mat
Starting at center, ch 15.
2 dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in 10 ch, 5 dc in last ch; then working along opposite side of foundation chain, dc in 10 ch, 2 dc in last ch (30 sts). Join with sl st to top st of first ch-3.
Ch 1, * sc behind next dc-bar— to make an sc behind a dc-bar, insert hook between next 2 sts from back to front of work, pass hook over next dc and insert hook between sts from front to back, yarn over, draw loop through and finish as for an sc (sc will be behind dc-bar). Repeat from * around (30 sts). Join to 1st sc made.
Ch 3 (to count as 1 dc), dc in same place as sl st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts, 2 dc in next 5 sts, dc in next 10 sts, 2 dc in next 3 sts (40 sts). Join.
Same as 2nd rnd (40 sts).
Continue thus, increasing as necessary (on odd rnds only) at ends of oval to keep work flat, until piece measures about 6 x 8½ inches, ending with 2nd rnd. Fasten off.
Make another piece same as this.
