OCTOBER 2018 CROCHET-WORLD.COM Crochet World 47FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
12 inches x 18 inches
MATERIALS- Omega Alegria Plus
light (DK) weight cotton
yarn (31/2 oz/186 yds/
100g per skein):
2 skeins #09 apple - Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge - Tapestry needle
GAUGE
2 dc, 2 puff sts, 2 dc = 2 inches;
4 rows = 2 inches
Shades of Autumn Place Mat
Design by Karen BarnesTHE COLORS OF AUTUMN
EASYPATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work
progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated
unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of row or
round counts as first double
crochet unless otherwise stated.
If wider place mat is desired,
add 6 chains for each pattern
repeat; for longer place mat
repeat rows 2 and 3 for desired
length.SPECIAL STITCH
Puff stitch (puff st): (Yo, insert
hook in indicated st, yo, draw up
a lp) 3 times in same st, yo, draw
through all 7 lps on hook.PLACE MAT
Row 1 (WS): With apple, ch 63,
sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next
ch, [sk next ch, 3 sc in next ch, sk
next ch, sc in each of next 2 chs]
12 times, turn. (62 sc)
Row 2 (RS): Ch 3 (see Pattern
Notes), dc in next st, [sk 1 st,(puff st—see Special Stitch,
ch 1, puff st) in next st, sk 1 st, dc
in each of next 2 sts] across, turn.
(26 dc, 24 puff sts, 12 ch-1 sps)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in same st as
beg ch-1, sc in next st, [sk next
puff st, 3 sc in next ch-1 sp, sk
next puff st, sc in each of next
2 sts] across, turn. (62 sc)
Rows 4–25: [Rep rows 2 and 3]
11 times.
Rnd 26 (RS): Now working
in rnds, ch 3, dc in same st as
beg ch-3, dc in each st across
to last st, 3 dc in last st for
corner (65 sts),
A. working in side edge of rows,
[dc in end of sc row, 2 dc in
end of dc row] across (36 dc),B. working across opposite side
of foundation ch, 3 dc in first
ch for corner, dc in each ch
across to last ch, 3 dc in last
ch for corner (66 dc),
C. working across end of row,
[dc in end of each sc row, 2 dc
in end of each dc row] across,
ending with dc in same st as
beg ch-3 (37 dc), join (see Pat-
tern Notes) in 3rd ch of beg
ch-3, do not turn. (204 dc)
Rnd 27: Ch 1, puff st in same st
as beg ch-1, sc in each of next
2 sts, [puff st in next st, sc in each
of next 2 sts] around, join in beg
puff st. (68 puff sts, 136 sc)
Rnd 28: Ch 1, (sc, dc, tr, dc, sc)
in top of each puff st around, join
in beg sc. Fasten off. CW