Crocheted Hotpad - Free Pattern

Simple Hotpad

Great to keep, great to give and so easy and quick, make several.

4 ply cotton - 1 skein pink, small amount of white

Size H Hook

Size:  10 inches point to point 

Make 2 using rows 1 - 5

1.       Chain 4, join to 1^st chain, chain 1, 7 single crochet in ring, join to first single crochet.

2.      Chain 3 (counts as 1^st double crochet in all rounds), double crochet in same stitch, 2 double crochets in each stitch around, join to top of chain 3. (14 double crochet).

3.      Chain 3, double crochet in same stitch, *chain 1, 2 double crochet* repeat around * to *, join to top of chain three.

4.      Chain 3, double crochet in each stitch and chain space, join.  (42 double crochets)

5.      Chain 3, 2 double crochet-chain 2-3 double crochet in same stitch, *double crochet in next 6 stitches, 3 double crochet-chain 2-3double crochet in next stitch* around, join.  6 points.   Fasten off.

6.      With wrong sides together, join white with a slip stitch in any chain 2 space, chain 1, single crochet-chain 3-single crochet in same space, * single crochet in each stitch, single crochet-chain 3-single crochet in chain 2 space* repeat * to * around, join.

7.      *Single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet in chain 3 space.  Single crochet in each single crochet.*  Repeat around, join, fasten off.