Skill Level: Advanced

Size: 17.32 in (44 cm) diameter

Yield: 4 skeins of 3.53 oz (100g) Duna yarn make 2 pieces.

Stitches Used and Abbreviations: foll: follow or following, row: row, cont.: continue, diag.: diagram(s), st: stitch, sts.: stitches, rep.: repeat or repetitions, FO: fasten off, work: work or working, x: time(s), YO: yarn over, fin: finishing, ch: chain, sl st: slip stitch, sc: single crochet, inc. sc: increase of 2 single crochets in the same base stitch, dc: double crochet, inc. dc: increase of 2 double crochets in the same base stitch, pattern st: pattern stitch, mr: magic ring, mc sc: centered single crochet, bp: popcorn stitch with 5 double crochets, puff st: puff stitch with 4 yarn overs, dc2tog: double crochets closed together, sc blo: single crochet worked in back loop only, tr: treble crochet, fpdc: front post double crochet, fp-tr: front post treble crochet, tr3tog-fp: triple crochets closed together, front post, picot: 3 chains, join with 1 single crochet

Gauge: a 3.94 in (10 cm) square worked in pattern stitch following Diagram 1, using Duna yarn and a C-2 (3.0 mm) crochet hook = 16 sts x 14 rows.

Instruction

Placemat: using Duna yarn in Porcelain, start with a mr. 1st row: ch 3, 9 dc, join with sl st. 2nd row: ch 3, 1 dc in the same base st, 9 dc inc, join with sl st. 3rd row: ch 3, 1 dc inc, *1 dc, 1 dc inc*; repeat from * to * 8x, join with sl st. Continue working in rounds, changing colors as indicated, up to the 24th round. 25th round: ch 3, 1 dc, ch 3, *2 dc, ch 3, skip 3 base sts*; repeat from * to * until the end of the round, join with sl st. 26th round: sl st to reach the 3-ch space, ch 3, 2 dc, 1 picot, and 3 dc in the same base space, work down the side of the 2nd dc of the 25th round with 4 dc, work 2 dc between the 2 base dc, work up the side of the 1st dc with 4 dc, skip 2 base sts, *over the 3-ch space work 3 dc, 1 picot, and 3 dc in the same base space, work down the side of the 2nd dc of the 25th round with 4 dc, work 2 dc between the 2 base dc, work up the side of the 1st dc with 4 dc, skip 2 base sts*; repeat from * to * until the end of the round, join with sl st. Continue following Diagram 1, working in rounds and changing colors as indicated. Fasten off. Make 2 identical pieces.

Designer by: Anita Eskelsen