Abstract Flower Hot Pad & Peach Slice Dishcloth

Add a touch of spring to your kitchen with a brightly colored hot pad featuring abstract flowers or a pretty, peach-colored dishcloth!

- STEPHAN IE SMITH

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FINISHED MEASUREMENT

8 inches in diameter

MATERIALS

• Premier Yarns Home Cotton medium (worsted) weight cotton/polyester yarn (solids: 2.65 oz/ 131 yds/75g per ball; multis: 1.94 oz/ 96 yds/55g per ball): 1 ball each #38-17 passionfruit, #44-44 fruity speckle and #44-42 coral splash

• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

GAUGE

Hot Pad: Rnds 1 –8 = 41/2inches

Dishcloth: Rnds 1 & 2 = 2 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

HOT PAD

TOP LAYER

Rnd 1: With passionfruit, make a slip ring (see illustration), ch 2 (counts as first dc), 7 dc in ring, join (see Pattern Notes) in top of beg ch-2. (8 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in same st as join, 2 dc in each st around, join in top of beg ch-3. (16 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, ch 2, sk next st, [2 dc in next st, ch 2, sk next st] around, join in top of beg ch-3. (16 dc, 16 chs)