Lemon Lime Coasters

Lemon Lime Coasters @ 1999 by N Banks

Peaches & Crème by Elmore-Pisgah, Inc

1 ball white# 1, 2 ball lemon #123, 2 ball lemon-lime #186

G hook

Stitches used:  Single crochet, Double crochet, Half double crochet, Triple Treble Front Post ,

With Lemon, chain 15,

Rw 1    1 sc in 2ch from hook, sc across row. Turn.

Rw 2   Ch 2, 1 dc in each sc across, turn. (15dc chain 2 counts as one dc)

                                                                                                               

Rw 3   Ch 2, working through back loops only, yo, draw up a loop in same place, yo, draw up  a loop in next dc, yo and draw through the 5 loops on hook, ch 1, * yo, draw up a loop in next dc, yo, draw up a loop in next dc, yo, draw through all 5 loops on hook , ch 1 *  repeat from * to * across row, ending 1 dc in top of turning chain. Turn.

Rw 4   Ch 2, 1 hdc in each ch 1 and each stitch across row.  Fasten off Lemon and attach Lemonlime. (15 hdc)

Rw 5   Ch3, * yo hook 4 times (triple treble front post), post stitch around 2^nd dc of row 2, skip hdc behind post, and working in BACK loops, 1 dc in each of next 3 hdc on row 5 * yo 4 times, skip 3 dc of row 2, post around next dc. (The will be 3 dc between each post on row 2). Repeat from * to *. End, 1 dc in last stitch.  Fasten off Lemon-Lime. Turn. (There will be 4 posts, with 3 dc between each post stitch.) Attach Lemon.

Rw 6   Working in FRONT loops only, repeat row 2. Turn. (15dc)

Rw 7    Repeat row 3.

Rw 8    Repeat row 4. Fasten off Lemon, attach Lemon-Lime. Turn.

Rw 9    Ch 3,  work through back loops only, 1 dc in same place, 1 dc in next 2 hdc. Yo 4 times, skip 3 dc of row 6, post stitch around next dc of row 6, skip dc behind post stitch on row 9, 1 dc in next 3 hdc, yo 4x, skip 3 dc of row 6, post stitch around next dc on row 6.  * repeat from * to *.   End skip 1 dc behind post, 1 dc in next 2 dc. Fasten off  Lemon-Lime. Attach white

Rw 10  with posts facing you, attach white and sc around the edges. Fasten off white. If place mat will not lay flat, you have to many white sc's, redo row 10, using less sc.

Rw 11 Attach Lemon, ch 2, hdc around, placing 3 hdc in each corner.

Rw 12   Repeat row 11. Fasten off Lemon and weave the ends in.  Repeat row 1-12 for three other coasters.

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