Lemon-Lime Placemats

Lemon-Lime Placemats

@1999 By N.L. Banks

 

Peaches & Crème by Elmore-Pisgah, Inc

1 ball white# 1,
8 ball lemon #123,
4 ball lemon-lime #186

G hook

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

For place mats,

Rw 1 With Lemon, Chain 63,  1 sc in 2ch from hook, sc across row. Turn.

Rw 2   Ch 2, 1 dc in each sc across, turn. (63dc 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. (63 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 16 posts, with 3 dc between each post stitch.) Attach Lemon.

Rw 6   Working in FRONT loops only, repeat row 2. Turn. (63dc)

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.

Rw 10, With Lemon, working in front loops, repeat row 2. (63 dc.)

Rw 11   Repeat row 3.                                                                             

Rw 12   Repeat row 4, fasten off Lemon, attach Lemon-Lime.

Rw 13   Repeat row 5, using row 10 in place of row 2.

Rw 14   Working in FRONT loops, repeat row 2. (63dc)

Rw 15   Repeat row 3

Rw 16   Repeat row 4 

Rw 17   Attach Lemon-Lime, repeat row 9, using row 14 in place of row 6. Fasten of  Lemon-Lime. Attach Lemon.

Row 18 Working in front loops only, repeat row 2 (63dc)

Row 19  repeat row 3

Row 20  repeat row 4 Fasten off Lemon, attach Lemon-lime
 

Row 21 Using lemon-line, repeat row 5, using row 19 in place of row 2. Fasten off Lemon-lime, attach Lemon

Rw 22  Working in front loops only, repeat row 2. (63dc)

Rw 23   Repeat row 3

Rw 24  Repeat row 4

Rw 25  Using Lemon-lime, repeat row 9, using row 23 in place of row 6.

Rw 26  With Lemon, and working in front loops only, repeat row 2. (63dc)

Rw 27  Repeat row 3.

Rw 28  Repeat row 4.

Rw 29  With Lemon-lime, repeat row 5, using row 27 in place of row 2.

Rw 30  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 31, using less sc.

Rw 31 Attach Lemon, ch 2, hdc around, placing 3 hdc in each corner.

Rw 32   Repeat row 32. Fasten off Lemon and weave the ends in.  Repeat row 1-32 for three other place mats.

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