It’s time to celebrate the upcoming wonderful holidays and decorate the dining table with the new crochet placemats that I named after the stitch – Almond Stitch Placemat.
Almond stitch is easy to crochet with two colors of yarn and it adds so much style and vibrance to the table. First, we crochet the center of the placemat using Almond stitch, and then add side stripes and border. It’s quite easy!
VIDEO TUTORIAL OF ALMOND STITCH PLACEMAT
WRITTEN PATTERN OF ALMOND STITCH PLACEMAT
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I use two colors of cotton yarn size 3/light and crochet hook 3 mm to crochet the Almond Stitch Placemat, it measures about 15 inches long and 11 inches wide.
Abbreviations: ch = chain sc = single crochet hdc = half double crochet dc = double crochet sl st = slip stitch Special sitches: Spike sc = work sc in skipped st three rows below.
- With color A ch 62.
- Row 1 = sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch (61 sc), finish last sc with color B (= pull up loop in last ch with color A, make a slip knot with color B, pull slip knot through 2 loops on hook, don’t cut off color A).
- Row 2 = with color B ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, *sc in next sc, hdc in next sc, dc 1 in each next 5 sc, hdc in next sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, skip next sc, repeat from*, sc in last sc.
- Row 3 = ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, *sc in next sc, hdc in next hdc, dc 1 in each next 5 dc, hdc in next hdc, sc in next sc, ch 1, skip 1ch, repeat from*, sc in last sc and finish it with color A, don’t cut off color B.
- Row 4 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, *sc 1 in each next 9 st, spike sc in skipped sc three rows below, repeat from*, sc 1 in each last 10 sc.
- Row 5 = ch 1, turn, sc in each sc (61 sc), finish last sc with color B.
- Row 6 = with color B ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), turn, *dc in each next 2 sc, hdc in next sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next sc, hdc in next sc, dc 1 in each next 3 sc, repeat from*.
- Row 7 = ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), turn, *dc in each next 2 dc, hdc in next hdc, sc in next sc, ch 1, skip 1ch, sc in next sc, hdc in next hdc, dc 1 in each next 3 dc, repeat from*, finish last dc with color A.
- Row 8 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in each of first 5 sc, *spike sc in skipped sc three rows below, sc in each next 9 st, repeat from*, sc 1 in each last 5 st.
- Row 9 = ch 1, turn, sc in each sc, finish last sc with color B.
- Rows 10-41 = repeat rows 2-9.
- Rows 42-48 = repeat rows 2-8, turn to continue working the border.
BORDER (worked in rows 1-20 and rounds 1-2)
- Row 1 = with color A ch 1, sc 1 in each next 4 st, hdc in each next 3 st, *sc in each next 7 st, hdc in each next 3 st, repeat from*, finish the row with sc in next 3 st, sc 2 in last st.
- Row 2 = turn the piece sideways to work along the 1st short side, *sc 3 in end space of two color B rows (3 sc per two rows of dc stitches), sc in end space of each next 2 color A sc rows (2 sc per two rows of sc stitches), skip next color B row, sc in end space of next color B row (1 sc per two rows of sc stitches), sc in end space of each next 2 color A sc rows (2 sc per two rows of sc stitches), repeat from*, finish the row with 2 sc in last color A row.
- Row 3 = ch 1, turn, sc in each st, sc 2 in last st (50 sc), finish the last sc with color B.
- Rows 4-5 = with color B ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color A.
- Rows 6-7 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color B.
- Rows 8-9 = with color B ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color A.
- Row 10 = with color A ch 1, turn, holding color B inside stitches, sc in each st, sc 2 in last st.
- Row 11 = turn the piece to work along the 2nd long side, holding color B inside stitches, sc in end space of 6 rows, hdc in next, continue working in foundation ch loops and sc in each next 9 st, hdc in each next 3 st, *sc in each next 7 st, hdc in each next 3 st, repeat from*, finish the row with sc in each next 8 st, sc and hdc in last st.
- Row 12 = turn the piece to work along the 2nd short side, don’t hold color B inside stitches anymore, sc in end space of next color A row, sc in end spaces of rows same way as on row 2 (50 sc).
- Row 13 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color B.
- Rows 14-15 = with color B ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color A.
- Rows 16-17 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color B.
- Rows 18-19 = with color B ch 1, turn, sc in each st, finish the last sc with color A, cut off and fasten off color B.
- Row 20 = with color A ch 1, turn, sc in each st.
- Round 1 = sc in same st as last sc, sc in end space of side stripe rows and in each st around, sc 2 in each corner st.
- Round 2 = sl st in each st around, cut off and fasten off color A.
- Block the placemat: make it wet, stretch it out on blocking mats, attach with pins and let it dry.
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