Crochet Placemat Pattern
Jorja Placemat, Free Crochet Pattern
I’ve been wanting to make myself some new placemats for what seems like forever.
Before I go into the pattern information, I’d like to tell you how this came to be:
We had the covered corkboard placemats that you can get in any homewares shop, and they bare the scars of a well-used life.
There are spots with paint that will not come off, patches where the top has rubbed away when I have cleaned them, some are sunlight faded because our kitchen table is next to our French doors.
You know the drill
Old and tired but perfect for the kids doing arts and crafts or slopping food all over them while being daft at dinner.
My daughter is almost 8, and so I am getting to the point where I would like my home to look less like a creche and have nice things again.
So I have a plan
To tackle one room at a time and reclaim each one somewhat.
There will still be artwork on the walls, but not all of them, and undoubtedly there will likely be those little fingerprints lurking.
Anyway, I had a coaster designed and tested and decided that my first challenge would be the kitchen.
I would design some simple but pretty placemats for the table.
My initial thought all those moons ago was to quilt some tablemats with my scrap material, but the coasters were so pretty I wanted to make something to match them.
The design process for these was much less painful than with the coaster, and my only decision was how wide to make the border section as I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
They turned out perfectly! In my blog about the coasters (which you can find here) I explain my motivations behind the Jorja Collection and what I wanted to achieve.
I’m happy with the outcome … I hope you like the look and style too!
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You will need:
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- #4 worsted weight cotton such as lilly sugar and cream, I love this cotton or any worsted weight yarn of your choosing. I used Women’s Institute Aran weight cotton (mine was 525 yards approx.) and lily sugar and cream (1 skein).
- Size 4mm hook
- Stitch markers optional
- Scissors
Abbreviations:
Ch—Chain
FSC – Foundation single crochet
PSC – paired single crochet
St(s)—Stitch(es)
Sk – skip
SS – slip stitch
Sp(s)—Space(s)
Rep—Repeat
*to*–Repeat the instructions written between the two *
FO – fasten off
Special Stitches:
FSC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG-LiTY_khs
PSC – sc in the first stitch of row only, *insert hook into same sp and yo pull through, insert hook into next space and yo pull through, yo pull through all three loops on hook.*
Pattern:
In colour A:
Row 1: FSC 43, CH1, turn
Row 2: PSC 43, CH1, turn
Rows 3-33: Repeat row 2 but do not turn at the end of row 33.
| Border: |
Round 1: In the last st of row 33 *(SC, CH2, SC), this will create your corner.
PSC in next 31 sts, (SC, CH2, SC) in the next st PSC 41 sts * repeat from * to * two times.
SS to first SC
Round 2: Join colour B to any CH2 sp.
CH4, sk1, SS in next st, *CH3, sk1, SS to next st* around
Note: you should have 18 ch3 spaces along the short side and 23 CH3 spaces along the longer side.
Round 3-5: SS to next CH3 sp, *CH3, SS to next CH3 sp* around
Note: you will find that you create a ch3 for each corner again. If you cannot see them, gently stretch your coaster a little, and they should be visible. You may want to use stitch markers to mark each corner.
Round 6: Attach colour A to any corner.
*(2SC, CH2, 2SC) in corner sp, (2SC in next CH2 sp) along to next corner CH3 sp*
Repeat *to* 3 more times.
SS to first SC
Round 7: Ch1, SC in each st around and in each corner CH2 sp ensure you do (2SC, CH2, 2SC)
SS to first sc.
FO and weave in ends
What do you think?
Simple and elegant. I did find that I had to block my mats. This isn’t something that I usually do (in fact, I hardly ever block anything), but I wanted to give them that completely finished look.
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