Summer Table Setting Free Crochet Pocket Placemat Pattern
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The Crochet Pocket Placemat is perfect for everything from outdoor bar-b-que action, picnics and every day dining! Works up so fast and is made from a soft 100% cotton from Red Heart called Scrubby Smoothie, making it machine wash friendly. YAY!
If you type "Summer Table Settings" into pinterest you will get an onslaught of near perfect setting of pastels and pretty. I always wanted to be "that girl" ... but I am not. So I decided to come up with my own DIY Summer Table Setting and of course, that means it is crochet. And the star of the table is this Summer Pocket Placemat.
I had this incredibly soft cotton yarn called Scrubby Smoothie that a friend gifted me staring at me in the studio for the last 2 weeks. Originally I was going to make myself a bright sunny beach cover up (can I ever have enough of those?) or a beach bag. But then when I decided to make the table setting - well, I knew it was meant to create my summer table placemats.
And it is kind of perfect since last year I showed you how to make a fun summer setting using Big Stitch Merino, this year let's do a light fun cotton summer table!
If you want to get a printable pdf version of the pattern with the charts, it is here in my Etsy shop for $2
So let's do it.
You will need:
*** note materials listed for the complete set of 4 placemats. If you want to make less or more then your yarn yardage will change***
Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie Yarn Sunshine: 4 Balls (131 yards per ball)
Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie Yarn White: 1 Ball (153 yards)
Size I-9 / 5.5mm crochet Hook
Quilting Needle for assembly
Tape Measure
Stitches Used / Abbreviations:
fsc – foundation single crochet
ch – chain loop
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
PATTERN NOTES:
Gauge: x 13 sts x 14 rows = 4” in linen stitch (Rows 3 & 4 of pattern)
Placemat Finished measurements: 18” wide x 12” tall
The Linen Stitch is a very dense stitch. If you pull tight or are a tight stitcher then you may want to go up a hook size for the main placemat body.
You will make the body of the placemat and the pocket separately.
Block ALL PIECES Before assembly. See my tips for blocking here.
PLACEMAT:
Begin Main Color:
Row 1: Fsc x 51.
Row 2: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in last fsc, *sc in next fsc, ch 1, skip fsc*, repeat * to * across to last 2 fsc, sc in last 2 fsc, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in first sc, *skip sc, ch 1, sc in next ch 1 *, repeat * to * across to last 2 sc, skip next sc, ch 1, sc in last sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in first sc, *sc in ch 1, skip sc, ch 1* repeat * to * across to last ch 1 and sc, sc in last ch 1, sc in last sc, turn.
Rows 5 - 35: Repeat rows 3 & 4 alternating. 34 total Linen Stitch Rows
Row 36: Ch 2 (acts as first hdc), 50 hdc across
Fasten Off.
Join Contrast Color at Side Center:
Round 1: Ch 1 (does not act as a st), sc evenly to corner (approx 1 sc for each row), 5 sc in corner, sc in each st to next corner, 5 sc in corner, sc evenly to corner (approx 1 sc for each row), 5 sc in corner, sc in each st to corner, 5 sc in corner, sc evenly to beg ch 1, st to join with 1st sc.
Round 2: Ch 1 (does not act as a st), sc in each st all the way around, sl st to join with 1st sc.
Fasten Off.
POCKET:
Using Contrast Color:
Row 1: Fsc x 11.
Row 2: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in last fsc, *sc in next fsc, ch 1, skip fsc*, repeat * to * across to last 2 fsc, sc in last 2 fsc, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in first sc, *skip sc, ch 1, sc in next ch 1 *, repeat * to * across to last 2 sc, skip next sc, ch 1, sc in last sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1 (does NOT act as a st), sc in first sc, *sc in ch 1, skip sc, ch 1* repeat * to * across to last ch 1 and sc, sc in last ch 1, sc in last sc, turn.
Rows 5 - 14: Repeat rows 3 & 4 alternating. 13 total Linen Stitch Rows
Fasten Off leaving 16” tail.
ASSEMBLY:
AFTER YOU HAVE BLOCKED YOUR PIECES:
Place the pocket on the placemat approximately 3 inches in from the right side and 3 inches up from the bottom right corner.
Affix pocket to the placemat with the fsc row on the TOP.
Using the long tail, whipstitch around the linen stitch sided and bottom row (leaving fsc side open) to affix to placemat
