Last week I was cooking and pulled a pan of rice out and set it on a hot pad. This is an old hot pat, made from lovely cotton yarn, but old and apparently gross. When I picked up the pan, the hot pad left ick all over the counter and I was irritated. So I threw the hot pad in the laundry and moved on, until I found my stash of Sugar and Cream in my craft room (when I was cleaning-ish). I’m telling you all this, because this is what led my brain to where it was when I created this pattern. Looking at all this pretty cotton yarn gave me an idea and I was mad at the other hot pad, I set out to replace it. The “Hot Stuff” on the pad here was just for fun. I hope you all think it’s as funny as I do and make a dozen of them!

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Materials:

• US G (4.00) mm crochet hook
• Worsted weight/ size #4/ medium weight yarn
  • 1.6 Oz/ 77 yards
  • I used Sugar and Cream yarn for this (3 colors)
  • For hot pads or pot holders, use cotton yarn because acrylic will burn/ melt
• Yarn needle

  

Gauge:

• 4.5” = 19 dcs x 9 rows

Terms/ stitches:

• RS: right side
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Slip st: slip stitch
• Sc: single crochet

Notes:

• This pattern is worked back and forth in rows, with a turn at the end/ beginning.
• You work two pieces of the “base” and then secure them together by working along the edges with row 32.
• The ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
• This pattern is worked from the bottom up.
• All of the stitches in this pattern are single crochets, because of this the sides portion (where all the color changes are) only tells you how many stitches to do in what color, this is what the number in the parenthesis means.
• Rather than changing, cutting, and weaving in the ends of all the colors, the yarn is carried through the bags in the photos. Here’s a great tutorial on color changes. In this pattern, the active yarn is worked over the inactive.
• Also check out this post about tapestry crochet from Moogly, it’s helpful.
• You can replace the chain row with a foundation single crochet row.

Finished dimensions:

• Height: 7.25″
• Width: 7.75″

Pattern instructions:

– Base –
(make 2)

Row 1: Ch 34, sc into the second ch from the hook and into the next 32 sts – 33 scs
Rows 2 – 5: Ch 1, turn, sc across – 33 scs
(RS) Row 6: A: Ch 1, turn, (6), B: (1), A: (5), B: (1), A: (2), B: (3), A: (4), B: (1), A: (4), B: (3), A: (3) – 33 scs
Row 7: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (1), B: (1), A: (5), B: (1), A: (6) – 33 scs
Row 8: A: Ch 1, turn, (6), B: (1) A: (5), B: (1), A: (1), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (6) – 33 scs
Row 9: A: Ch 1, turn, (6), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (1), B: (1), A: (5), B: (1), A: (6) – 33 scs
Row 10: A: Ch 1, turn, (4), B: (3), A: (3), B: (3), A: (1), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (4), B: (3), A: (3) – 33 scs
Row 11: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), B: (1) A: (7) B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (1), B: (1), A: (5), B: (1), A: (6) – 33 scs
Row 12: A: Ch 1, turn, (6), B: (1), A: (5), B: (1), A: (1), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 13: A: Ch 1, turn, (3), B: (3), A: (2), B: (5), A: (1), B: (1), A: (3), B: (1), A: (1), B: (5), A: (1), B: (5), A: (2) – 33 scs
Fasten off Color B.

Rows 14 – 16: Ch 1, turn (33) – 33 scs
Row 17: A: Ch 1, turn, (5), C: (3), A: (7), C: (4), A: (4), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 18: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (3), C: (6), A: (6), C: (3), A: (5) – 33 scs
Row 19: A: Ch 1, turn, (5), C: (3), A: (5), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 20: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (5), C: (3), A: (5) – 33 scs
Row 21: A: Ch 1, turn, (5), C: (3), A: (5), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 22: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (8), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (5), C: (3), A: (5) – 33 scs
Row 23: A: Ch 1, turn, (5), C: (3), A: (5), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (8), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 24: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (9), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 25: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (9), A: (3), C: (6), A: (3), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (2) – 33 scs
Row 26: A: Ch 1, turn, (2), C: (3), A: (2), C: (3), A: (4), C: (4), A: (4), C: (9), A: (2) – 33 scs
Fasten off color C.
Rows 27 – 31: Ch 1, turn, (33) – 33 scs
Fasten off Color A.

– Border –
Place both of your bases together, with the “wrong” sides facing each other, and create a border around them (securing them together) by working row 32 through both pieces.

Row 32: B: Ch 1, turn, sc across (33), ch 1 at the corner, rotate the piece 90°, sc into the next 31 row ends, ch 1 at the corner, rotate the piece 90°, sc across the other side of the original ch row (33), ch 1 at the corner, rotate the piece 90°, sc into the next 31 rows ends, ch 15 at the corner, slip st into the first sc to secure – 128 scs, 3 ch-1 spaces, 1 ch-15 space

Tada! I was SO excited to show this to everyone and it was one of the few designs that I didn’t show off before I released it because I wanted it to be a surprise. Was it a good surprise? I hope so!
Have a good week.

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