Checkerboard placemats

Placemats are worked flat in one piece using the tapestry crochet technique of changing colors. Each section uses two colors. Hold both colors throughout each row, crocheting over the strand not in use. When changing from one color to another, work up to the final step in the old color, working the final pull-through in the new color.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Width: 20½“ Length: 14½”

MATERIALS Premier® Yarns Cotton Fair® Worsted (52% Cotton, 48% Acrylic; 3.5oz/100g, 207yds/190m) • MC: 2178-03 Sugar Cookie – 3 balls • CC1: 2178-10 Navy – 1 ball • CC2: 2178-18 Spice – 1 ball • CC3: 2178-23 Mango – 1 ball • CC4: 2178-13 Chambray – 1 ball Hook: US Size 7 (4.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge Notions: Tapestry needle

GAUGE 16 sc x 16 rows = 4” Save time, check your gauge.

SKILLS/TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS PATTERN: • Chains, slip stitches and single crochet stitches. • Changing colors withing rows using the tapestry crochet method and changing colors at ends of rounds. • Working in the round.