Crochet Tablemat, Break-Tea-Coaster, Oval Shaped Doily

 

Hello friends,

Here is my next creation, a simple Oval Shaped Doily or Tablemat. You can also call it Break-Tea-Coaster because for one person you can keep Breakfast plate, Tea and Water on this. In a way it can be a plate decor. You can make it in a round shape. 

It's length is 20", width 15" and weight 78 gm. (including 5-6 gm is the weight of beads)

PATTERN: Make chs 26+ ch2,

R1: from forth ch make dc 1 in each of the 24 chs, in last ch make (dc6), 

on other side make dc 1 in each of the 24 sts, (dc5) in first st (where our first dc of ch3 stands). 

Thus total number of sts 24+6+24+6=60. After each round place markers in the first and last st of corner on both ends.

R2: sl st in next st, (so that we can start each round from the first st out of 24 in a straight line). dc1 in 24 sts, (first dc is always ch3), in each of the 6 corner's stitch make (dc2), again dc1 in 24 sts from other side, (dc2) in each of the 6 corner's st. Total sts 24+12+24+12=72

R3: [(dc1, ch1, skip 1 st) till straight 24 sts, from corner make (dc1, ch1) in each of the 12 sts] 2 times, cl.

R4: [dc1 on dc-st, dc1 in ch1-sp] rep till end. Remember that if necessary you may increase 1 or 2 sts on corner side because our number of sts must be 24+24+24+24=96.

R5: [dc1 in 24 sts, (dc1 in 3 st, (dc2) in next) 6 times] 2 times, cl. Number of sts 24+30+24+30=108

R6: [(dc1, ch1, skip 1 st) till straight 24 sts, from corner make (dc1, ch1, don't skip 1 st, dc1, ch1, skip 1 st) repeat along corner] 2 times, cl.

R7:  [dc1 on dc-st, dc1 in ch1-sp] rep till end. Remember that if necessary you may increase 1 or 2 sts on corner side because our number of sts must be 24+42+24+42=132.

R8: [dc1 on 24 sts, along corner make (dc1 in 6 sts, dc2 next) 6 times] 2 times, cl. Number of sts 24+48+24+48=144

R9: [dc1 on 24 sts, along corner make (dc1 in 7 sts, dc2 next) 6 times] 2 times, cl. Number of sts 24+54+24+54=156. Make a knot but don't cut the yarn.

Now we make flowers. I made 10 orange and 10 white. You may make in one color.

FLOWER: R1: In magic loop make ch1, sc5, cl. Sl st in next,...

R2: (ch3, tr1, db tr1, ch1-picot, tr1, ch3, sl st in same st, sl st in next) 5 times, cl. Five petal flower made.

Get the yarn on back. Fix it by knot. Take one yarn end on RS, thread a bead, yarn again on WS and fix it.

Make such 10 orange flowers. Then while making 10 white flowers, we are going to join them with orange flowers as explained below.

Make 2 petals of white flower, at the time of third petal join with one petal of orange flower at ch1-picot as shown in video. Then make forth petal open means without joining and then join fifth petal with second orange flower again at the ch1-picot. Similarly make second white flower and join them with second orange and third orange flowers at 3rd and 5th petals. In this way complete the round.

Place the joined flowers around the base part to guess that how many flowers you have to make.

I decided to make total 20 flowers of course 10 orange and 10 white. Then I join them completely and again place abound the border and guarentee that 20 are perfect.

Joining: If we use 8 sts to join one flower, we may need 20*8=160 sts but we have lack of 4 sts as we have 156 sts. So on both corner side, we shall use only 7 sts to join 2 flowers.

R: ch1, sc1 in 3 sts, at 4th st join the first petal (out of 2 open petals) at ch1-picot, sc1 in 3 sts, at 4th st join with second petal of first flower, then sc3, in 4th st join first petal of 2nd flower, sc3, in 4th st join 2nd petal of 2nd flower; and so on.... Lastly cl and BO. It looks wonderful!

BORDER: Now only one petal of each flower is open (means not attached with any one). Join blue yarn at ch1-picot of any open petal.

R1: ch1, sc1 in same st, [ch12, sc1 in ch1-picot of open petal of next flower] rep till end, cl.

R2: [(sc1 in next ch12-sp, dc15, sc1 in same space, sl st at sc-st at ch1-picot space) rep till end, cl, BO.

The beautiful tablemat is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

 

Crochet Mobile Bag with Two Compartments

 

Hi,

I again made one mobile bag with two compartments. It's so simple and I loved it very much. You can make it by any left over yarn. 

Length of this bag is 7.2" width 4.7" and weight 50 gm. Shading yarn 42 gm and plain pink 8 gm. The yarn I used is Ganga Spectrum and hook 3.5 mm.

PATTERN: Make chs 56 (must be even). Make  1 additional ch

R1: sc1 in each ch from second ch. (56)

R2: ch1, sc1 in each st (56)

Repeat R2 till the height is 4.5" to 4.7".

After that, work only 28 sts till the height is 9". 

Now let's make a belt.

BELT: Make chs 56. Make sc 1 in each ch from second, ch1, turn, sc1 in each st, BO with yarn end 7"-8". Use this yarn to sew the belt properly by tapestry needle.

Now fold the long side to half then remaining part to get two compartments. For detail watch the video below. Then sew two sides.

 Then let's make flap.

FLAP: On back side place marker keeping 14 sts on both sides. Then skip 2 sts on one side of marker and join plain pink yarn at that st. dc7 at marker's stitch. Skip 2 sts on other side of marker by sl st.

R2: ch3, skip 3 sts and join by sl st. (ch1, tr1 in dc-st) rep 7 times, ch1, join by sl st skipping 3 sts on other side.

R3: ch3, skip 2 sts, sl st in next, ch1 turn, (3dc-puff in the gap between two trs, ch2) rep till end, ch1, skip 2 sts, sl st in next.

R4: ch3, skip 2 sts, sl st in next, (dc3) in each ch2-sp, skip 2 sts, sl st in next.

R5: ch1 turn, [sc1 in 2 sts, in next st(sc1, ch3-picot, sc1)] 4 times, [sc1 in 2 sts, in next st(sc1, ch5-picot, sc1)], [sc1 in 2 sts, in next st(sc1, ch3-picot, sc1)] 4 times, skip 1 st, join by sl st. BO.

The beautiful flap is here.

Then make a puff flower and sew it as a Latkan.

The beautiful bag is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.