White Dot Potholder Pattern

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "GEM" HAT & BAG YARN, Article 144
1 skein each White and Red.
Aluminum crochet hook, size F or G.

With Red ch 24, s c in 2nd st from hook, 1 s c in each remain­ing st of ch, drop Red, attach White (when changing color always complete last half of last st worked with next color), ch 1 to turn all rows.
2nd Row. Working over Red work 1 s c in each s c, drop White.
3rd Row. With Red, working over White, work 1 s c in 1st st, * skip 1 s c of 1st row of Red, d c over next s c of same row inserting hook horizontally under the s c (this is called a post st), skip the s c in back of st just made (White row), s c in next s c, repeat from * across row, drop Red. Always work over color not used.
4th Row. With White work 1 s c in each st, drop White.
5th Row. With Red s c in 1st s c, * post st over next post st (inserting hook horizontally under d c of previous row), skip the s c in back of post st, s c in next s c, repeat from * across row. Repeat the last 2 rows 9 times, do not turn at end of last row. Work a row of s c down side of work, working 1 s c in each row, cut yarn. With Red work a row of s c across opposite side, then work a row of s c across top of work, cut yarn.
With White work a row of s c around entire potholder work­ing 3 s c in each corner st, join, cut yarn. With Red work a row of sl sts around entire potholder, join, cut yarn.
With Red cover a bone ring with s c and sew to potholder as illustrated.