Table Mat Pattern #409

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, Size 30. 1 ball Ecru and 1 ball color 106 Sport Green or J. & P. Coats Pearl Cotton, Size 8 in desired colors. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5.

CENTER. Ecru. Ch 6, and join with sl st to form ring. Ch 4, * 1 d c into ring, ch 1, repeat from * 11 times in all, join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-4. Continue working into sps between dc's, increasing enough to make work lie flat (to increase, work 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c into same place), until there are 148 sps to the rnd.

BORDER. 1st rnd: Green. 1 s c into 1st sp, * ch 4, skip 1 sp, 1 s c into next, and repeat from * around. Join with sl st (74 loops). 2nd rnd: Sl st along 2 ch, * ch 4, 1 3-dc cluster into next loop, ch 4, 1 s c into next loop, and repeat from * around. Join with sl st. 3rd rnd: Green. Ch 4, 1 s c into 1st loop, * ch 4, 1 s c into next loop, repeat from *. Join with sl st (74 loops). 4th rnd: Green. Sl st along 2 ch, ch 3, 1 3-dc cluster in 1st loop, * ch 4, 1 s c into next loop, ch 4, 1 3-dc cluster into next loop, and repeat from * around. Join with sl st to center of cluster. 5th rnd: Green. Sl st along 2 ch, * ch 4, 1 s c into next loop, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 6th rnd: Ecru. Ch 1, * 5 d c into loop, 1 s c in s c, ch 4, 1 s c in next s c, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 7th rnd: Ecru. * 1 s c into 1st d c, 1 d c into each of next 3 d c, 1 s c into next d c, ch 5, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 8th rnd: Ecru. * 1 s c into 1st d c, 1 d c into next d c, 1 s c into next d c, ch 7, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 9th rnd: Ecru. * 1 s c into d c, ch 5, 1 s c into 4th st of ch-7, ch 5, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 10th rnd: Ecru. Sl st along 4 ch, 1 s c into next ch, * 1 d c into s c, 1 s c into next ch, ch 8, skip next s c, 1 s c into last ch of next loop, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 11th rnd: Ecru. Ch 1, * 1 d c into s c, 1 d c into d c, 1 d c into s c, 1 s c into next ch, ch 7, 1 s c into last ch of next loop. Repeat from *. Join with sl st. 12th rnd: Ecru. Ch 1, * 1 d c into s c, 1 d c into each of next 3 d c, 1 d c into s c, 1 s c into next ch, ch 5, 1 d c into last ch of next loop. Repeat from *. Join with sl st. 13th rnd: Green. Sl st along dc's to center of next ch, ch 4, 1 3-tr cluster into 1st sp, * ch 7, 1 s c into center of next group of dc's, ch 7, 1 3-tr cluster into 3rd ch of next loop, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 14th rnd: Green. Sl st along 2 ch, 1 s c into each of next 3 ch, * ch 5, 1 s c into 3rd ch of next loop, 1 s c into each of next 2 ch, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 15th rnd: Green. Sl st along to center of next loop, * ch 12, skip 1 loop, 1 s c into next loop, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 16th rnd: Green. 18 s c into loop of 12 ch, sl st into s c, repeat from *.