Potholder Pattern #3230

Materials Required—
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
"STAR" PEARL COTTON, SIZE 5
1 60-yd. Ball Yellow.
1 60-yd. Ball Green.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 7 or 8.

With Yellow, ch 2 and work 8 s c in first ch, join in first s c.
2nd Row—2 s c in each s c.
3rd Row—Ch 3, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next s c, * 1 d c in next s c, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next s c, repeat from * all around, join to the ch 3. (The ch 3 counts as one d c.)
4th Row—Ch 3, 1 d c in next d c, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c over the ch 1, * 1 d c in each of the next 3 d c, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c over the ch 1, repeat from * all around, 1 d c in last d c, join. Continue working 6 more rows in same manner having 2 more d c between increasing points in each row. (Do not break thread.)
11th Row—Join Green, work 1 s c in each d c, 1 s c, ch 1, 1 s c over each ch 1.
12th Row—Pick up Yellow and work 1 row of d c increasing at increasing points, break thread.
13th Rows—Pick up Green, * ch 3, 2 d c in same space, skip 3 d c, s c in next d c, repeat from * all around, break thread. Work opposite side in same manner reversing Colors. Match the 2 sections and crochet them together. With Green, ch 3, s c over the ch 3 of shell, * ch 3, s c over ch 3 of next shell, repeat from * all around, break thread. Make loop of either Color, as follows, wind thread over finger 8 or 10 times and work s c over ring.
Applique apple as illustrated. See instructions for applique in Pattern #3231.