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Materials Required—
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "STAR" PEARL COTTON, ARTICLE 90, SIZE 5
2—50 yd. Balls Black.
4—50 yd. Balls Red and
"STAR" SIX STRAND MERCERIZED EMBROIDERY COTTON, ARTICLE 50.
1—8 yd. Skein each Black, Blue, Green and Yellow.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 6.

Potholder is worked with double strand of thread.
With Black, ch 63 and work 62 s c on ch, ch 1 to turn all rows.
2nd Row—1 s c in each s c.
3rd Row—Working in s c, decrease 1 st at end of row (to decrease: insert needle in st, pull loop through, insert needle in next st, pull loop through, thread over and work off all loops at one time).
4th Row—Decrease 1 st at beginning of row.
5th Row—Work even, break Black.
6th Row—Attach Red, 1 s c in each s c.
7th Row—Same as 3rd row, then work 1 row even.
Repeat the last 2 rows once.
11th Row—Work even.
12th Row—Decrease 1 st at beginning and end of row. Work 1 row even.
14th Row—Decrease 1 st at end row. Work 1 row even.
16th Row—Same as 12th row. Work 1 row even.
Repeat the last 2 rows once.
20th to 28th Rows—Same as 12th row.
29th to 31st Rows—Decrease 2 sts at the beginning and end of each row, break thread. Work a row of s c around entire section working Red over Red and Black over Black. Work another section in same manner.
TAB: With Black, ch 6 and work 5 s c on ch, ch 1 to turn all rows.
2nd Row—1 s c in each s c. Repeat the 2nd row 10 times.
13th Row—Decrease 1 st at end of row.
14th Row—Decrease 1 st at beginning of row. Repeat the last 2 rows until 1 st remains, break thread. Work another tab in same manner.

With "Star” Six Strand Mercerized Embroidery Cotton, embroider plaid in outline st. Working from left to right, with Blue, embroider over the 4th s c of 1st Red row, over the next s c of 2nd Red Row, then over the next s c of 3rd Red row, continue in same manner to top of section, * skip next s c of 1st row of Red and embroider a Black stripe in same manner, skip next s c, embroider a Yellow stripe, skip 9 s c, 1 Blue stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Black stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Green stripe, skip 9 s c, 1 Blue stripe, repeat from * across row ending with a Green stripe.
Working from right to left, starting at the 5th s c from the end of the 1st row of Red, embroider * 1 Yellow stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Black stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Green stripe, skip 9 s c, 1 Blue stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Black stripe, skip 1 s c, 1 Yellow stripe, skip 9 s c, repeat from * across row.
With Red, cover a bone ring with s c and attach to back of potholder at top.