I’m making the tree crunchy this year! These turned out so cute, and I love the extra texture. If you have made the original tree stripe hot pad/pot holder, I think you will love this variation.

As a refresher here is the original hot pad from a few years ago, and we have a candy cane pattern too:

I am also using a new 100% cotton yarn for these hot pads that I think you will love, too. Introducing Caron All Day Cotton from Yarnspirations.com, the home of the Red Heart, Bernat, Patons, and Caron brands of yarn. This yarn was so much easier to work with than Lily Sugar n’ Cream (although I do still love that cotton too.) 

Caron All Day Cotton is mercerized, which means it is a bit shiny.  This yarn also is a chain link type construction so it doesn’t split. It is a 4 weight yarn and just all around fantastic. The colors so far in this line are vibrant and beautiful. 

These are just a few choices that I think would look fabulous as a tree stripe hot pad, they have even more. 

Materials

Caron All Day Cotton (100% mercerized cotton, 100 g/3.5 oz, 158 meters/173 yards) tap name of yarn to shop on yarnspirations.com

1 skein each of cream and grass-green

H-5mm crochet hook, tapestry needle, scissors

Printable Graph- color key: white=HHDC, green=SC, red=TC

Size

8.5 x 9 inches

gauge: 8 herringbone half sts and 6 rows, taken from finished project

Stitches

Herringbone Half Double Crochet (HHDC): Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull a loop back through and continue pulling through first loop on the hook. Yarn over and pull through final two loops on hook.

Single Crochet (SC): Insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull a loop back through. Yarn over and pull through final two loops on the hook.

Treble Crochet (TC): YO twice, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops, YO and pull through two loops again, YO and pull through remaining two loops.

Pattern

Print the graph. The graph is read as odd rows right to left, the even rows are left to right. (All color changes happen on odd rows.) White spaces = HHDC, Green spaces = SC, Red Space = TC

Chain 30 with cream.

Row 1: Work 1 HHDC in the second chain from the hook. Work 1 HHDC in each chain across the row. CH 1 and turn. (29 HHDC)

Row 2: Work 1 HHDC into the first stitch, (the turning chain does not count as a stitch.) 1 HHDC in each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. 

Row 3: 1 HHDC in the first 4 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 9 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 4 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 4 and all even rows going forward repeat row 2. 

Row 5: 1 HHDC in the first 5 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 8 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 5 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 7: 1 HHDC in the first 6 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 7 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 6 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 9: 1 HHDC in the first 7 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 6 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 7 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 11: 1 HHDC in the first 8 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 5 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 8 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 13: 1 HHDC in the first 9 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 4 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 9 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 15: 1 HHDC in the first 10 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 3 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 10 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 17: 1 HHDC in the first 11 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st, repeat from * 2 times, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 11 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 19: 1 HHDC in the first 12 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, *TC in next st, SC in next st repeat from * 1 time, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 12 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 21: 1 HHDC in the first 13 sts in cream, change to green, SC in next st, TC in next st, SC in next st, change to cream, drop green, do not cut, HHDC in final 12 sts. CH 1 and turn.

Row 23: Repeat row 2. 

Tie off and weave in all ends. Make a second pad of just HHDC. 

Border

Round 1: Match two sides together. Pull up a loop in any corner, CH 1 and SC in that same stitch. Work 2 SC at the end of one row, skip one row, work 3 SC into each corner, work SC in each st across the top and bottom. SL ST to the starting SC. Do not turn.

Round 2: *CH 3, SL ST into next st. Repeat from * around entire pad. Join with a SL ST to starting sl st. Tie off. 

If you need a video tutorial please see link below: 

Happy Holidays! I hope you enjoy this time of year with your friends and family. 

XO, Tiffany 

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