By: Faith Anderson


      Title: Round potholder, crochet
 Categories: Crochet
   Servings:  1

      1    Knitting worsted yarn               1    Size h alumn crochet hook

  make 2 (one front and one back)

  using size h hook and knitting worsted yarn, make ch5, join tog to form a
  ring with a slst in 5th ch from hook.
  rnd 1: ch3 (counts as first dc) then work 15dc into the cneter of the
  ring, join w/slst to 3rd of the first ch3 (16 dc)
  rnd 2:ch3, do not turn, 2dc into each dc of the previous rnd, 1 dc into
  the base of the beg ch3. join w/slst to the 34d of the first ch3 (32 dc)
  rnd 3: ch3 (1 dc into the next st, 2dc in next st) 15 times, 1 dc in next
  st, 1 dc in base of beg ch 3. join as before (48 dc)
  rnd 4:ch 3 (1dc in each of next 2 sts, 2dc in next st) 15 times, 1 dc in
  each of next 2 sts, 1 dc in base of beg ch 3. (64 sts) join
  rnd 5: cont in this way, working on extra dc between increases on this
  round til 80 sts. fasten off

  scalloped edging: join yarn thru 2 thicknesses, wrong sides tog, right
  sides facing out with a slst.
  ch 3 to count as first sc and 1 ch sp, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in each of next 3
  sts, *ch 1, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * to last 2
  scs, 1 sc in each of last 2 sts. join w/slst to 2nd of first ch 3.
  in each ch1 sp, work (1sc, 3 dc, 1sc) join w/slst to first sc. ch 10 and
  alst in same place as join for hanging loop.

  mar/apr 1981 crochet world