A Free Crochet Pattern: Sunny Citrus Placemats

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Below you will find the free pattern for the Sunny Citrus Placemats!

I’m in a Summer state of mind! There are few things better than sitting on a warm pool deck, at the beach, or at the beautiful Florida Springs with an ice cold glass of lemonade. And maybe some vodka ;) I also love me a good tablescape! They make my interior designer heart so happy! I designed these Sunny Citrus Placemats for a Mediterranean-themed tablescape Alexandra and I were setting up at Yarn Crafts & Coffee in Melbourne, FL. They really pulled our theme together! If lemons aren’t your thing you can also make them in pink for grapefruit, orange for well, oranges, and green for limes!

This post is included as Day 8 of the Fun & Fruity Crafting Blog Hop Event hosted by Yarn Crafts & Coffee!

For the first 10 days of June, we’re thrilled to be bringing you 10 Summer fruit themed craft ideas featuring fruit themed crochet patterns and a plastic canvas fruit pattern. This Fun & Fruity Crafting Event kicks off on June 1st and will run through June 10th – 10 days in total.

I’m teaming up with my friends Alexandra of EyeLoveKnots blog and Yarn Crafts & Coffee, and Candace of T&C Crafters for this event. Each day, there will be a different featured craft pattern, and it will either be available on one of their blogs or mine.

The Sunny Citrus Placemats are Day 8’s featured project! You can download a FREE copy of the PDF pattern from Ravelry using coupon code “LEMON“. This code will be active from June 8th at midnight EST through June 10th at 11:59pm EST.

Click the “Free Pattern” image to the right to go to Ravelry.

Check back to the blog hop page each day through June 10th for more fruity inspiration! Thanks for participating in the Fun & Fruity Blog Hop!

Pattern Notes:

• Make this placemat in Pink for Grapefruit, Green for lime, or Orange!
• This pattern is considered easy level.
• Ch 2 does not count as a stitch.
• Placemat is worked without turning.
• Surface Slip stitches are used to create the segment effect. Find a YouTube for surface slip stitches at this link.
• The final round is the crab stitch / reverse single crochet. Find a YouTube tutorials for it at this link.

Materials:

I recommend a 100% cotton worsted weight yarns for anything like this that needs to be washable. I used I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby, but some other excellent choices include Circulo Cotton Max Color 4/6, or Nifty Cotton from Cascade Yarns.

• Worsted #4 weight Cotton: 150 yards main color and 20 yards of contrast
• Sample used Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton in colros Curry and White
• US size H/5.00 mm crochet hook
• Tapestry Needle
• 6 stitch markers
• Scissors
• The Lemon Placemat Pattern: either free on this page, or on Ravelry.

Gauge

Gauge is the 1st four rounds = approx. 4.25″ diameter.

Measurements:

• This pattern is written for 3 sizes: Small, Medium & Large
• Finished measurements as written are approximately 12″ diameter for small, 14″ diameter for medium, and 16″ diameter for large.

Abbreviations:

With White: Ch 4, sl st to form ring.

R1: Ch 1, 12hdc into the ring, sl st to 1st. Fasten off White.

R2: Attach yellow to any st with a sl st. Ch 2 (does not count as a st here or throughout), 2dc in each st around. Sl st to 1st. 24 dc.

R3: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next, *2dc in next, dc in next. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 36 sts.

R9: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 7, *2dc in next, dc in next 7. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 108 sts.

R10: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 8, *2dc in next, dc in next 8. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 120 sts.

R11: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 9, *2dc in next, dc in next 9. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 132 sts. For size small only: Fasten off & move on to border rounds.

R12: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 10, *2dc in next, dc in next 10. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 144 sts. For size medium only: Fasten off & move on to border rounds.

Size Large only – R13: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 11, *2dc in next, dc in next 11. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 156 sts. Fasten off & move on to border rounds.

Size Small Border round 1: Attach white to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 10, *2sc in next, sc in next 10. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 144 sts. Fasten off white.

Size Large only – R13: Ch 2, 2dc in same, dc in next 11, *2dc in next, dc in next 11. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 156 sts. Fasten off & move on to border rounds.

Size Small Border round 1: Attach white to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 10, *2sc in next, sc in next 10. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 144 sts. Fasten off white.

Small Border R2: Attach yellow to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 11, *2sc in next, sc in next 11. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 156 sts. Move onto final round for all sizes.

Size Medium Border: Attach white to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 11, *2sc in next, sc in next 11. Repeat from * around. sl st to 1st. 156 sts. Fasten off white.

Medium Border R2: Attach yellow to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 12, *2sc in next, sc in next 12. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 168 sts. Move onto final round for all sizes.

Size Large Border: Attach white to any st with sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 12, *2sc in next, sc in next 12. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 168 sts. Fasten off white.

Size Large Border R2: Attach yellow to any st with a sl st, ch 1, 2sc in same, sc in next 13, *2sc in next sc in next 13. Repeat from * around. Sl st to 1st. 180 sts. Move onto final round for all sizes.

Final Round for all sizes:

Ch 1, crab st in each st around. Sl st to first. Fasten off & weave in ends. Move on to “details”.

Details:

Small Details: Place a st marker on every 24th st on the white round.

Medium Details: Place a stitch marker on every 26th st on the white round.

Large Details: Place a stitch marker on every 28th st on the white round.

All sizes:

With White, insert your hook in between a st from round 1 and pull up a loop. Surface sl st across the top of the placemat to the nearest stitch marker, trying your best to make a straight line. Fasten off once you reach the marker.

Sk 1 st on round 1 and insert your hook into the next space. Repeat surface sl st and connect to the next marker. Fasten off.

See photos below and check out the YouTube tutorial linked in the Notes section if needed.

Enjoy your new Sunny Citrus Placemats!

I hope you loved making these Sunny Citrus Placemats! Comment below if you have any questions, and if you make this Placemats please post it on social media and tag me so I can see! I love seeing your creations!