Lotti Potholder

Overlay mosaic in rounds

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Make sure to read the instructions completely before you start your project!

If you’re new to mosaic crochet, check out YouTube for tutorials and make a sample
piece before you start.

This potholder is a good project to get to know mosaic crochet in the round and
perfect for leftover yarn. It is made rather quickly and makes a wonderful little gift.

My potholder measures about 20cm in diameter. If you want it bigger you can choose
a 6 or 8 strand cotton yarn.

Yarn recommendation:

I recommend 100% cotton yarn 8/4.

I use hook 3.0. You should get a rather tight structure.

Always use contrasting colors for mosaic, so that the pattern will come out clearly.

Color A – rust
Color B - creme

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General instructions:

• You only work with the right side facing you, you never turn your work.
• You only use one color per round, you don’t cut the yarn but carry it on the back
of your work.

backside

• All single crochets are worked into the back loop only.
• All double crochets are worked into the front loop two rounds below.
• The number of overall stitches per round is indicated in brackets.
• Increases are made:
o by working two stitches into 1 stitch of the previous row (eg 2sc into 1st)
o or by using the previous stitch of the previous round (eg dcp)
• The first stitch of each round is worked into the slip stitch, so that the join always
stays at the same position.

Abbreviations: st = stitch
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
fpdc = front post double crochet
scp = single crochet into previous stitch
dcp = double crochet into previous stitch

round 0 (A): 8 hdc into magic ring, close with sl st into back loop of 1. st,
tighten the ring (8st)

round 1 (B): ch, 2sc into each st, sl st (16st)

From now on you repeat the indicated ()* part 8 times in each round.

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round 2 (A): ch, (2sc into 1st, 1dc)*, sl st (24st)

From now on I joined the new color in the sl st.

round 3 (B): ch, (2sc, 2sc into 1st)*, (32st)

round 4 (A): sl st, ch, (2sc into 1st, 1sc, 1fpdc, 1sc)*, (40st)

front post double crochet

round 5 (B): sl st, ch, (1sc, 2sc into 1st, 1dc, 1sc, 1dc)*, (48st)

round 6 (A): sl st, ch, (4sc, 1fpdc, 2sc into 1st)*, (56st)

round 7 (B): sl st, ch, (1sc, 2sc into 1st, 1sc, 1fpdc, 1sc, 1fpdc, 1sc)*, (64st)

round 8 (A): sl st, ch, (1dc, 2dc into 1st, 1dc, 1sc, 1fpdc, 1sc, 1dc)*, (64st)

round 9 (B): sl st, ch, (1sc, 2sc into 1st, 2sc, 1fpdc, 1sc, 1fpdc, 1sc)*, (72st)

round 10 (A): sl st, ch, (3dc, 2sc, 2fpdc into 1st, 2sc)*, (72st)

round 11 (B): sl st, ch, (1sc, 2sc into 1st, 1sc, 1dc, 4sc, 1dc)* (80st)

round 12 (A): sl st, ch, (2sc, 1dc, 3scp, 4dc, 1sc)*, (88st)

round 13 (B): sl st, ch, (2dc, 1sc, 2dc, 6sc)*, (88st)

round 14 (A): sl st, ch, (2sc, 2fpdc into 1 st, 2sc, 2dc, 2sc, 2dc)*, (96st)

round 15 (B): sl st, ch, (1sc, 1dc, 2sc, 1dc, 3sc, 2dc, 2sc)*, (96st)

round 16 (A): sl st, ch, (1dc, 1sc, 2dc into 1st, 1dc, 1sc, 2dc, 4sc, 1dc)*, (104st)

round 17 (B): sl st, ch, (8sc, 4dc, 1sc)*, (104st)

round 18 (A): sl st, ch, (7dc, 2sc, 2sc into 1st, 3sc)*. (112st)

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round 19 (B): sl st, ch, (3sc, 2sc into 1st, 3sc, 2dc, 3sc, 2dc)*, (120st)

round 20 (A): sl st, ch, (1sc, 2dc, 2dc into 1st, 2dc, 4sc, 2sc into 1st, 3sc, (128st)

round 21 (B): sl st, ch, (1dc, 6sc, 2dc, 5sc, 2sc into 1st, 1dc)*, (136st)

round 22 (A): sl st, ch, (2sc, 4dc, 6sc, 2sc into 1st, 4sc)*, (144st)

round 23 (B): sl st, ch, (2dc, 1sc, 2sc into 1st, 2sc, 2dc, 2sc, 1dcp, 1sc, 1dc, 1sc,
1dc, 1sc, 1dc, 2scp)*, (160st)

round 24 (A): sl st, ch, (4sc, 2dcp, 4scp, 2dc, 1sc, 1dc, 1sc, 1dc, 1sc, 1dc, 1sc,
2dc)*, (168st)

insert here for scp

insert here for dcp

Finish: sl st into each stitch,

you can add a little hanger by making some chains

It is normal if the potholder doesn’t lie absolutely flat, since the increases weren’t
made regularly in each round.
I recommend to block and/or carefully steam the potholder to get a perfect flat, round
shape

The pictures on the following pages show the result after each round.

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4 5
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6 7 8

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12 13 14

15 16 17

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21 22 23

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finish with 1 round of sl st plus a little

hanger

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 FINISHED!!!

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