Free Crochet Pattern: Snowflake Trivet
This pattern works up real nice and quick-like. So make a bunch — they look great arranged in groups on your holiday table. Or, stitch a bunch of these together to make a table runner.
Here are the terms you need to know: skip (sk), stitch (st), space (spc), chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), half-double crochet (hdc), double crochet (dc), treble (tr), and picot.
Snowflake Trivet Pattern
Finished Size: 6”
Materials:
worsted weight 100% cotton yarn, 5.00mm hook, large blunt needle (try changing yarn and hook sizes for different looks, but use cotton if you need heat-resistance)
Ch 6,join with sl st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch1, 12 sc in ring, join. (12 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in same st. (ch 3, sk next sc, sc in next sc) around to last sc. Ch 1, hdc in first sc to form last loop. (6 loops)
Rnd 3: Ch 6, sl st in third ch from hook, dc in same loop. (ch 5, dc in next lp, ch 3, picot, dc in same lp) around. Ch 2, dc in first dc to form last lp.
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc, hdc, ch 6. (sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc, ch 6) around. Sc, hdc, dc in first lp. Join to first ch 3 to complete rnd.
Rnd 5: (Ch 6, dc in next lp, picot, dc in same lp, ch 6, sl st in middle tr) around. Join. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Finito! Please feel free to use this pattern for your own personal enjoyment or for gift giving, but please do not distribute this pattern or pass it off as your own. You may sell items made with this pattern, but please ask me first (you know the drill). Thanks!
What would it take to make this a dishcloth? Other than 100% cotton yarn?
Hi, Liz,
Technically. the cotton yarn will make it a dishcloth. However, it’s pretty lacy. If I were you, I’d choose a less open-work motif for a dishcloth. The flowering mum trivet in my patterns and tutorials page might be a slightly better option. Or, if you want a smaller scrubbie type cloth, any of the other motifs.
OR. If there is something specific you’re looking for, let me know and I can see what I can come up with
what do i do when it says picot in the pattern? Thx ( :
A picot is a term for a little “bump.” In this case, make the dc the pattern calls for, chain 3, then slip stitch in the top of the dc. This will make that little bump. Let me know if this makes sense!
Hi, could you tell me what the difference is between a skip (sk) and a space (spc)? Many thanks. I’m so pleased I’ve found your blog – your tutes are so understandable and clear.
Sure! Skip means to skip over a stitch from the previous round, and not work into that skipped stitch. A space refers to an actual space from the previous round (it may be a chain one space or greater), and usually (but not always), you’ll work a stitch into it. For example, a pattern might say “make 3 dc in next space,” or “work a shell into next ch6 space.”
Please let me know if this makes sense — my brain is mush from work!
I now feel I should slap my forehead and say “Doh!” I haven’t been to work so I have no excuse for my brain being mush! Thank you and sorry to all those who read the question and wondered if I’d been at the gin bottle all day long…….
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Bwah-haha! No worries, it’s a legit question
Rnd 4 should read…Rnd 4: Ch 3,dc, hdc, sc, ch 6 and then the rest of the instructions.