Baroco Placemat

Design by Miroslava Mihalkova from Exquisite Crochet UK.

The Baroco Placemat, Christmas crochet tablemat, is a wonderful addition to your Christmas table décor that will add a beautiful personal touch to your festive dining experience. Bring on the mince pies and hot chocolate!

The placemat is made using Tunisian crochet and stranded colourwork technique and two colours. Both strands of yarn are carried at the back of the work and long floats are trapped on the consecutive row of work. Blocking the placemat at the ends is essential to ameliorate for the curling and evening out stitches.

Finished Size: The final Christmas crochet tablemat measurements (blocked): Small 38 cm x 35.5 cm (approx. 15 x 14)” Large 56 cm x 43 cm (approx. 22 x 17)”

Materials

• Hobbii Friends Wool (100% Wool | Worsted weight | 50 g (1.75 oz) = 100 m (109 yds)), (#114) Sage 1 (2) ball(s) (A), (#55) Mulberry 1 (2) ball(s) (B)
• Tunisian crochet hook size 6.5 mm (US size K/10.5) with cable (at least 25.5 cm (10”)) or size to obtain the gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Skill Level: Easy

Techniques: Chain, Tunisian crochet technique (alternating forward and return passes), Tunisian simple stitch (tss), stranded colourwork, Tunisian simple stitch bind-off, blocking.