Front of hotpad
The grid is created in multiples of 3 - each square consists of a dc, ch 2, dc - must be odd numbers of squares when you have the finished grid.
(Sample hotpad is created on a 13 X 13 square. The sample grid is 23 X 23 squares.)
MATERIALS:
Bedspread thread
Size 1 steel crochet hook
DIRECTIONS:
Chain 71. Dc in 5th chain from hook, * ch 2, sk next 2 chains of beginning ch and dc in next st *. Repeat from * to * across to end of chain. (23 squares). Chain 5, turn (counts as beginning dc and ch 2).
Work back and forth on grid, dc ch 2, dc - chain 5 at beginning of each row and end with a dc.
Find center square.
In the pictoral sample, each blank space has 5 dc, remove hook from work, slip into center st of next 5 dc, draw crochet loop through and do 5 dc on next post.
The second way is to work 5dc on a blank post, sl st across next 5 dc and continue around.
In EACH corner, using either manner, you will sl st around the 10 dc that you made on the next to the last row.
When I do this as a solid colors (rather than changing colors on every row), I sl st across the first five dc of the finished row in order to get to the next row.
