October Placemats

[Tampa Doll]

I have made this pattern several times and each time it is for a holiday.  This time it is for October which includes Halloween, hence the colors of orange, green and dark brown.  One is trimmed in gold and one in green.  This is an easy pattern and as you can see very versatile depending on the 3 colors are.

 

[Y.Marie]

Beautiful placemats Tampa Doll.

[Lacycrochet]

Those are really nice, love the checker board.

[ReniC]

Wow! Popping with Fall colors. Love them!

[LegalWoman17]

Those are really nice, Mary Jo.  May I come live with you so I can have pretty things like that??  LOL 

[TATS]

Love the autumn colors! Thank you for sharing! 🙂 

[Horsy]

Hey, nice! I never did learn how to make a multi-colour project such as yours.  Surely there must be some special technique so that you don't have to keep cutting the yarn a hundred times over.  

[Tampa Doll]

You carry the yarn over.  This is 2 colors per line.  You also carry the one color from one row to another.

[Apak]

They are great and festive!

[Horsy]

@Tampa Doll:  Thanks for giving me your instructions for mullti-coloured projects!  Must be a bit messy on the wrong side, though...  😊

Edited October 23, 2023 by Horsy

[RecycleCindy]

Oh these are so pretty and festive!

[Tampa Doll]

On 10/23/2023 at 5:10 PM, Horsy said:

@Tampa Doll:  Thanks for giving me your instructions for mullti-coloured projects!  Must be a bit messy on the wrong side, though...  😊

Actually, the back looks like the front.  I will try and get a picture of the back for you.  You actually crochet over the yarn you are carrying.

[Courtney0508]

Wow, those are absolutely beautiful Mary Jo! I just love the colors!

[Tampa Doll]

Thank you, sometimes trying to clean out the yarn helps.

[Horsy]

On 10/25/2023 at 11:47 AM, Tampa Doll said:

Actually, the back looks like the front.  I will try and get a picture of the back for you.  You actually crochet over the yarn you are carrying.

I will take your word for it, though I certainly would like to see a photo!  This is all news to me about "crochet[ing] over the yarn..."

[Tampa Doll]

On 10/26/2023 at 8:50 PM, Horsy said:

I will take your word for it, though I certainly would like to see a photo!  This is all news to me about "crochet[ing] over the yarn..."

Here is the back of the placemats.  The whole back and the corner.

 

[Horsy]

Holycow.  If you should accidentally place your mats wrong side up, nobody would really notice.  The opposing colours kind of peeking thru the main ones are not a distraction, on the wrong side -  not in my view anyway.   Thanks for showing us.  I really love your work.  

[Tampa Doll]

Thank you very much and glad to show you.  When I do graph ghans it is done the same way.

Have a fun day.

[Granny Square]

Tampa Doll, I missed these earlier, these are so pretty! 

Horsey, what Tampa Doll is describing is Tapestry Crochet, it is easy to do.  

https://tapestrycrochet.com/     This website has a lot of information on this technique, including how to do it for the best effect in the round.

[Horsy]

@Granny Square:  Many thanks for that link on tapestry crochet.  I've never even heard of such a thing...   😊  Just one more thing to learn!