This original pattern is inspired by the pictured mat. It creates orange and dark brown rings, openwork, textured stitches, and a scalloped border; it is not an exact reconstruction of the design in the image.
Materials
- Cotton yarn in bright orange and dark brown: approximately 250–350 m total
- 4 mm crochet hook, or a size suitable for your yarn
- Yarn needle and scissors
- Stitch marker
Finished size depends on your yarn, tension, and blocking.
US crochet terms
- ch: chain
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- dc: double crochet
- inc: 2 dc in the same stitch
- BPdc: back post double crochet
- ch-sp: chain space
For a BPdc, insert the hook from back to front to back around the post of the indicated stitch, then complete a double crochet.
Before you begin
Work in joined rounds without turning. At the beginning of a dc round, ch 2; this does not count as a stitch. Join each round with a sl st into its first stitch. Instructions in brackets are repeated around.
Orange center
Round 1: Make a magic ring. Ch 2, work 12 dc into the ring. Tighten and join. 12 stitches
Round 2: Inc in every stitch. Join. 24 stitches
Round 3: [Dc in next stitch, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 36 stitches
Round 4: [Dc in next 2 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 48 stitches
Round 5: [Dc in next 3 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 60 stitches
Round 6: [Dc in next 4 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 72 stitches
Round 7: [Dc in next 5 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 84 stitches
Round 8: [Dc in next 6 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 96 stitches
Orange openwork ring
Round 9: Ch 4, counting as the first dc and ch 1. Skip the next stitch. [Dc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch] around. Join into the third chain of the starting ch 4. 48 dc and 48 spaces
Round 10: Ch 2. [Dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-1 space] around. Join. 144 stitches
Dark brown textured ring
Change to dark brown during the joining slip stitch.
Round 11: Ch 2. Dc in every stitch around. Join. 144 stitches
Round 12: Ch 2. [BPdc around each of the next 8 stitches, 2 BPdc around the next stitch] around. Join. 160 stitches
Round 13: Ch 2. [Dc in next 9 stitches, inc in next stitch] around. Join. 176 stitches
Round 14: Ch 2. [BPdc around each of the next 10 stitches, 2 BPdc around the next stitch] around. Join. 192 stitches
Orange lace border
Change to orange.
Round 15: Ch 1. [Sc in next stitch, ch 3, skip next 2 stitches] around. Join into first sc. 64 chain spaces
Round 16: Sl st into the first ch-3 space. Ch 1 and sc in that space. [Ch 3, sc in next ch-3 space] around, ending with ch 3 and a sl st into the first sc. 64 chain spaces
Round 17: Sl st into the first ch-3 space. Ch 1. [Sc in current space, 7 dc in next space] around. Join into first sc. 32 scallops
Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends securely. Wet-block the mat on a flat surface, gently shaping it into a circle and spreading the scallops evenly. Let it dry completely before placing it on your table.
For the final display, use an orange pumpkin bowl in the center and LED candles nearby. To show the crochet clearly in your video, reveal the mat on its own first.