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Easter Egg Place Mat
Free Crochet Pattern
By Donna Collinsworth  of Donna’s Crochet Designs
MATERIALS:
Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn in the following colors: Lemon Custard, White, Sweet Pink, Iced Mint, Blue Bon-Bon, Baby Pink and Baby Blue, size H crochet hook or hook to obtain gauge and needle to take yarn.
Gauge: 4 sts = 1”, 4 rows pattern = 1”, 4 hdc = 1”, 3 rows hdc = 1”
Finished size: 12” x 16-1\2” with egg boarder.  
PLACE MAT:
ROW 1: With Lemon Custard yarn and H hook ch-57, sc 2nd ch from hook, (dc next ch, sc next ch) across to last ch, dc last ch, ch-1, turn.  (56 sts)
ROW 2-32: (Sc next st, dc next st) across, ch-1, turn.  End row 32 fasten off.
SOLID COLOR EGG:
ROW 1: With yarn and H hook ch-7, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn.  (5 sts)
ROW 2-3: 2 hdc 1st st, hdc across to last st, 2 hdc last st, ch-1, turn.  (7 sts)(9 sts)
ROW 4-5: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn.
ROW 6-10: Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. (8 sts)(7 sts)(6 sts)(5 sts)(4 sts)
RND 11: Sc ea st across, turn and evenly sc around egg, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.
-Make 3
EGG WITH SINGLE MIDDLE STRIPE:
ROW 1: With yarn A and H hook ch-7, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn.  (5 sts)
ROW 2: 2 hdc 1st st, hdc across to last st, 2 hdc last st, join yarn B, fasten off A, ch-1, turn.  (7 sts)
ROW 3: 2 hdc 1st st, hdc across to last st, 2 hdc last st, ch-1, turn.  (9 sts)
ROW 4-5: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn.  End row 5 join yarn A, fasten off yarn B.
ROW 6-10: Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. (8 sts)(7 sts)(6 sts)(5 sts)(4 sts)
RND 11: Sc ea st across, turn and evenly sc around egg, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.
-Make 7 in any color combinations
EGG WITH MULTI STRIPES:
ROW 1: With yarn A and H hook ch-7, hdc 3rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn.  (5 sts)
ROW 2: 2 hdc 1st st, hdc across to last st, 2 hdc last st, join yarn B, fasten off A, ch-1, turn.  (7 sts)
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