MATERIALS:
Red Heart 4 ply yarn in Aran (one 8 oz skein easily made 4 place mats), Black, Hunter Green, Cornmeal, White and Warm Brown, G crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge, needle to take yarn
FINISHED SIZE: 12 1\2” X 14”
Gauge: 4 dc sts = 1”, 2 rows dc = 1”, 4 sc sts = 1”, 4 rows sc = 1”
HEAD:
With Aran yarn and G hook ch-4, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-1 work 12 dc in ring, sl st top beg dc, ch-1, turn. (12 sts)
RND 2: 2 dc ea st around, sl st top beg dc, ch-1, turn. (24 sts)
RND 3-4: (2 dc next st, dc next st) around, sl st top beg dc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)(54 sts)
ROW 5: (2 dc next, dc next 5) 8 times, leaving remaining sts unworked, ch-1, turn. (56 sts)
ROW 6: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, (2 dc next st, dc next 5 sts) 8 times, (dc dec next 2 sts) twice, ch-1, turn. (60 sts)
ROW 7: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, dc next st, (2 dc next st, dc next 4 sts) 10 times, dc next st, (dc dec next 2 sts) twice, ch-1, turn. (66 sts)
ROW 8: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, dc next 2 sts, (2 dc next st, dc next 4 sts) 11 times, dc next st, (dc dec next 2 sts) twice, ch-1, turn. (73 sts)
ROW 9: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, (2 dc next st, dc next 4 sts) 13 times, (dc dec next 2 sts) twice, join warm brown, ch-1, fasten off aran, turn. (81 sts)
ROW 10: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, (2 dc next st, dc next 5 sts) twice, (2 trc next st, trc next 5 sts) 8 times, trc next st, (2 dc next st, dc next 5 sts) twice, (dc dec next 2), ch-1, turn. (89 sts)
ROW 11: (Dc dec next 2 sts) twice, 2 dc next st, dc next 8 sts, (2 trc next st, trc next 7 sts) 8 times, 2 dc next st, dc next 7 sts, (dc dec next 2 sts) twice, fasten off. (94 sts)
HAT:
ROW 1: With Hunter Green yarn and G hook ch-54, dc 3rd ch from hook, dc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (52 sts)