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Free Crochet Pattern Pop Tab Checks Hot Pad
Materials: 2-3 oz worsted weight yarn in Hunter Green, size H crochet hook and 52 pop tabs.
Gauge: 5 hdc sts = 1-1]\2”, 6 rows hdc = 2”
Finished Size: 8” X 9”
Special Stitches:
PTH = Pop Tab Half Double Crochet.  Work as you would for a normal hdc, yo, inset hook into st, slide a pop tab right side toward you onto your hook, yo and pull through all loops to complete stitch.
DPTH = Double Pop Tab Half Double Crochet. Work as you would for a normal hdc, yo, inset hook into st, slide the second opening in the pop tab worked in a previous row, then side a pop tab right side toward you onto your hook, yo and pull through all loops to complete stitch.
FINPTH = Finish Pop Tab Half Double Crochet. Work as you would for a normal hdc, yo, inset hook into st, slide the second opening in the pop tab worked in a previous row,  yo and pull through all loops to complete stitch and finish attaching the pop tabs.
Pot Holder Front:
ROW 1: With Green and H hook ch-26, sc 2nd ch from hook, sc ea ch across, ch-1, turn.  (25 sts)
ROW 2: * (Hdc next st, PTH next st) twice, Hdc next 6 sts * rep bet ** twice, hdc next st, PTH next st, hdc last st, ch-1, turn.
ROW 3: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn.
ROW 4:  * (Hdc next st, DPTH next st) twice, Hdc next 6 sts * rep bet ** twice, hdc next st, DPTH next st, hdc last st, ch-1, turn.
ROW 5: Rep row 3.
ROW 6: * (Hdc next st, FINPTH next st) twice, hdc next st, (hdc next st, PTH next st) twice * rep bet ** twice, hdc next st, FINPTH next st, hdc last st, ch-1, turn.
By Donna Collinsworth of Donna’s Crochet Designs