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Cluster V Stitch Hot Pad Free Crochet Pattern

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Cluster V Stitch Hot Pad – Free Pattern


These Cluster V Stitch Hot Pads are a great beginner project where you can learn a new stitch and create something useful for your more at the same time.

Use scrap yarn from bigger projects to make a set of these hot pads and gift them to your friends and family. They make a great gift set paired with a set of utensils or homemade seasoning blends.

Use these hot pads to protect surfaces from hot pots and dishes, and decorate your kitchen.

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I used the cluster v stitch pattern to create these hot pads. Subscribe to Crafting Happiness YouTube Channel to save the video if you want to create bigger projects with this stitch.

How To Crochet The Cluster V Stitch

Pattern Notes


Level

  • easy

Project Size/ Gauge

  • 22cm wide by 22cm tall
  • 10ts = 5cm in cluster v stitch

Pattern Characteristics

  • pot holders
  • household items

Yarn Used

  • Deramores Studio Aran
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Supplies

  • gardenia or aster (for the single color version)
  • ash (A) & watermelon (B) (for the two-color version)
  • 5mm crochet hook
  • sewing needle with an eye big enough to fit your yarn

Abbreviations


Written in US terms.

  • st(s) – stitch(es)
  • ch – chain
  • sk – skip
  • sc – single crochet
  • dc – double crochet
  • dc2tog – double crochet 2 together
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Cluster V Stitch Hot Pads Crochet Pattern


  • dc2tog stitch is explained in detail in the Special Stitches section for the V Stitch Cluster Tutorial
  • ch3 at the beginning of the row counts as a dc
  • the stitches contained within the ** are the repeat section
  • the number at the end of each row is the number of stitches you should have

Single Color Version

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Starting Chain: ch29
Row 1: dc2tog in the 6th ch from the hook, ch1, dc2tog in the same chain, *sk2, dc2tog in the next ch, ch1, dc2tog in the same chain*, repeat until you have 2ch left, sk1, dc in the last ch, turn = 26
Row 2: *ch3, dc2tog in the ch space from the previous row, ch1, dc2tog in the same ch space*, repeat until you crocheted in the last ch space from the previous row, sk1, dc in the last stitch = 26

Repeat row 2 until the hot pad is 19cm tall (in my case 9 more rows), don’t fasten off.

Single Crochet Border

Continue from the corner where you finished your last row going, down the side.

Round 1: *2sc around each dc row*, repeat until you reach the next corner, 3sc in the corner, sc in each st across the bottom of the piece until you reach the next corner, 3sc in the corner, *2sc around each dc row*, repeat until you reach the next corner, 3sc in that corner, sc in each st along the top part of the piece until you reach the corner, 3sc in that corner, sl st in the first sc you made in this round, ch1, don’t turn

Round 2: *sc in each st along the side until you reach the corner st (the 2nd sc of the 3sc you previously made in the corner), 3sc in the corner st*, repeat on each side of the piece (4 times in total), sl st in the first sc you made in this round, ch8, sl st in the next st, fasten off, weave in the ends.

Two-Color Version

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For these hot pads, I chose to carry the yarn along and crochet over the color I am not using. You can choose to cut the yarn at every color change and weave in the ends.

With color A
Starting Chain: ch29
Row 1: dc2tog in the 6th ch from the hook, ch1, dc2tog in the same chain, *sk2, dc2tog in the next ch, ch1, dc2tog in the same chain*, repeat until you have 2ch left, sk1, dc in the last ch, turn = 26
Change to color B
Row 2: *ch3, dc2tog in the ch space from the previous row, ch1, dc2tog in the same ch space*, repeat until you crocheted in the last ch space from the previous row, sk1, dc in the last stitch = 26
Change to color A
Row 2: *ch3, dc2tog in the ch space from the previous row, ch1, dc2tog in the same ch space*, repeat until you crocheted in the last ch space from the previous row, sk1, dc in the last stitch = 26

Repeat rows 2 & 3 until the hot pad is 19cm tall (in my case 4 more repeats), don’t fasten off.

Single Crochet Border

Continue with color A from the corner where you finished your last row.

Round 1: *2sc around each dc row*, repeat until you reach the next corner, 3sc in the corner, sc in each st across the bottom of the piece until you reach the next corner, 3sc in the corner, *2sc around each dc row*, repeat until you reach the next corner, 3sc in that corner, sc in each st along the top part of the piece until you reach the corner, 3sc in that corner, sl st in the first sc you made in this round, ch1, don’t turn

Round 2: *sc in each st along the side until you reach the corner st (the 2nd sc of the 3sc you previously made in the corner), 3sc in the corner st*, repeat on each side of the piece (4 times in total), sl st in the first sc you made in this round, ch8, sl st in the next st, fasten off, weave in the ends.

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