Rose Hot Pad
Hot pads are little things that create comfort and a special atmosphere in our kitchens. You can crochet them quickly, and no special skills are required. Moreover, it is a great way to use up yarn scraps.

**Finished item diameter – 21 cm.
What you will need:
- yarn, 100% acrylic, 100 g per 180 m, in yellow, orange, white, and green colors;
- crochet hook size 1.3 mm.
## How to crochet
The hot pad consists of two parts – the top and the bottom.
## Top part
Start with yellow yarn. Crochet 6 ch, join into a ring with a slip stitch.
Next:
Row 1: 5 ch, (dc in ring, 2 ch) x 7, join with a sl st into the third ch of the initial 5 ch chain. You get 8 dc and 8 arches of 2 ch each;
Row 2: (sc, 1 ch, 4 dc, 1 ch, sc) – in each 2 ch arch around, join with a sl st into the first stitch (= 8 petals);
Row 3: (4 ch, sc in sc between petals of the second row) - around, join with a sl st into the first stitch (= 8 arches of 4 ch);
Row 4: (sc, 1 ch, 6 dc, 1 ch, sc) – in each 4 ch arch around, join with a sl st into the first stitch (= 8 petals);
Row 5: (4 ch, sc in sc between petals of the fourth row) - around, join with a sl st into the first stitch (= 8 arches of 4 ch);
Row 6: (sc, 1 ch, 8 dc, 1 ch, sc) – in each 4 ch arch around, join with a sl st into the first stitch (= 8 petals).
Cut the yellow yarn, attach the orange yarn and crochet with a 1.3 mm hook (sc, 3 ch, sc) into each stitch of the petal. Cut the yarn.
## Continue crocheting the hot pad with green yarn:
Row 7: attach the yarn between any petals on the wrong side. Crochet (7 ch, sc) between the next 2 petals on the wrong side around. Join with a sl st into the first stitch. (= 8 arches of 7 ch);
Row 8: 1 ch, (sc, dc, 7 tr, dc, sc) – in each 7 ch arch around (= 8 petals). Cut the yarn.
Attach white yarn into any second tr of any petal and continue:
Row 9: 7 ch, skip 3 tr, sc in the next stitch, (5 ch, tr in the 1st stitch of the next petal, 5 ch, sc in the second tr of the same petal, 7 ch; skip 3 tr, sc in the next stitch) x7, 5 ch, tr in the 1st stitch of the next petal, 5 ch, join with a sl st into the 1st stitch. Cut the yarn.
## Bottom part
Start with white yarn:
Row 1: 6 ch, join into a ring with a sl st, 3 ch, 11 dc in ring, join with a sl st to the top of the 3 ch chain (= 12 dc);
Row 2: 4 ch, 2 tr in each stitch around, join the row (= 24 tr);
Row 3: 4 ch, 2 tr in each stitch around, join the row (= 48 tr);
Row 4: 4 ch, (2 tr in the next stitch, tr in the next stitch) around to the last stitch, work 2 tr in it, join the row (= 72 tr);
Row 5: 3 ch, (2 dc in the next stitch, dc in the next three stitches, 2 dc in the next stitch, dc in the next four stitches) – repeat for the entire row, join the row (= 88 dc).
## Assembly
Place the parts of the hot pad with right sides facing up and crochet around through the loops of the bottom part and the arches of the top part: (3 sc in the 7 ch arch, 4 sc in each of the next two 5 ch arches). Join the row with a sl st into the first stitch. Cut the yarn.
Attach yellow yarn with a sc into any stitch, skip the next stitch and repeat: (5 dc in the next stitch, skip the next stitch, sc in the next stitch, skip the next stitch), 12 ch (this will be a hanging loop, if you choose to make one), sl st into the same stitch. Cut the yarn.
## Edging
Edge all petals of the last yellow row with orange yarn, working (sc, 3 ch, sc) into each stitch. Cut the yarn.




Beautiful pattern! I would still sew a fabric lining underneath - to hold the shape, and it would be more practical too.