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Free Crochet Pattern - BANANA BUNCH POTHOLDER
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Banana Bunch Potholder
Materials: Crochet Cotton 1 Ball Each of Canary Yellow and Fudge Brown
Crochet Hook Steel 00
Yellow Felt
Large Banana (make 4):
With yellow ch 29, drop yellow, attach brown and ch 6.
Row 1 (wrong side): With brown sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in each of next 5
ch, keeping unused thread on wrong side of work, drop brown, pick up yellow, sc
in each of next 13 ch, 2 sc in next ch (an increase made), sc in each remaining
ch. Ch 5, turn (tip of banana). On all even rows, work in back loop of each st.
Row 2: Sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in each of next 3 ch, 2 sc in next sc, sc in
each remaining sc to within last 6 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next
4 sc, drop yellow, pick up brown, sl st in each of next 6 sls sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 3: With brown sl st in first 3 sl sts, drop brown, pick up yellow, sc in each
remaining st to within last 4 sl sts, sl st in each sl st. Ch , turn.
Row 4: Sl st in first 4 sl sts, sc in each sc to within last 4 sc, drop yellow, pick up
brown, sc in next 3 sc, sl st in each remaining st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 5: With brown sl st in first 4 sts, drop brown, pick up yellow, sc across to
within last 4 st sts, increasing 1 sc in center of row, sl st in each of last 4 sl sts.
Ch 1, turn.
Rows 6 & 7: Repeat 4th and 5th rows. Break off at end of 7th row. With brown
and right side facing, make 5 sc along tip of banana. Break off.
Small Banana (make 3):
With yellow, ch 26, drop yellow attach brown and ch 6.
Row 1: (right side of work): Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, break off brown, pick up
yellow, sl st in next 3 ch, sc in next 5 ch, 2 sc in each fo the next 2 ch, sc in each
remaining chain to within last 3 ch, sl st in next 3 ch. Ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Sc in each st across to within last 4 sl sts, sl st in each sl st. Ch 1, turn.
(Tip).
Row 3: Working in back loop of each st, sl st in first 4 sl sts, sc in each sc across
to within last 3 sts, increasing 1 sc in center of row, sl st in last 3 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows alternately 2 times more. Break off at end of last row.
With brown and right side facing, make 6 sc along edge of tip. Turn.
Next Row: Sl st in each sc across. Break off.
With brown, embroider markings in stem st on bananas as in pic. Arrange
bananas in a bunch, having large bananas overlap small bananas with tips
having free and first and 4th large bananas meeting at top edge of bunch.
Stem: With brown and right side facing, make 9 sc across top edge of first and
4th bananas, ch 8, sl st in first sc.
Rnd 1: Sc in each of next 2 sc, work off next 2 sc as 1 sc (a decrease), sc in next
4 sc, 8 sc in the ch-8 sp.
Rnds 2 to 5: Sc in each sc around, decreasing 2 sc evenly spaced on each rnd.
Break off at end of last rnd, leaving a 10-inch strand. Thread into a needle and
sew up opening. Line with felt. With brown, make a sc chain for hanging. Sew to
potholder.
