Granny Circle Placemats in Cotton Pure

Set the table for summer with a splash of color and a serving of vintage charm! Our crocheted Granny Circle Placemats bring handmade beauty to everything from kitchen table breakfasts to sunset dinners under twinkling string lights. Crochet your set with Cotton Pure, our 100% organically grown cotton yarn that’s as fresh and colorful as a garden bouquet.

This easy crochet pattern takes the classic design of the granny square and spins it in a circle. You’ll start at the center and work your way out, building layer upon layer of those satisfying clusters of double crochets. Finish up with a colorful edge and your new placemat is ready to adorn your table… It just needs a few friends!

Cotton Pure is a cotton yarn with the perfect blend of beauty and practicality, soft and supple in your hands yet durable enough to toss in the washer and dryer without worry. This sport-weight yarn is beautiful to look at, too, with a big palette of colors that sings of summer, from dappled birch groves and blooming wildflower fields to sun-warmed stone patios and linens fluttering on the line! 

Each Granny Circle Placemat uses just one skein of your main yarn color, plus just a little bit of your contrast color. Whether you crochet a coordinated set, play with inversions, or mix up a riot of colors like we did, you’ll find endless inspiration for your summer table… All that’s missing is a clink of glasses, something delicious to pass around, and the laughter of a gathering well underway!

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Designed by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes.

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Materials

To make one placemat, you will need…

• Purl Soho’s Cotton Pure, 100% organically grown cotton yarn. Each skein of this sport-weight yarn is 279 yards/ 100 grams.
  • Main Color (MC): 1 skein; approximately 240 yards required
  • Contrast Color (CC): 1 skein; approximately 34 yards required
• A size E (3.5 mm) crochet hook

Making a set? One skein of CC will make up to 8 placemats! Just be sure to pick up a skein of MC for every placemat you plan to crochet, or switch the MC and CC for a set of 2 placemats, using only 2 skeins.

We used the following colors for our set of 6 samples…

• MC Heirloom White; CC Peach Peony for one and CC Mineral Blue for the other
• MC Alabaster Cream; CC Waterdrop Blue for one and CC Honey Yellow for the other
• MC Warm Rock; CC Pink Smoke for one and CC Coastal Blue for the other

GAUGE

Rounds 1–5 in pattern = 4 inches diameter

SIZE

Finished Diameter: 14 inches

NOTE

PHOTOS

We originally shared this pattern with step-by-step photos. If you’d like to consult them as you crochet your placemat, please visit our original Granny Circle Placemats story!

PATTERN

With Main Color (MC), begin with an adjustable loop (also known as a Magic Ring).

Round 1 (right side): Chain (ch) 3, and continuing to work in ring, double crochet (dc), [ch 1, 2 dc] 5 times, ch 1, slip stitch (sl st) in top of beginning ch-3 to join (here and throughout).

Round 2: Sl st in next st, (sl st, ch 3, dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next space, *ch 1, (2 dc, ch 1, 2dc) in next space, repeat from * to end of round, ch 1, join.

Round 3: Sl st in next st, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next space, *ch 1, 3 dc in next space, repeat from * to end of round, ch 1, join.

Round 4: Sl st in next 2 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next space, *ch 1, 3 dc in next space, repeat from * to end of round, chain 1, join.

Round 5: Sl st in next 2 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, *ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, repeat from * to end of round, ch 1, join.

Rounds 6 and 7: Repeat Round 4 two times.

Round 8: Sl st in next 2 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next space, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, *ch 1, 3 dc in next space, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, repeat from * to end of round, ch 1, join.

Rounds 9–11: Repeat Round 4 three times.

Round 12: Sl st in next 2 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 2 dc) in next space, ch 1, 3 dc in next space, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, *[ch 1, 3 dc in next space] 2 times, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, repeat from * to end of round, ch 1, join.

Rounds 13–15: Repeat Round 4 three times.

Round 16: Repeat Round 12.

Rounds 17 and 18: Repeat Round 4 two times.

Cut MC and fasten off.

EDGING

With Contrast Color (CC), join to any stitch or space with sl st.

Next Round: Ch 2, half double crochet in each st and space to end of round, sl st in top of beginning ch-2 to join.

Cut CC and fasten off.

Weave in all ends and block as desired.

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