BEERCAP HOT PAD CROCHET
Get creative with this free crochet pattern. Using beer caps as your base, you can make a really
neat hot pad pattern. You'll love the end result.
SIZE
6.5 inches across
MATERIALS
Aunt Lydia's Classic Crochet (Size 10); need approximately 75 yards
Size 9/1.40MM crochet hook
19 beer caps of your choice
Sewing needle
GAUGE
24 dc/12 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch
PATTERN NOTES
Ch = Chain
Dc = Double Crochet
Sc = Single Crochet
Sc Dec = Single Crochet Decrease (Insert hook in first stitch indicated, yo, pull up loop, insert
hook in second stitch indicated, yo, pull up loop, yo, pull thru remaining 3 loops on hook.)
Sl St = Slip Stitch
PATTERN
Cap Cover
Ch 5, slst to first stitch to join.
Ch 3, 15 dc in ring, slst to join at top of ch 3. Make sure to dc over the tail of the chain to hide it.
(16 dc)
Ch 2, sc in same st, *sc 3, 2 sc in next st*, repeat between * two more times, sc 3, slst with top of
Beg ch to join (20 sts)
Ch 2, sc in every st around, slst with top of Beg ch to join. (20 sts)
Ch 3, dc in every st around, slst with top of Beg ch to join. (20 sts)
Sc Dec around, slst with top of Beg ch to join (10 sts)
Sc dec around, slst with top of Beg ch to join (5 sts)
Break thread and weave through remaining 5 loops, tie closed and weave in ends.
FINISHING
Using scrap crochet cotton, sew 6 cover caps around one central cap on the underneath side
where they touch. Then join 12 covered caps around the six. You can mix and match color
however you like, so use you imagination!