Do you know what today is? It’s the first day of National Crochet Month!

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That also means it’s the first day of Crochetville’s 5th Annual National Crochet Month Blog Tour! This year’s tour features 80 crochet designers, and you can get the schedule and more information here. Now, here’s where things get interesting. The tour theme is “glamping,” which, if you don’t know, is the sum of glamorous + camping. My last camping experience was over 20 years ago, and it was not particularly glamorous, so I was really at a loss for choosing a project to fit the theme.

Then, a little light bulb went off. You may remember that last August, while I was at BlogHer’16, I had the chance to hang out in this retro recreational vehicle (courtesy of Go RVing).

IF I was to go camping again, and IF I were to take a glamorous approach to camping, I’d want to be traveling in retro style. Nothing says retro style to me like home cooked food (in the RV’s kitchenette) and awesome colors.

When I started thinking about awesome, retro colors, I remembered my visit to the funtastic Hoooked booth at Creativation in January. Hoooked is a yarn company from the Netherlands that specializes in using upcycled materials to create vibrant yarns.

I came away from my visit to their amigurumi-filled booth with a sample of their signature t-shirt yarn, Zpagetti, and a smooth, bamboo crochet hook.Once I had the vibrant retro color in mind, I had to figure out how to incorporate the home cooked meal. (Remember, I’m going for retro style here!) And, that’s how I decided to design the Glamping Trivet. The t-shirt yarn has a heavier weight that most cotton, so it feels substantial underneath a pot. The high cotton content makes it safe for kitchen use, too.

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Glamping Trivet

Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter

Add a touch of color to your kitchen with this trivet. Made with a super bulky, upcycled cotton t-shirt yarn, this trivet works up quickly and maintains its shape with washing.

Finished Size

• Motif: 6” (15 cm) square.

Materials

• Hoooked Zpagetti (Baby Cone) yarn (92% recycled cotton/8% other recycled fibers, 6 oz/170 g/27.25 yd/25 m) – 1 skein, or approximately 18 yd (16.5 m) in any super bulky weight yarn. NOTE: If you plan to use this as a trivet, I recommend a yarn with at least 90% cotton content to prevent melting.
• US Size N-15/10 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
• Yarn needle.

Gauge

• Finished motif = 6” (15 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.

Abbreviations Used in This Pattern

• ch – chain
• ea – each
• dc – double crochet
• rep – repeat
• sc – single crochet
• sk – skip
• sl st – slip stitch
• sp – space
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• [] {} Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
• () Work instructions between parentheses into same st or sp.

Pattern Instructions

Trivet

• Ch 4, sk 3 ch, join with sl st.
• Round 1: [Ch 3, sc in ring] 4 times, do not join. — 4 sc + 4 ch-3 sp
• Round 2: [(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-3 sp, sc in next st] 4 times, join with sl st to first sc. — 20 sc + 4 ch-2 sp
• Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st and next st, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp, sc in next 5 sts] 3 times, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp, sc in next 3 sts, join with sl st to first sc. — 28 sc + 4 ch-2 sp
• Round 4: Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch-1 sp), sk 1 st, dc in next st, [(dc, ch 3, dc) in next ch-2 sp, {dc in next st, ch 1, sk 1 st 3 times, dc in next st} 3 times, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next ch-2 sp, [dc in next st, ch 1, sk 1 st] twice, join with sl st to third ch. Fasten off. — 24 dc + 12 ch-1 sp + 4 ch-3 sp

Finishing

• With yarn needle, weave in ends.

© 2017 by Marie Segares (Underground Crafter). This pattern is for personal use only. You may use the pattern to make unlimited items for yourself, for charity, or to give as gifts. You may sell items you personally make by hand from this pattern. Do not violate Marie’s copyright by distributing this pattern or the photos in any form, including but not limited to scanning, photocopying, emailing, or posting on a website or internet discussion group. If you want to share the pattern, point your friends to this link: http://undergroundcrafter.com/2017/03/01/free-pattern-glamping-trivet. Thanks for supporting indie designers!

If you make your own Glamping Trivet, I’d love to see it! Share your progress and questions by tagging me on Facebook as @Underground Crafter, Instragram as @ucrafter, or Twitter as @ucrafter. Sign up for my weekly newsletter and get a coupon code for your choice of one of my premium patterns and other subscriber goodies. Plus, you’ll never miss one of my free patterns again!

Add the Glamping Trivet to your Ravelry favorites or queue.

If you want an easy print format, you can buy an ad-free PDF version on Craftsy.