Prynhawn Da is Welsh for ‘Good Afternoon’, and an afternoon tea accompanied by these place settings would be a good afternoon indeed. The Pi shawl construction allows a natural and elegant development of the pattern from coaster to place mat.
The pattern suggests making 2 of each of coaster and placemat in each of three colours.
Yarn Weight: heavyweight lace / light 4ply
Yarn
- Rico Design Essentials Crochet (Heavyweight Lace, 100% Mercerized Cotton, 280m/50g),
- 1 ball each in: White 00, Turquoise 010, Pink 021
- Each coaster uses 3.5g/20m yarn, each placemat uses 10g/56m yarn
Needles
- 2.5mm crochet hook for cast-on only
- 3mm DPNs, 15cm, set of 5 (or needles for preferred method of working small in the round circumferences
Notions
- 1 stitch marker
- Tapestry Needle
Finished Measurements
- Coaster: block points to 16cm diameter (relaxes to approx. 14cm)
- Place mat: block points to 28cm diameter (relaxes to approx. 25cm)
Tension
- As each item is a small circular Pi-construction knit, stitch tension changes every round and cannot be reliably measured on this small scale.
- Rnd tension: 10cm = 29 rnds measured over patt whilst blocking.
Notes
- When transferring sts to DPNs, place beg of rnd st marker at midpoint of one DPN.
- Adjust number of DPNs in use and position of sts as stitch count increases so each DPN has 2 complete pattern repeats (16sts) by the time Chart A is reached.
- You may find it easiest to place sts onto 2 DPNs initially after the cast-on and increase number of DPNs in use as stitch count increases.