DESIGN BY LISA JAMES
35 x 45 inches
Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight yarn (7 oz/364 yds/198g per skein):
3 skeins each #365 coffee and #334 buff
2 skeins #311 white
Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
Tapestry needle
Square = 4½ inches square
Cookie = 2 inches in diameter
Join rounds with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated.
Rnd 1: With coffee, ch 6, join in first ch to form a ring, ch 1, 12 hdc in ring, join in beg hdc. (12 hdc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 hdc in each hdc around, join in beg hdc, fasten off. (24 hdc)
Make 63.
Rnds 1 & 2: With white, rep rnds 1 and 2 of Cookie. (24 hdc)
With a length of coffee and tapestry needle tack 2 Cookies tog with Cream at center. Continue until all 63 are completed.
Make 63.
Rnd 1: Attach buff with sl st in back lp (see Stitch Guide) of bottom coffee Cookie of stack, ch 2 (counts as first hdc), hdc in back lp of each of next 4 sts, (sl st, ch 5, sl st) in back lp of next st, [hdc in back lp of each of next 5 sts, (sl st, ch 5, sl st) in back lp of next st] 3 times, join in 2nd ch of beg ch-2. (20 hdc, 4 corner ch-5 sps)
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in each of next 4 hdc, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-5 sp, [dc in each of next 5 hdc, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-5 sp] 3 times, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (36 dc, 4 corner ch-3 sps)
Rnd 3: Ch 4 (counts as first tr), tr in each of next 6 dc, (2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr) in corner ch-3 sp, [tr in each of next 9 dc, (2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr) in next corner ch-3 sp] 3 times, tr in each of next 2 dc, join in 4th ch of beg ch-4, fasten off.
With a length of coffee and tapestry needle, holding 2 Squares with RS facing, whipstitch 13 tr across edge, leaving corner ch-3 sps free, fasten off. Whipstitch Squares tog 7 Squares x 9 Squares.
Rnd 1: Attach coffee with sl st in top right Square in first tr after corner ch-3 sp, ch 1, sc in first tr, sc in each of next 12 tr, *[sk next corner ch-3 sp, dc in corner ch-3 sp of next Square, dc in sk corner ch-3 sp, sc in each of next 13 tr] across to corner ch-3 sp, (dc in corner ch-3 sp, ch 1, dc around post of last dc, ch 3, dc in same corner ch-3 sp, ch 1, dc around post of last dc) in same corner ch-3 sp**, sc in each of next 12 tr, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc, fasten off.
Rnd 2: Join buff with sl st in any sc, ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, sc in each st around outer edge, join in beg sc, fasten off.
Rnd 3: Join coffee with sl st in center sc of any corner, [(ch 2, 2 hdc) in same sc, sk next 2 sc, sl st in next sc] around, fasten off.