The Whoopsadaisy Hittys’ summer cabin, Jolly Cottage, is a charming 1930s dollhouse with a ‘J’ on the front door, a pushpin doorbell, a classic eyebrow porch roof, and a windowbox filled with perennial millinery flowers.
18 months ago, Mrs. Sag requested a sweet and tasty watermelon doormat to echo the architectural colors of Jolly Cottage. After a couple of false starts, the Hittys now have the doormat just as they’re packing up summer and heading back to The Huggery before Fall Tornado Season replaces the relentless steam of Oklahoma summer.
Pattern below in case you’d like your own. I had to add a couple more rows of pink in order to get the doormat wide enough to fit the doorstep.
CROCHET WATERMELON SLICE
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Measurement
5 inches wide, suitable for 1:10 scale dollhouse
Materials
- #5 crochet thread or CYC size 1 yarn weight in watermelon pink, white, green
- 2.25mm hook (B)
- Black seed beads and thread
- Felt
Pattern Stitches (US Terminology)
- sc – single crochet
- sc inc – single crochet increase (2 sc in next st)
- hdc – half double crochet
- hdc inc – half double crochet increase (2 hdc in next st)
- dc – double crochet
- dc inc – double crochet increase (2 dc in next st)
Special Stitches
- MR: Magic Ring
Instructions
R1: in watermelon pink, MR, ch 3, 6 dc into ring, turn. (6)
R2: ch 3, dc inc into each st, turn. (12)
R3: ch 3, *dc in next st, dc inc in next st* to end, turn. (18)
R4: ch 3, *dc in next 2 sts, dc inc in next st* to end, turn. (24)
R5: ch 3, *dc in next 3 sts, dc inc in next st* to end, turn. (30)
R6: ch 3, *dc in next 4 sts, dc inc in next st* to end, turn. (36)
R7: ch 3, *dc in next 5 sts, dc inc in next st* to end, turn (42)
Change color
R8: in white, ch 1, *sc in next 6 sts, sc inc in next st* to end, turn. (48)
Change color
R9: in green, ch 2, *hdc in next 7 sts, hdc inc in next st* to end. (54)
Finish off and weave in ends.
Embroider black seeds into the coral section using floss.
After blocking, back the mat with coral felt.
Whoopsadaisy Dollhouse 