There are two things that make this crochet placemat stand out from so many others. First, of course, is the color blocking. This gives a super contemporary sense of style to the design. Second is the unique alternating sc and hdc stitches that give great texture to this piece. Beautiful!
Scalloped Edge Crochet Placemats
This is an easy crochet pattern that works up quickly using treble crochet stitches, worsted weight yarn and a size J crochet hook. It requires only ten short rows of stitching. Then you add the simple crochet shells around the border to create a scalloped edge. Simple, beautiful, and fun to work up in a single color or an array of hues.
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Crochet Patriotic Placemat
If you don't want to work with plarn but you do want to make a red, white and blue placemat, then try this cotton crochet pattern from Jessie At Home. This is an easy crochet pattern in that it's worked in single crochet stitches only, but you'll have to do some increasing and decreasing since this crochet pattern is made on the diagonal.

Red, White, and Blue Plarn Crochet Placemats
Placemats like these would make a fabulous addition to your outdoor picnic table, especially when celebrating holidays like Memorial Day and the 4th of July. They are made with plarn, an interesting material to upcycle for use in crocheting placemats. This free pattern also comes with instructions for complementary plarn coasters.
Note that it's not recommended to use these placemats for hot dishes, but they're ideal when serving sandwiches, salad, pickles, or other similar picnic fares. Best of all, plarn is easy to make (for free) using readily available materials. And of course, you could opt to use different plastic bag colors to make similar crochet placemats without the red, white, and blue theme.
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Striped SC Placemat
This is another super simple crochet placemat pattern that a beginner could easily enjoy making. It uses single crochet stitches and three different colors to create stripes, so it offers great practice in changing colors and weaving in ends.

Beginner-Friendly HDC Placemat
Here is an easy, basic crochet placemat that anyone could crochet. Even a beginner would have no trouble making this simple design. All that you need to know how to do is half double crochet in rows, adding a simple single crochet border to polish it off.
However, if you are more knowledgable about crochet and want to add a fancy border, this placemat comes with instructions to add a two-round edging consisting of hdc v-stitches and wide puff stitches.
Crochet Rainbow Wall Hanging
Get the visual instructions here to whip up this rainbow wall hanging, will instantly fancy up a blanket wall. Each rainbow color ends up into a fringe after making a perfect arch. This is the whole beauty of this rainbow wall hanging. Crochet chunky yarn weight for this project.

How To Crochet Wall Hanging
Rock the kids' bedroom with this cute yarn wall hanging feature a lovely white bear. The perfect fall wall decor to whip up with your beginner skills. Crochet entire hanging on a rustic wooden stick. The creative twist is to add the stuffed ears, nose, button eyes, and pink cheeks.

Calming Wall Hanging Crochet Pattern - Zig Zag Crochet A Classic Wall Hanging
Along with adding amazing decorative details to a wall, chevron wall hanging will have significant health benefits too. Looking at this yarn wall hanging will instantly make you calm down. Crochet yarn in white and beige or in dark grey for this classic wall hanging. End it up with the fringed bottom.
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