Wednesday 1 May 2013

Free crochet pattern: coaster with cute border


I was messing about with some yarn, trying to make some doilies that lie flat (something I have trouble with no matter how mathematically sound the pattern is) and I came up with this quick pattern. It's simple but has a pretty last row. It's very quick to make as it consists of double/treble crochet (I learnt to crochet from an American book (Happy Hooker by Debbie Stoller) so I'm more comfortable with the American stitch names despite being a Brit) and most of the stitches are worked into spaces.  The small circle in the photo was made using a 3mm hook and the larger one using a 4.5mm. For this to be used as a coaster a 3.5 or 4mm hook would probably be ideal.

Perfect for beginners.

coaster with cute border (US abbreviations)

ch6 join with sl st to 1st ch to make a ring.
Round 1: ch3, 15dc in ring, join with sl st to 3rd chain =16dc
Round 2: ch4, dc in next dc, ch1, *(dc in next dc, ch1) around. join with sl st to 3rd chain of beginning.
Round 3: sl st in 1st ch-1sp, ch3, dc in same space, ch1, *(2dc in next ch-1 space, ch1) around. join with sl st to top of beginning chain.
Round 4: sl st in 1st dc, sl st in first ch-1 space, ch3, dc in same space, ch2, *(2dc in next space ch2) around. join with sl st to top of beginning chain.
Round 5: sl st in dc, sl st in first ch-2 space, ch4, dc, ch1, dc all in same space, *(dc, ch1, dc, ch1, dc all in next space) around. join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning. weave in ends.


coaster with cute border (UK abbreviations)

ch6 join with sc to 1st ch to make a ring.
Round 1: ch3, 15tr in ring =16tr
Round 2: ch4, tr in next tr, ch1, *(tr in next tr, ch1) around. join with sc to 3rd chain of beginning.
Round 3: sc in 1st ch-1sp, ch3, tr in same space, ch1, *(2tr in next ch-1 space, ch1) around. join with sc to top of beginning chain.
Round 4: sc in 1st tr, sc in first ch-1 space, ch3, tr in same space, ch2, *(2tr in next space ch2) around. join with sc to top of beginning chain.
Round 5: sc in tc, sc in first ch-2 space, ch4, tr, ch1, tr all in same space, *(tr, ch1, tr, ch1, tr all in next space) around. join with sc to 3rd ch of beginning. weave in ends.




4 comments:

  1. What a nice design; very pretty.

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    1. Thank you. And thanks for being the first to comment on my blog :)

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  2. I just tried this pattern out - very easy to work up! I think there are a few errors in the pattern, though. Like in round 1, is there supposed to be a join after completing the round? Also for round 4, shouldn't it be (2dc/tr in next space ch 2) around (that's what it looks like in the pictures)?

    Over all, though, very nice! I'll be making a ton of these coasters.

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    1. Hi. Thank you for letting me know, I have now edited the pattern, as you were right about those errors. Thanks again and enjoy making your coasters!

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