Free crochet pattern
Free crochet coaster pattern
Flat circles of double crochet with a crisp slip-stitch edge. Make a set of four in an evening. It’s a beginner pattern of about 1 hours, and it teaches working in rounds, increasing in a circle, slip stitch. Follow it below, or open it in Stitchbay to count it row by row.
You’ll need
- 15 m (16 yd) of medium weight yarn (Worsted), cotton. About 15 m each; 60 m for a set of four.
- a 4 mm (US G-6) hook
- Tapestry needle
- Gauge: Rounds 1–2 measure about 5 cm across
Size: About 10 cm (4 in) across.
Before you start
Flat circles grow by the same number of stitches each round: here 12.
The ch 3 at the start of each round counts as a dc.
Abbreviations
| dc | double crochet |
| dc inc | double crochet increase |
| sl st | slip stitch |
Coaster
Rnd 1: Make a magic ring, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 11 dc) in ring, join with sl st to first st (12 sts).
Rnd 2: (Ch 3 (counts as first st), dc) in first st, dc inc in each st to end, join with sl st to first st (24 sts).
Rnd 3: (Ch 3 (counts as first st), dc) in first st, dc, (dc inc, dc) to end, join with sl st to first st (36 sts).
Rnd 4: (Ch 3 (counts as first st), dc) in first st, dc 2, (dc inc, dc 2) to end, join with sl st to first st (48 sts).
Rnd 5: Sl st in each st to end.
Fasten off, and weave in the ends. Block flat: pin out damp and leave to dry.