Hiya, one of my new years resolutions was to display at more craft fairs this year so with this in mind I have been thinking of crochet goods I could make and sell. They would need to be fairly easy and quick to hook, practical and look fabulous! This brought me to coasters!
I made a few batches of coasters for Christmas presents last year in a lovely leaf design which I found in Inside Crochet magazine.
They were really enjoyable to make so I have whipped up some more batches for my stock. I thought a cotton yarn would be best to use as it is washable and looks so neat and tidy. I plumped for Stylecraft Cotton DK Classique (my new addiction)
Whilst crocheting these I had loads of ideas whizzing around in my brain as to what I could design myself, an occupational hazard of a crafter! Being a bit girly and loving all things vintage, I adapted some of the stitches I used in the leaf coaster to make a round, vintage doily type coaster. Just the right size to fit a teacup and saucer on for afternoon tea!
I used Stylecraft cotton again, I love the feel of this yarn when I crochet!
Next up was something more fun, I thought what goes lovely with a cup of tea? Cupcakes of course, so I designed these lovely pastelly cupcake coasters, again using Stylecraft cotton.
I absolutely love them, so much so I thought I would share the pattern here on my blog!
All coasters will be available to buy from any craft fairs I attend (although I haven't booked any yet!) and hopefully via Etsy in the Spring.
Happy hooking!
Kelly@lovedotty
Pattern in UK Terminology
Hook - 3.5mm
Yarn - Cotton DK Weight
(I used Stylecraft Cotton DK Classique)
(Note - slip stiches do not count as a stitch)
Using a bright colour make 20 chain
Row 1 - 1 tr in 4th ch from hook and in each ch till end, turn (17 sts)
Row 2 - 3 ch (counted as 1 tr throughout pattern), 1 tr into first st and each st till end, turn (18 sts)
Rows 3 to 5 - Repeat row 2 (21 sts)
Change to cream coloured yarn
Row 6 - 1 ch (does not count as st), 1 dc each st till end, turn (21 sts)
Row 7 - sl st in first st, *skip 1 st, 5 tr in next st, skip 1 st, 1 dc in next st, repeat from * to * 3 times, skip 1 st, 5 tr in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in last st, turn (29 sts)
Row 8 - sl st in first 3 sts (first 3 sts of previous 5 tr), skip next 2 sts, 5 tr in next st (dc of previous round), *skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next st, skip 2 sts, 5 tr in next st* repeat from * to * 2 times, skip 2 sts, sl st in next st, turn (23 sts)
Row 9 - sl st in first 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, 5 tr in next st, *skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next st, skip 2 sts, 5 tr in next st* repeat from * to * 1 more time, skip 2 sts, sl st in next st, turn (17 sts)
Row 10 - sl st in first 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, 5 tr in next st, skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next st, skip 2 sts, 5 tr in next st, skip 2 sts, sl st in next st, (11 sts)
Fasten off yarn and turn
Join red yarn in top of the 4th tr in the first 5 tr cluster
Row 11 - 2 ch, work a tr6tog (see definition below if required) as follows - 1 in same st as 2 ch, 1 in next st, 2 in next st (dc from previous round), 1 in next st and 1 in next st (should be 2nd tr of second 5 tr cluster from previous round), 3 ch and join with a sl at in same st, turn
Row 12 - 8 tr into top of tr6tog from previous round, sl st into 8th st from round 10 (2nd tr of 2nd 5 tr cluster) (8 sts)
Fasten off and weave in ends
Stitch definition - tr6tog - Treble 6 Together (working 6 tr sts together to make 1 st)
Yarn over hook, hook into stitch, yarn over hook, draw hook back through the stitch (3 loops on hook), yarn over hook, pull yarn through first 2 loops, yarn over hook, hook into next stitch, yarn over hook, draw hook back through the stitch (4 loops on hook), pull yarn through first 2 loops, repeat a further 4 times, pull yarn through remaining 7 loops on hook
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