These are my latest coasters and I thought I'd share them here. I thought I'd share how to make them too . . .
They are made with rows of double crochet (for American crochet that means single), increasing gradually and evenly every second row until I have the diameter I want. For these I used a mercerised cotton yarn and a crochet hook a size too small, that way I get a nice dense finish.
During the last couple of rows of plain dc I double check my stitch count to make sure I have a multiple of 4 and one extra (and adjust if needed) and then the fun begins.
For the edging (UK crochet abbreviations used):
Row 1: 1ch, 1dc (into first dc of previous row), 3ch, miss 3dc, 1dc into next dc to end, ss into ch
Row 2: 1ch, *2dc, htr, tr, dbl tr, 3ch, turn, miss 3ch and ss into top of dbl tr, dbl tr (creates picot), tr, htr, 2dc into 3ch gap, miss dc and repeat to end. Finish with a ss into the 1st stitch and tie off.
Hope that makes sense.
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