July 3, 2016

Patriotic Star Coasters

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
I've been needing to make some coasters to use in my craft room and in my bedroom. I bought new nightstands a few months ago, and I haven't been using a coaster when I put my cold bottles of sparkling water on my nightstand at night. Shame on me! So I was finally motivated by the #crochet365 challenge on Instagram to create a set of crochet coasters. Since the challenge for today was to create something with stars, I decided to make patriotic coasters with stars in the middle.
For this project, I used Lily Sugar'n Cream yarn in Country RedEcru, and Blue Jeans.

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
I used my size 3.0mm crochet hook.

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
To make the star:
  • magic circle
  • 10 sc in magic circle, join
  • ch 4*
  • sc in 2nd ch from hook
  • hdc in next ch
  • dc in next ch
  • join to circle with sl st (see picture above)
  • *repeat from ch 4 around until you have a star
  • fasten off
patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
To make the circle around the star:
  1. Join where indicated in the photo and chain 3. (You will be working in the back loops only!)
  2. Going up the left side, dc.
  3. In the next sp, hdc.
  4. In the next sp, sc.
  5. Continuing down the other side of the point, sc.
  6. Hdc in the next sp.
  7. Dd in the next sp.
  8. Tr in the next space, and repeat #2 - 8 around until you have a complete circle. Join & fasten off.
patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
Here's a completed star in the circle. Next:
  • join with another color, ch 2 *(hdc in the next 3 sts., 2 hdc in the next st), repeat around and join. fasten off.
  • join with another color, ch 1 *(sc in the next 5 sts., 2sc in the next st.) repeat around and join. fasten off and weave ends.
 patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
A finished coaster is about 3.5 inches.


patriotic crochet star coasters pattern
Here are the first two star coasters I completed.

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern

patriotic crochet star coasters pattern





18 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/05/2016

    These are fabulous! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday and great to meet you!

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  2. How lovely are your coaster. I love to crochet but I am still learning how and I am so excited I will be pinning your posts. Thanks for sharing and happy you joined Dishing it and Digging it link party. We love having you.

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  3. scrap buster!! woot!! Love the design and what a great star! I had a hard time with another pattern and gave up so will have to try yours. Thanks for sharing :)

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  4. These are so cute!! 'Featuring your post today on FB! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

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  5. Every time I come for a visit I always berate myself for having forgotten how to crochet. T'onna you make it look so easy and your projects are always so pretty!

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    1. Thanks Mary! You can always learn to crochet again!

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  6. I love just about anything with red, white, and blue and these coasters are certainly adorable. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

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  7. These are so cute! Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Summer Time Fun party. Pinned.

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  8. I love these coasters and I really like working with the cotton yarn.

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    1. Thanks! Cotton yarn is great to work with.

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  9. Very cute coasters and I'm not even American! LOL Pinned to my universal patriotic board

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  10. How cute! Thanks so much for linking up with me at #AThemedLinkup 20 for All Things American (red, white, and blue), open until July 25. All party entries shared if social media buttons installed.

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