Scraps Delight
With Love Coaster
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
41/2 inches in diameter
MATERIALS
• Aunt Lydia’s Fashion Crochet
• size 3 crochet cotton (150 yds per ball):
1 ball #6 scarlet
• Size B/1/2.25mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
Rnds 1 and 2 = 13/4 inches in diameter
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
2-double crochet cluster
(2-dc cl): Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook
(2 lps on hook), yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook
(3 lps on hook), yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook. Double crochet 2 stitches together (dc2tog): [Yo, insert hook in next st, yo and pull up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps] twice, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook.
COASTER
Ch 8, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring. Rnd 23 dc 1: in Ch ring, 3 (see join Pattern in top of Notes), beg ch-3. (24 dc) Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in next st, ch 4, *sk next st, dc in each of next 2 sts, ch 4; rep from * around, sk next st, join in top of beg ch-3. (16 dc) Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in next st, ch 5, *sk next sp, dc in each of next 2 sts, ch 5; rep from * around, sk next sp, join in top of beg ch-3. (16 dc, 40 chs) Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, 2 dc in next st, *ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk next 2 chs**, 2 dc in each of next 2 dc; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-3. (40 dc) Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, * 2-dc cl (see Special
Stitches) in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2**, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-3. (40 dc, 16 2-dc cls) Rnd 6: *Ch 3, dc2tog (see Spe
cial Stitches), ch 2, sl st in last st worked, sl st in next st, ch 3, dc2tog, ch 2, sl st in last st worked, ch 2, sk next sp, sc in next dc, ch 2, sk next sp, sl st in next st, rep from * around, join in top of beg ch-3, finish off. (8 sc, 16 dc)
FINISHING
Block as needed and with starch, if desired.
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