Wild Bloom Coaster
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
43/4 inches point to point
MATERIALS
• Lizbeth size 10 crochet cotton (122 yds per ball):
1 ball each #620 azalea med and #680 spring green • Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
GAUGE
Rnds 1 and 2 = 11/2 inches
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.
Chain-6 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-3 unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Beginning popcorn (beg pc):
Ch 3, 4 dc in same sp as beg ch-3, draw up lp, remove hook, insert hook in 3rd ch of beg ch-3, pick up dropped lp and draw through st on hook.
Popcorn (pc): 5 dc in indicated st or sp, drop last st from hook, insert hook in first dc from front to back, pick up draw lp and draw through st on hook. Beginning V-stitch (beg V-st):
Ch 5, dc in same st or sp as beg ch-5. V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 2, dc) in indicated st or sp.
Picot: Ch 4, sl st in 4th ch from hook, ch 1. Beginning shell (beg shell): (Ch 3, dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in indicated st or sp.
Shell: (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in indicated st. Beginning large shell (beg lg shell): (Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st or sp.
COASTER
Rnd 1: With azalea med, form a slip ring (see illustration), beg pc (see Special Stitches), ch 2, [ pc (see Special Stitches), ch 2] 7 times in ring, join (see Pattern Notes) in beg ch-3. (8 pc, 8 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Sl st in next ch-2 sp, beg V-st (see Special Stitches), ch 3,
4 dc in same st as ch-3 (5-dc
petal completed), * V-st (see Special Stitches) in next ch-2 sp, ch 3, 4 dc in same st as ch-3, rep from * around, join to 3rd ch of beg ch-5. Fasten off. (8 5-dc petals, 8 V-sts)
Rnd 3: Join spring green with sl st in any V-st, ch 6 (see Pat
tern Notes), *sc in 3rd ch of next petal ch-3 sp, ch 3**, dc in ch-3 sp of next V-st, ch 3, sc in 3rd ch of next petal ch-3, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-6. (8 sc, 8 dc, 16 ch-3 sps)
Rnd 4: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), *3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next sc, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp**, dc in next dc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (64 dc)
Rnd 5: Beg V-st in same st as joining, *beg V-st in top of last dc made**, [sk 3 dc of rnd 4, V-st in next dc] twice, from * around, ending last rep at **, sk next 3 dc of rnd 4, V-st in next dc, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-6. (24 V-sts) Rnd 6: Sl st across next 2 chs, next dc of V-st, and in next beg V-st ch-2 sp, beg shell (see Special Stitches) in same ch-2 sp of beg V-st, *turn, sl st across 2 dc and in each ch of ch-3 sp of shell, turn, beg lg shell (see Special Stitches) in same shell as beg ch-3, turn, sl st in each of next 3 dc and each of next 3 chs of lg shell, turn, ch 3, (3 dc, picot— see
Special Stitches, 4 dc) in same ch-3 sp as beg ch-3, ch 4, sk next 2 V-sts**, shell (see Special
Stitches) in next ch-2 sp of beg V-st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in
3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (8 shells, 8 lg shells, 64 dc, 8 picots, 8 ch-4 sps)
Block coaster.