Here is a free crochet pattern for an aligned puff stitch coaster. This coaster is fast and easy to make and looks beautiful on both sides. It is also quite thick so you will need a bit more yarn than for a regular crochet stitch (e.g. a simple double crochet).
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Aligned puff stitch coaster
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Materials
- Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Järbo 8/4 100% Cotton “Mercerized & Gassed” 50 g (skyblue ombré).
- Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- ps: puff stitch
- hdc: half double crochet
- prev: previous
- rep * *: repeat from * to *
Notes
The size of my coaster is 9.0 x 9.0 cm. You will be working in rows and then you will make a border working in a round. This pattern uses the aligned puff stitch. Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make this stitch. It is a repeat of two rows. The size of the coaster can be easily adjusted by chaining more or less in the beginning (keep in mind that it should be an even number of chains) and repeating rows 2 and 3 until you will form a nice rectangle and then adding a border.
Pattern
Start by chaining 26 (you can adjust the size by chaining more or less, but it should be an even number of chains).
Row 1: In the second chain from your hook make a sc (in the back of the chain). *Ch 1, skip 1 st, sc in the next st*, rep ** until the end of the row.
Row 2: ch 2, *make ps in the ch1 space of the prev row, skip one st*, rep * * until the end of the row. Complete the row with a hdc.
Row 3: ch 1, *sc in the ch1 space of the prev row (see photo instructions), ch 1, skip one st*, rep * * until the end of the row. Complete the row with a sc in the turning chain of the prev row.
Row 4-16: repeat row 2 and 3.
Making the border
Round 1: ch 1, sc in every st of the row, 3 sc in the corner. Then turn your work. *2 sc in the ps row, 1 sc in the sc row*, rep until the next corner, 3 sc in the corner. Turn your work, sc in every st, 3 sc in the corner. Turn your work. *2 sc in the ps row, 1 sc in the sc row*, rep until the next corner, join with a sl st to the first st of the round (see photo instructions).
Fasten off.
Photo instructions for an aligned puff stitch coaster
Row 1
1. Start by chaining 26.
2. Insert your hook in the second chain from your hook (in the back of the chain) and make a single crochet.
3. Then chain one.
4. Skip one stitch and make a single crochet in the next one.
5. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row: chain one, skip one stitch and make a single crochet.
6. Then chain two.
Row 2
7. Turn your work around. Now you will make a puff stitch in the chain one space of the previous row like it is indicated in the picture.
8. So, yarn over.
9. Insert your hook in the chain one space of the previous row, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have three loops on your hook.
10. Yarn over.
11. Insert your hook in the same chain one space, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have five loops on your hook.
12. Yarn over.
13. Insert your hook in the same chain one space, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have seven loops on your hook.
14. Yarn over again.
15. Insert your hook in the same chain one space, yarn over and pull the yarn through. Now you have nine loops on your hook.
16. Yarn over.
17. Pull the yarn through all nine loops on your hook.
18. Then chain one to close the puff stitch. Next you will have to work in the next chain one space of the previous row like it is indicated in the picture.
19. So, make a puff stitch in the next chain one space.
20. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row. To complete the row you will have to work in the last stitch of the row like it is indicated in the picture.
21. So, make a half double crochet in the last stitch of the row: yarn over, insert your hook in the last stitch of the row, yarn over, pull the yarn through (now you have three loops on your hook), yarn over and pull the yarn through all three loops.
22. Then chain one.
Row 3
23. Turn your work around. Now you will be working in the first chain one space of the previous row like it is shown in the picture.
24. So, insert your hook in the first chain one space.
25. Make a single crochet.
26. Then chain one. Next you will be working in the next chain one space of the previous row.
27. So, make a single crochet in the next chain one space.
28. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row. To complete the row, you will have to chain one and make a single crochet in the second chain of the turning chain of the previous row.
29. So, make a single crochet in the turning chain of the previous row.
30. Then chain two.
Row 4
31. For the rest of the pattern (including row 16) repeat rows 2 and 3.
Making a border
32. When you finish row 16, chain one and turn your work around. Now you will make a border working in a round.
33. So, make a single crochet in the first chain one space of the previous row.
34. Then make a single crochet in the next stitch which is the puff stitch of the previous row.
35. Next make a single crochet in the chain one space and then a single crochet in the next stitch (the puff stitch of the previous row).
36. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row.
37. Then make two more single crochets in the last stitch where you have just worked in (a corner should have three single crochets).
38. Turn your work and continue working on the side of the coaster. Make two single crochets in the puff stitch row like it is shown in the picture.
39. Then make one single crochet in the single crochet row.
40. Next make two single crochets in the puff stitch row and one single crochet in the single crochet row.
41. Keep working in the same way until your reach a corner.
42. Make two more single crochets in the last stitch where you have just worked in.
43. Then turn your work and make a single crochet in every next stitch.
44. When you reach a corner, make two more single crochets in the last stitch where you have just worked in.
45. Turn your work and continue working on another side of the coaster: two single crochets in the puff stitch row and one single crochet in the single crochet row.
46. Keep working in the same way until your reach the beginning of the round.
47. To complete the round make a slip stitch to the first single crochet of the round. Fasten off.
Finished aligned puff stitch coaster
48. Done!
Enjoy your aligned puff stitch coaster!
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