Crochet coaster Raspberry

Here is a free pattern for a cute crochet coaster Raspberry. This pattern uses the raspberry crochet stitch.

It is an easy pattern composed of single crochets and front post single crochets. Photo instructions show how to make this coaster step-by-step, including the front post single crochet. The pattern is quite simple and suitable for beginners.

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Crochet coaster Raspberry

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Materials

Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Hjertegarn DIAMOND 8/4 mercerized cotton 100% 50 g. Colors: 434 (pink) and 3304 (lilac).
Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.

Abbreviations (US terms)

st: stitch
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
fpsc: front post single crochet
rep * *: repeat from * to *

Notes

The size of my coaster is 9.0 x 9.0 cm.

First you will work in rows and then in rounds to make a nice border. This pattern uses the raspberry stitch. Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make this stitch. It is a repeat of two rows. For the raspberry stitch you should know how to make a front post single crochet: it is made in the same way as a single crochet, but instead of inserting your hook in the top of the next stitch, you have to insert your hook so that you would bring the post of the next stitch to the front (see photo instructions below).

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) and repeating rows 2 and 3 until you will form a nice rectangle.

Pattern

Start by chaining 26 with pink yarn.

Row 1: In the 2nd chain from your hook make a sc, sc in every st until the end of the row.

Row 2: ch 1 (does not count as a st). Sc in the 1st stitch, *fpsc, sc*, rep ** until the end of the row.

Row 3: ch 1 (does not count as a st). 2 sc starting from the first st, *fpsc, sc*, rep ** until the end of the row, sc in the last st.

Row 4-23: repeat row 2 and 3.

Round 1: 2 sc in the same stitch, sc in every row, 3 sc in the corner, sc in every st, 3 sc in the corner, sc in every row, 3 sc in the corner, sc in every st. Join with a sl st.

Round 2: Introduce lilac yarn. Ch 1, sc in every st (3 sc in every corner,), join with a sl st.

Fasten off.

Photo instructions for a crochet coaster Raspberry

Row 1

1. Start by chaining 26.

2. Make a single crochet in the second chain from your hook.

3. Then keep making single crochets in every stitch until the end of the row.

4. Chain one.

Row 2

5. Turn your work around. Now you will work in the very first stitch like it is shown in the picture.

6. So, make a single crochet in the very first stitch. Next you will make a front post single crochet in the next stitch.

7. So, insert your hook bringing the post of the next stitch to the front.

8. Yarn over.

9. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.

10. Yarn over.

11. Pull the yarn through both loops. You have just made a front post single crochet.

12. Make a single crochet in the next stitch.

13. Then make a front post single crochet in the next stitch.

14. Repeat until the end of the row: single crochet in the next stitch, front post single crochet in the next one.

15. The row should end with a single crochet.

16. Chain one.

Row 3

17. Turn your work around and make single crochet in the very first stitch.

18. Then make one more single crochet in the next stitch. Now you will make a front post single crochet in the next stitch (the one that is more pronounced, closer to you).

19. So, make a front post single crochet.

20. Then make a single crochet in the next stitch, a front post single crochet in the next one. Work in the same way until the end of the row when only two stitches are left.

21. Make two single crochets in the last two stitches.

Row 4

22. For the rest of the rows repeat row 2 and 3.

Round 1

23. To make the border, make single crochets in every stitch (or every row). In every corner make 3 single crochets. At the end of the round join with a slip stitch.