Day 13: Coaster with diamonds

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Coaster with diamonds

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Materials

• Yarn: any thin yarn will work (mercerized cotton works great in tapestry crochet projects). I used Tencel 100% lyocell, 50 g = 141 m, colors: green (318288) and white (318290).
• Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0 mm.

Abbreviations (US terms)

• ch: chain
• sl st: slip stitch
• sc: single crochet
• msc: modified single crochet
• prev: previous
• st: stitch

Notes

The size my coaster is 8.5 x 9.0 cm. You will be working in rounds. For this pattern you should be familiar with the tapestry crochet (you can find the tutorial here). Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make a coaster. This pattern uses a modified single crochet: make a single crochet back loop only, just instead of yarning over for the last step, yarn under (see the tutorial here).

For this pattern you will work in continuous rounds, which means that in the end of a round you don’t join with a slip stitch, but instead continue making modified single crochets in the top of the first stitch of the round. Remember to use a marker showing the beginning of each round. Follow the color chart showing how you should change colors.

Pattern

Start by chaining 28 with green yarn.

Round 1: To make the first round, you will work down the chain, then turn and work in the other side of the chain. Make sc in every st of the chain starting from the second chain from your hook. Turn. 1 sc in the end of the chain, make sc in every st (starting with the one you have just worked into; now that st has 3 sc in total) until you come back to the beginning of the chain. 1 sc in the end of the chain. In total you should have 56 st. Don’t join with a sl st, instead continue with the next round.

Introduce the white yarn.

Round 2-24: msc in every st of the prev round. (56 st)

Make 4 sl st to even out the edge, fasten off and close the coaster.

Color chart

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each round you have 56 stitches (56 columns in the chart). Rows represent rounds (there are 24 rounds). For each round you have to read the row in the chart from right to left.

You can find a more detailed tutorial explaining how to read a color chart and when and how to change yarn color here.

Photo instructions for the coaster with diamonds

Round 2

1. See general photo instructions showing how to start a coaster here. The first stitch in round 3 is white, therefore, don’t complete the last stitch in round 2, stop when you have 2 loops on your hook.

2. Then move the white yarn up, yarn under and pull it through. Now the white yarn is ready to be used.

Round 3

3. Make the first stitch in round 3 with the white yarn.

Round 4

4. The first stitch in round 4 should be green, therefore, complete the last stitch in round 3 with the green yarn. Then continue working with the green yarn.

5. Continue to follow the color chart.

Round 18

6. After a while the coaster will look like this.

7. Complete the coaster by evening out the edge (see a tutorial here) and closing it up with slip stitches (see a tutorial here).

Finished coaster with diamonds

8. Done!

Enjoy your coaster with diamonds!

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