Flower Motif Coasters

I made a new friend last week – and she’s awesome!  She sews!  And crochets!  And she loves to take pictures – just like me!  I thought these people only existed on the internet, like all the wonderful crafters I’ve found through Instagram.  But this one is a live one!  Her name is Vanessa and she lives down the street from me.  I feel like a kid again who has finally found a friend to play with!

She invited Logan and I over for dinner last week at her cute little house and I want to thank her for that.  It’s terrible that it’s taken me a week to send a “thank you” gift, but handmade gifts take time, right?  I hope she likes these little crocheted coasters I made for her.  (I’m sharing this pattern with you below!)  As a fellow crafter, I know she will fully appreciate handmade gifts and the sentiment that goes along with it.

Here’s the pattern so you can make them too!  I used 100% cotton yarns for these, Crochet Hook Size H.

Start:  Ch 5, sl st to first ch to form a ring.

Round 1:  Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 9 dc into ring, sl st into top of first dc.

Round 2:  Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc2tog in same st.  *Ch 2, dc3tog in next st.*  Repeat the * all around in each dc from Round 1.  Sl st into top of beg ch 3.  (9 groups of 3 dc’s total in this round)

Round 3:  Sl st into ch-2 space from Round 2, Ch 5 (counts as first dc and 3 ch’s).  Dc in same ch-2 sp, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch 3.  *Dc in next ch-2 sp, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch 3.*  Repeat the * all around.  Sl st into third ch of first ch-5 at the beg of round.

Round 4:  *sc, 5 dc, sc*  Work the * into each ch-3 sp from Round 3 all around.  Sl st to beg sc.  Tie off and weave in ends.  Done and enjoy!

Have you tried this pattern?  Let me know what you think!