try it you'll like it!!!

wattymelons

I haven't done anything nice for you lately

so I thought I would show you

how to make a set of watermelon coasters

I have had such nice feed back

on the ones I made the other day

I thought you would like to see how

easy and quick they are to make

NOW

 I made a big one for the friend

these are small slices

:)

and as the weekend is coming up

they can be made in no time

and you'll have something

 new and cute

to use on the

 patio

balcony

porch

picnic table

rug on the grass

(?)

or where ever it is you'll be

so here we go

I use  US terms

because I don't know the others

so figure it out

from what I say or the photos

OH

and this is a photo loaded post

I used cotton and a big hook size H

to make them chunky and rustic

if you want small and dainty

adjust the yarn and the size of the hook!!!

if you know how

make a magic loop

if you don't

look it up

or make a chain of 5 or 6 and join into a loop

make 12 dc in the loop

join into first stitch with a slip stitch

row 2

make 2 half dc where you joined

and then

2dc into each stitch around

you will have 24 sts

join with a slip st

row 4

make 2 sc into same place you join

and then do this to the end

1sc

2sc

1sc

2sc

into each st around

join with slip stitch

row 5

change to white and sc all the way around

join with sl st

row 6

change to green

and do whatever edge you prefer

this is

3 dc shell

miss one sc

sc into next stitch

3 dc shell

miss one

etc

or you can just sc all the way around

or you can do the

backwards sc

aka the crab stitch

this is hard to write as you have to literally go backwards

but it is easy once you know how

make a sc as normal

then you have to sort of twist the hook to get it to go into the stitch to the RIGHT of the first st

yo pull thru and make a sc

if you have trouble I am sure there are tons of videos on youtube to help you

that is where I first saw it

it's my favourite edge for things like this

as it looks like a rope

when you get to the end of this last row

finish off as you do

weave in the few ends

and

VOILA

you got's yourself

a little

slice of

wattymelon

to put under your glass of summer drink

and soon you will have two

and then three

and then how ever many you want or need

I do hope you try it

coz I

 know you will

really really like it

 who wouldn't

:)

I used good old

Lily sugar and cream cotton

don't know the colour of the pink

but to me it says

wattymelon

and the green is sage green

but you use whatever you want

see

tomorrow morning I can put my

cafe latte

on it

and smile

!!!!!

if I made a mistake or you don't understand

let me know and we'll fix it

'

K?

'K!!!!!

xxx