spring coasters...

OK  ... before we start... there is a question about how many chains between the cluster stitches...

I think I've figured it out

it depends on how you make your clusters  ....  I make the required number of stitches and after I've pulled through all the stitches on the hook, I make a chain to close the stitch

I've found out not everyone does this,  so,    therein lies the mix up

in plain English then

 if you close with a chain, one chain between clusters

if you DON'T make the chain

it's 2 chains between.....

does this help at all?????

please let me know either way

OH AND

thank you all so much for coming here

 so often and  in such big numbers

(31,907 as of today)

to get these little beauties for your own

and I hope the problems have all been ironed out now

see you round the

 interwebs!!!!!

 

M     :)

 

 

US terms

stitches used are

sc- single crochet

dc- double crochet

made into cluster stitches

and

crab stitch or reverse single crochet

I used Patons Grace cotton and for the tut

here is a link to the yarn

a B hook

which is also a size 1 or 2.25 mm

but use whatever size is called for with the yarn you use

I have a ton of hooks and by now all sizes probably,

but somewhere like Michaels or Joanne's or any craft store will have them...

 

I used an

 adjustable ring 

for the middle

it makes for a neater circle

but if you don't know how to do it

make a normal loop

row 1

in a magic loop

make

12 single crochets

join with a slip stitch

you will have 12 single crochets

row2

ch 3

this ch counts as the first stitch

in the same place make a cluster stich with two more stitches

 

ch 2

in the next sc make a 3 stitch cluster stitch

ch 2

repeat this around making 3 stitch clusters, ch 2,  in each sc

you will have 12 clusters and 12 ch 2

(a cluster stitch is made with unfinished double crochets and you are left with many loops on the hook...

make as many stitches as needed and then pull yarn through all loops on hook to finish)

the above is a 3 stitch cluster

the finished cluster

row 3

ch 3 (counts as first stitch) and make a 4 stitch cluster

ch 2

and in between  each cluster in the previous row make a 4 stitch cluster, ch 2

 

join

 

 

row 4/5

for the next two rows

 make sc in each stitch around

the last row of the coaster is done in

crab stitch

or

reverse single crochet

which is to say the sc done in reverse
backwards
 

:)
 

 

 at the beginning of a row

ch 1

put the hook in the stitch to the right of the hook

from the bottom front  up

yo and pull through

hook into the stitch to the right of the hook

bottom front up

yo and pull through

it will feel very clumsy at first,  but if you do it slowly and deliberately

it will become second nature to you by the time you reach the end!!!!

promise

:) :) :)

the stitch looks like a rope and finishes off the edge beautifully

if you have trouble understanding how to hook bacwards there are instructions online

it's called the

crab stitch

as always 

if there is a mistake 

or a problem

let me know

and we'll fix it

enjoy

:)