Free Pattern: Lacy Coasters

At the beginning of this week I moved offices. Where I was before there wasn't really any scope for expressing myself because it was in a more public area, and there was lots of work stuff around that didn't really fit with my style.

However, my new office was almost literally a blank canvas. It is very bright, very magnolia, but very plain, with no decoration in at all. I wanted to start by cheering up my desk, so I thought it would be nice to make some coasters, and to express my current obsession with picots and shell stitches. I didn't want to take too much time though, so these are lacy without being full on, lightweight yarn lacy.

I also picked up this really cute hello kitty clock, so I thought it would be nice to make a smaller coaster to put that on, too.

Patterns
These coasters should be pretty easy to make. The smaller one requires you to crochet in back loops. If you're not familiar with doing that, here is a good tutorial.
I blocked these to make them lay completely flat by laying them face down on an ironing board, placing a tea towel over them, spraying the tea towel with water and ironing them briefly through the damp tea towel.

You will need:

• A small amount of worsted weight yarn (I used Lily Sugar'n cream, and used less than half a ball for the three coasters)
• A 5mm hook (US size H)

Pattern is in US terms throughout.

Large Coaster
This coaster measures about 11cm across with the yarn/hook combination above.

Round 1: Make a magic ring, chain 2 (counts as first dc), 11dc in the ring. Pull tight & sl st into top of chains to join the circle.
Round 2: *Ch 2, skip a dc and sl st into the next dc* repeat from * 6 times. (Six ch 2 loops made)
Round 3: Sl st into first ch2 loop, ch 3, (counts as a dc) dc 4 into the loop. *ch2, 5dc in next loop* repeat from * 5 times, ch 2, sl st into top of ch 3.
Round 4: sl st in top of next 2 dcs, *ch 3, sl st in same dc, dc 7 times into next ch2 space, skip 2 dcs, sl st into next dc* repeat from * 6 times. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Small Coaster
This coaster measures about 9cm across with the yarn/hook combination above.

Round 1: Make a magic ring, chain 2 (counts as first dc), 11dc in the ring. Pull tight & sl st into top of chains to join the circle.
Round 2: 2sc in back loop in each dc around. sl st into first sc. (24 sc).
Round 3: *Skip 1 sc, 5 dc in next sc, skip one sc, sl st in next sc* repeat from * 6 times
Round 4: *ch3, sl st in same stitch, sc in back loops of next 5 dcs, sl st into next st* repeat from * 6 times. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Enjoy your new little coasters! ♥