Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Cup Covers and Coasters - Free Pattern (Stash Buster Project)

Yesterday, I had a few spare moments at the pool, so I whipped up a little pattern for Cup Covers and Coasters out of some scrap yarn I had in my yarn bag (which I carry everywhere...just in case).  I have company fairly often and we sit on the porch most of the time.  With it being Summer, I needed a few more cup covers to put over the tops of our coffee cups to keep the bugs away...and...you can never have enough coasters on the end tables, etc., so I made a few more of those too.
 At the end of the day yesterday, I had made 3 cup covers and 6 coasters (2 of each color).
 This photo shows the difference in size between the coasters and the covers.  The cover is at the top of the photo.
And here's an up close photo so you can see the detail.

Cup Covers and Coasters - Free Pattern
Scrap yarn of your choice - I had small balls of these colors in Caron's Simply Soft yarn
Size H crochet hook
Yarn needle for weaving in ends

1- starting with a magic circle, ch 2, work 9 hdc in circle, pull yarn to tighten circle, join with a sl st to 1st hdc made. (9 hdc)
2- ch 2, work 2 hdc in same st and in each st around, join with a sl st to 1st hdc made. (18 hdc)
3- ch 2, work 2 hdc in same st, hdc in next st, *work 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st; repeat from * around, join with a sl st to 1st hdc. (27 hdc)
4- ch 2, work 2 hdc in same st, work 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts; repeat from * around, join with a sl st to 1st hdc. (36 hdc)
**NOTE:  if you are making coasters, skip round 5 and go on to round 6***
5- ch 2, work 2 hdc in same st, work 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts; repeat from * around, join with a sl st to 1st hdc.  (45 hdc)
6- (edging round) ch 3, *sl st in next st, ch 3; repeat from * around, join with a sl st in base of first ch 3, fasten off, weave in ends.  

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