Flower Coaster

August 2003



need: worsted weight cotton
size G or H hook

pattern notes:
V-st = (dc, ch 2, dc) for this pattern

I try to design patterns that do not have a gauge. It should be the size of a regular coaster.

Ch 5, slip stitch to first chain to form ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 3, (counts as first dc, now and thru out), dc in ring, ch 3, * (2dc, ch 3) rep * 3 more times, slip stitch to the top of ch 3. 5(2dc) groups.

Rnd 2: Slip stitch into the space between 2dc, ch 5, dc in same space(first V-st), (V-st, ch 3, V-st) in ch 3 space, skip nxt dc, * in spaces between 2 dc, V-st, in ch 3 spaces,(V-st, ch 3, V-st), * around. Slip stitch to the 3rd chain of beg ch 5.

Rnd 3: Slip stitch into ch 2 of V-st, ch 1, sc in space, ch 3, sc in space of next V-st, in ch 3 space between the 2 v-st, (sc, ch 3, sc), sc in next V-st, ch 3, *sc in next V-st, ch 3, in ch 3 space between the 2 V-st,(sc, ch 3, sc), follow* around, after last sc, ch 3, slip stitch in first sc.

Rnd 4: Ch 3, V-st in ch 3 space, dc in each of the next 2 sc, * dc in each of the sc, and V-st in chain 3 spaces around. Slip stitch to top of ch 3. Fasten off and weave in ends. Hope you enjoy your coaster.