The Flowery Cosmic Crochet Coaster!

This is a circular variation of the original Cosmic Coaster, and I'm very pleased with it!

This is a 6-round pattern, using 5 colors of Lion Brand Bonbons, a sports-weight yarn.

  Crocheted with a 3.75 mm (F) hook, the coaster measures 4½"/11 cm across.

For those of you who use UK terminology, here are the stitch equivalents:

sc = UK dc

dc = UK tr

Flowery Cosmic Coaster Pattern

Round 1: In color A, ch 4 (counts as a stitch); 11 dc into 4th chain from hook.

Join with a ss into top of 4 ch. (12 stitches worked.)

Tie off. I tighten the knot gently, and weave this end from front to back under the top two loops of the next stitch before weaving into the back.

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Round 2:

Join color B into the space between any 2 stitches. I made a slip knot, then pulled the loop through to the right side of the work.

Ch 3 (counts as stitch at start of round for this pattern); dc into same space.

(2 dc into next space between stitches) 11 times.

Join with a ss into top of 3 ch. (24 stitches worked.)

Tie off.

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Round 3:

Join color C between any two stitches that are worked together into a space - so, into the "V" shape; ch 3, 2 dc into same space.

(skip next space, 3 dc into next "V" shape) 11 times.

Join with a ss into top of 3 ch. (36 stitches worked.)

Tie off - and here is the result:

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Round 4: In Round 4, a "space" means the space between each group of 3 stitches.

So - join color D into your space:

ch 3, 2 dc into same space.

(ch 2, 3 dc into next space) 11 times.

ch 2, ss into top of 3 ch.

(36 stitches worked with 2-ch spaces between them.)

Tie off:

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Round 5: Join color E into any 2-ch space; ch 1, sc into same space:

(ch 5, sc into next 2-ch space) 11 times.

ch 5, ss into 1st sc:

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Round 6: ch 3, 7 dc into same stitch you joined into; ss into 5 ch space:

(8 dc into next sc; ss into next 5-ch space) 11 times.

Here we are working around the circle:

To finish, join with a ss into top of 3 ch.

(12 groups of 8 stitches worked for our petals!)

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I Couldn't Resist ... Adding an Edging for a Thread Version!

The Flowery Cosmic Coaster works up beautifully in thread weight yarn but is too small for a coaster.

So I decided to add an edging and am very pleased I did as this is great fun to work!

Size 10 thread, 1.75 mm hook, width is 4¼ inches/11 cm across:

How to make this version:

Crochet the first 6 Rounds as in the pattern on this page.

Then crochet Rounds 7 - 11 for the Zig Zag Edging!

I then tried this in a different yarn than the Bonbons above - still sports weight but with a slightly smaller hook, 3.0 mm, and this piece measures 6½ inches/16 cm, with the first four rounds worked in one color:

This makes a nice mat for a teapot or a plant, for example!

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