Coaster- table decoration

Here comes the coaster for your favourite  coffee mug!!!!

Last week was little busy and also since am new to blogging ,i did not post any :)but didn't lag in  crocheting new things  :). The most significant thing happened last week is the announcement by Modiji for the eradication of black money which is the major the threat to Indias development.  Tired of seeing  only in films about the removal of black money and now WOW!!!!! something really happened .Rs500 and 1000 which is the denominations of black currency of many are demonetized overnight .Though public chaos will be for some days ,yet this will be the best start for boosting Indian Economy .
Great Salute to you Sir !!!!

Well , I did not start with the idea of doing a coaster.being inspired from snowflake crochet design IIthought of doing one ..while it is going i gave little more strength to it and made it a coaster :) .ok, keeping the stories behind let me go into the pattern

Materials 

Yarn :cotton
Hook :2mm


Abbreviation Used :
sc-  single crochet
dc - double crochet
ch-chain


Pattern:

Rnd 1:Chain 3 and slip stitch into the first stitch . 12 dcs into the chain space made; slip stitch on top of first dc;12 stitches in round 1

Rnd 2:  chain 5 (this is kept as first dc and 2 chain) then  1 dc and ch 2 in each stitch; slip stitch into the 3rd chain made at the start of the round
so 12 dc and 12 chain space( 2 chain is referred as chain space)  in round 2.

Rnd 3:  chain 6 (kept as 1 dc and 3 chain ) and 1 dc in the first chain space .Then in each of the chain space created in the above round 1 dc -ch 3- 1 dc;slip stitch into the 3rd chain made at the start;
so 12 set of dc-ch3-dc in round 3.

Rnd 4 : In each chain space created in the above round 2 hdc,2 dc,2hdc and slip stitch in the middle of 2 dc made in previous round .it looks a small petal of a flower .slip stitch is made to make it look distinct. 12 petals are formed.

Rnd 5:  Two ypes of formation are made in alternate flowers

Formation1 :
    slip stich on the first two stitches of the first petal;chain 6 and join in next stitch ;slip stitch in the next two stitches ;

Formation2:

On the next petal there are 3 rounds ;slip stitch on the first two stitches

                Rnd 1: chain 6 and join in the next stitch this forms a loop;
                Rnd 2: after finishing the loop do 12 sc into the loop in anti clock wise direction.;
                Rnd 3: Now 6 loops are made on the sc stitches .It goes as after sc s ,chain 6 and slip stich in next stitch ;{slip stitch in next stitch and chain 6 and slip stitch in next stitch }repeat it 5 more times
Slip stitch in the next petal


Thus both the formations are done 6 times

Rnd 6 : This round is made to just add strength to make it little firm to sit on the table.Let me call it as assertion of the shape.:) Rnd 5 ends in formation 1 and a slipstitch ,now on the 6 smaller loops

loop 1 ,3,4,6: do 5sc in the first loop slip stitch in the next stitch ;
loop 2,5: chain 6 and slip stitch in the next stitch ;

Next on the formation 2 chain 8 and slip stitch in next stitch;




Cotton yarn is perfectly washable and this goes well for table decoration .This piece can also be used as motif in crocheting. Many pieces like this of different colors can be joined together to form a full table decoration pattern, Soon planning to detail on the motif joining .... .


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