Bring a burst of color to your coffee table with the fun making of crochet mandala coaster. This pattern offers a cheerful way to protect surfaces while adding a decorative touch. Whether making them for yourself or as gifts, the process is enjoyable, and the result is both useful and pretty.
Crochet Beautiful Mandala Coaster Pattern
Materials:
- DK yarn (lightweight yarn number 3, or light worsted weight)
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
- Scissors
Pattern:
- The pattern uses US crochet terminology.
- Stitches used: chain (ch), single crochet (sc), double crochet (dc), slip stitch (sl st).
- The coasters are worked in the round starting with a magic circle.
- Four colors of yarn are used, with one main color (e.g., dark brown) and three contrasting colors.
Instructions:
Round 1:
- Begin with a magic circle (or ch 4 and join with a sl st to form a ring).
- Ch 3 (counts as first dc).
- Work 11 more dc into the ring (a total of 12 dc counting the initial ch-3).
- Pull the end of the magic circle to tighten and close the center gap.
- Sl st to the top of the ch-3 to join.
Round 2:
- Ch 1 and cut yarn. Switch to second color.
- Join new color with a sl st to any dc.
- Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in the same stitch.
- Work 2 dc in each dc around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch-3.
- You should have 24 dc at the end of this round.
- Ch 1 and cut yarn.
In Round 3:
- Join third color with a sl st in any space between the sets of 2 dc from the previous round.
- Ch 1, then work 3 sc in the same space.
- Skip the next 2 dc, work 3 sc between the next set of 2 dc around.
- Join with a sl st to the first sc.
- Ch 1 and cut yarn.
Round 4:
- Using the main color, join with a sl st to any sc from the previous round.
- Ch 1, then work 3 sc, one in each of the next 3 sc.
- Perform a long sc by finding the space between the dc's two rounds below (you're going into Round 2 here, creating an "interlocking" effect), pull up the loop to the height of the other sc's and complete the sc.
- Continue 3 sc across, 1 long sc down into the previous color's round around.
- Join with a sl st to the top of the first sc.
- Ch 1 and cut yarn.
Round 5:
- Join fourth color with a sl st to the top of any sc.
- Ch 1, sc in the same stitch.
- Ch 1, skip the long sc and next sc, sc in the next sc repeat around.
- After the last repeat, ch 1, then join with a sl st to the first sc.
- Ch 1 and cut yarn.
For Round 6 (Final Round):
- Using the main color, join with a sl st to any ch-1 space.
- Ch 1, work 3 sc in the same ch-1 space.
- Work 3 sc in each ch-1 space around.
- Join with a sl st to the first sc.
- Ch 1 and cut the yarn, weave in all ends.
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