How To Crochet Heart Coaster For Valentine's Day

Materials:

• Two colors of yarn
• An H hook
• A stitch marker

Abbreviations:

• Ch: Chain
• Sc: Single crochet
• Hdc: Half double crochet
• Dc: Double crochet
• Tr: Triple crochet
• Sl st: Slip stitch

Instructions:

Round 1:

• Ch 3 and do 4 tr stitches.
• Do 2 dc, then a tr stitch.
• Repeat steps 2 and 3 to create the other side of the heart.
• Ch 2 and sl st into the magic ring to complete the round.

For Round 2:

• Fasten off the first color and sew in the tail.
• Join the second color and do 3 sc in the tr at the bottom point of the heart.
• Sc in the next 11 stitches, then do 2 sc in the next stitch.
• Repeat steps 3 and 4 two more times.
• Sc in the next two stitches, sl st in the next stitch, sl st to the center point of the previous round, and then sl st in the next stitch.
• Sc in the next two stitches, then do 2 sc in the next stitch.
• Repeat steps 5 and 6 two more times.
• Sc in the next 11 stitches to complete round four.

Round 3:

• Do not join, and go right into the next round.
• Start round five by putting a sc in the first stitch of the previous round. The next stitch is the center point of the bottom of your heart, so you’re going to put 2 hdc in that same stitch.
• Sc in the next stitch, sl st in the next stitch, and repeat this pattern five more times.
• Put a sl st in the last stitch before the stitch marker, sl st in the center point of your heart where the stitch marker is, and then sl st in the next stitch.
• Sc in the next stitch, 2 hdc in the next stitch, sc in the next stitch, and sl st in the next stitch.
• Repeat this pattern five more times.
• The four stitches left, so do your last scallop with a sc in the next stitch, 2 hdc in the next stitch, sc in the next stitch, and sl st in the last stitch.

Finishing:

• You shouldn’t have any stitches left. If you do, I suggest starting over and making sure you use a stitch marker so that your stitches are in the right place and you have the right stitch count.
• Flip stitch to join the round, or you can do an invisible finish.
• To make a thicker coaster, you can put two of these wrong sides together, line up the stitches, and either do a sl st all the way around or a sc all the way around.