Brighten My Day Coaster… Free Crochet Pattern

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Quick and Easy…The Brighten My Day Coaster is made using cotton yarn and is a perfect way to start a cheery day! These are a great gift idea too!

Today over in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group.. We are making these as a Quick CAL today.. Join in over there if you want to whip them up today!

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Materials:

• YARN – 2 or more colors of Cotton Yarn – just a couple of yards of each color. You will have a main color(white pictured) and contrast color
• HOOK – H
• Scissors

Size:

4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″

Stitches:

• St – Stitch
• Ch – Chain
• Sl St – Slip Stitch
• Sc – Single Crochet
• Hdc – Half Double Crochet
• Rev Sc – Reverse Single Crochet (or Crab St)

Instructions:

With contrast color-

Row 1: Ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. = 6 sc

Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 12 sc

Row 3: Ch 1, *2 sc in st, sc in next st*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 18 sc

Row 4: Ch 1, *2 sc in st, sc in next 2 sts*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 24 sc

Finish Off

Join main color in any stitch

Row 5: Ch 1, *sc in 5 sts, (hdc, ch 1, hdc) in next st*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 8 hdc, 4 ch1, 20 sc

Finish off

Join contrast color in any ch 1

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in ch 1, *sc in next 7 sts, 3 sc in next ch 1*, repeat *to* 2 more times, sc in next 7 sts, 2 sc in ch 1, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 40 sc

Finish off

Join main color in middle stitch of a corner

Row 7: Ch 2(counts as hdc), hdc in next 9 sts, (hdc, ch 1, hdc) in next st*, repeat *to* 2 more times, hdc in next 9 sts, (hdc, ch 1) in same as beginning st, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 2. = 40 hdc & 4 ch 1

Row 8: 2 rev sc in each ch 1 space and rev sc in each st around. = 48 rev sc

Congratulations!!! You now have a Brighten My Day Coaster… Make as many as you like!!!!

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Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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