The Easiest Flat Circle Coaster Free Pattern for Beginners
Learn how to crochet a flat circle with this beginner-friendly pattern and make a set of stylish crochet coasters in the meantime!
This project is a part of my tutorial on How to Crochet a Flat Circle. Follow the written pattern instructions, or learn alongside the video tutorial.
Flat Circle Coaster Video Tutorial
For right-handed crocheters
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For left-handed crocheters
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Pattern Notes
Terms and abbreviations
- st – stitch
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- inc – increase, 2 sc in one
Materials and Tools
- The circle: Drops Cotton Light yarn, which is 50% cotton, 50% polyester blend, DK/Worsted weight, col. 31. I used roughly 8 g of yarn for one coaster.
- Edging: scraps of Scheepjes Catona yarn, 100% mercerized cotton, Fingering weight.
- 3.5 mm crochet hook for the circle, 2.5 mm hook for the edging.
- Tapestry needle, stitch markers (optional).
Measurements
- The coaster is about 10 cm (~4 in) in diameter, including the edging.
Important Techniques
This project includes a fix for something I called increase stacking – a phenomenon that turns circles into hexagons and octagons. Read more about it in this article:
This article may also come in handy:
Circular Crochet Coaster Free Pattern (Single Crochet Flat Circle)
Made with Drops Cotton Light yarn and a 3.5 mm hook.
Start
Chain 4, create a loop and close it with a slip stitch, OR make the magic ring.
Round 1
Make 6 single crochet stitches. Place a stitch marker on the first one. Close the round with a slip stitch in the marked stitch.
Remember the number of stitches you started with (in this case, 6); it’s important for further calculations.
Round 2
The Goal: 2x the number of stitches we started with, so 2 x 6 = 12 single crochets.
Start with 1 chain stitch (our turning chain), then place 2 single crochets in each stitch all around. In other words, place an increase in every stitch of the round. Close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 3
The Goal: 3x the number of stitches we started with, so 3 x 6 = 18 single crochets. We need to increase the overall stitch count by 6.
Start with 1 ch – this is our turning chain. Make 1 sc in the next stitch, and 2 sc in one stitch (an increase) in the following stitch. Repeat until the end of the round: 1 sc, 2 sc in one stitch. Close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 4
The Goal: 4x the number of stitches we started with, so 4 x 6 = 24 single crochets. We need to increase the overall stitch count by 6.
In this round, we start fixing the increase stacking by moving them to the middle stitch.
Start with 1 ch again, then make an increase (2 sc in one st) right away, in the first stitch of the previous round. Next, make 1 sc in each of the next two stitches (=1 sc, 1 sc). Repeat until the end of the round. Close with a slip stitch.
TIP: To see if your pattern is right, sum the numbers in the repeat section. 2 + 1 + 1 = 4, the number of the current round. This is correct.
Round 5
The Goal: 5x the number of stitches we started with, so 5 x 6 = 30 single crochets. We need to increase the overall stitch count by 6.
Increase stacking fix: We started the previous round with an increase, so now let’s start with the “middle stitches”. This way, our increase will land in the right spot.
Start with 1 ch again. Make 3 sc (=1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc), then 2 sc in one stitch. Repeat until the end of the round. Close with a slip stitch.
Rounds 6-9
Repeat, consulting the shortened pattern version below.
Shortened Pattern Version
- Start: magic ring, OR 3 ch and sl st.
- Round 1: 6 sc, sl st. (6)
- Round 2: 1 ch, *2 sc in one st* x6, sl st. (12)
- Round 3: 1 ch, *1 sc, 2 sc in one st* x6, sl st. (18)
- Round 4: 1 ch, *2 sc in one st, 2 sc* x6, sl st. (24)
- Round 5: 1 ch, *3 sc, 2 sc in one st* x6, sl st. (30)
- Round 6: 1 ch, *1 sc, 2 sc in one st, 3 sc* x6, sl st. (36)
- Round 7: 1 ch, *5 sc, 2 sc in one st* x6, sl st. (42)
- Round 8: 1 ch, *2 sc, 2 sc in one st, 4 sc* x6, sl st. (48)
- Round 9: 1 ch, *7 sc, 2 sc in one st* x6, fasten off. (54)
Finishing the circle
Make a slip stitch, cut the yarn, and weave in the ends.
However, here’s a nicer option:
When you’re ready to close the last round, pull up a big loop and cut the yarn. Then, using a tapestry needle, weave the yarn end under both strands of the second V, and back inside the V you started with. This creates a duplicate stitch that hides the join.
The Edging
Made using Scheepjes Catona yarn and a 2.5 mm hook.
This edging will work for any even number of stitches. If you followed my pattern, you should have 54 stitches in the outermost round.
You can start in any stitch.
- You have 2 options here:
- Option 1: Insert the hook in any stitch, pull up a loop, and make one chain stitch. This is your turning chain for single crochet, and it doesn’t count as a stitch. Make 1 single crochet.
- Option 2: Alternatively, omit step 1 and make a standing single crochet.
- Chain 3.
- Make 1 single crochet in the next stitch.
- Repeat *1 single crochet, 3 chains, 1 single crochet* all around.
- Slip stitch in the first single crochet you made, or use the finishing method I described in the Circle section.
- Cut the yarn, weave in the ends.
Shortened Edging Pattern
1 ch, *1 sc, 3 ch, 1 sc* repeat all around, sl st.
The visible curving line is the result of stacked turning chains.
It’s done!
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