Stacked Coaster Set
Four flat, absorbent coasters with a slightly raised rim. The first pattern most crocheters try: a circle, with nothing to memorise.

Materials
- DK cotton yarn: 20 g per coaster. Cotton is absorbent and washable, so it is worth avoiding acrylic here
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Stitch marker, yarn needle, scissors
Gauge
About 20 sc × 22 rounds = 10 cm (4 in). The coaster should lie flat. If it cups, your increases are too tight: use a larger hook. If it ruffles, use a smaller one.
Worked in a spiral without joining until the last round. Mark the first stitch of each round.
Abbreviations
- sl st slip stitch
- sc single crochet (US)
- inc increase: 2 sc (or 2 hdc) in the same stitch
- MR magic ring
- st(s) stitch(es)
- Rnd round (worked in a spiral unless the pattern says to join)
- BLO back loop only
- * * repeat the instructions between asterisks as directed
- ( ) the stitch count at the end of a round
Coaster (make 4)
- Rnd 16 sc in magic ring(6)
- Rnd 2inc in every st around(12)
- Rnd 3(*1 sc, inc*) × 6(18)
- Rnd 4(*2 sc, inc*) × 6(24)
- Rnd 5(*3 sc, inc*) × 6(30)
- Rnd 6(*4 sc, inc*) × 6(36)
- Rnd 7(*5 sc, inc*) × 6(42)
- Rnd 8(*6 sc, inc*) × 6(48)
- Rnd 9(*7 sc, inc*) × 6(54)
- Rnd 10(*8 sc, inc*) × 6(60)
- Rnd 11Sl st in the back loop only of every st around. Sl st to join. Fasten off and weave in the ends.(60)
Finishing
Block each coaster flat: dampen it, press it gently, and let it dry. Stack the coasters with a ribbon, or work a second, smaller circle in a contrasting colour and sew it inside the first for extra thickness.
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