Flower Wheel Coaster

by saraphir

After a long while of being busy with other things and feeling impatient I am very happy to finally get the pattern for my Flower Wheel Coaster out. I developed it by tweaking my Sapphire Dream Square and have used the pattern for making coaster sets to sell in my Etsy shops and at Christmas Markets. And now the time has finally come to get it out! The most exciting thing about this pattern is that it will grow and mutate in a myriad different ways as the Flower Wheel Mandala Series – further patterns will come out over the summer and autumn!

I have made the coasters in 3 different yarns: Scheepjes Catona and a 3 mm hook, Drops Belle and a 4 mm hook and Drops Nepal and a 5 mm hook. The Catona coaster measures around 4 inches / 10 cm in diameter, the Belle one 5 inches / 13 cm and the Nepal one 6.4 inches / 16 cm in diameter.

The pattern is available in both US and UK terms below. Please remember that the pattern is my design and my copyright. Please feel free to use it for yourself, but you may not copy or publish the pattern as your own. If you sell what you make or post pictures of your makes I would appreciate if you mention where you got the pattern and direct people to my site. Thanks!

Notes:
Instead of ending each round with a ss and starting the next with a ss and chains, you can end each round with an invisible join and start the next round with a standing stitch (see guide here on how to do this). This especially makes sense if you change colour in each round.You can use any yarn for the coaster – just make sure you use the right hook size for the yarn. The coaster will grow and metamorphose in the future – stay posted for more!

UK TERMS

Special stitches:

Beginning treble4together (begtr4tog): attach yarn in any ch sp, ch 2, *yoh, insert through same ch sp, yoh, pull through 2 loops*, repeat from * to * 2 more times, yoh, pull through remaining 4 loops.

Treble4together (tr4tog): *yoh, insert through ch sp, yoh, pull through 2 loops*, repeat from * to * 3 more times, yoh, pull through remaining 5 loops.

Foundation ring: ch 4, ss in 1st ch to form a ring.

ROUND 1: ch 1, 8 dc in ring, ss in 1st dc. (8 dc)

ROUND 2: ch 4 (counts as a tr and 1 ch), * 1 tr in next dc, ch 1* , repeat from * to * 7 more times, ss in 3rd ch of ch 4. (8 tr and 8 ch1sp)

ROUND 3: begtr4tog in any ch sp, ch 1, * 1 tr in next tr, ch 1, tr4tog in next ch sp, ch 1* , repeat from * to * 7 more times, 1 tr in ss, ch 1, ss in top of begtr4tog. (8 tr4tog, 8 tr and 16 ch1sp)

ROUND 4: ss in ch sp, ch 1, 2 dc in same ch sp, 3 dc I n each ch sp, ss in 1st ch. (48 dc)

ROUND 5: ch 2, 1 htr in each st, ss in 2nd ch. (48 htr)

ROUND 6: ss in next st, ch 4, 1 tr in same st, * ch 1, skip 2 st, (1 tr, ch 1, 1 tr) in next st * repeat from * to * 15 more times, ch 1, ss in 3rd ch of 4 ch.

ROUND 7 begtr4tog in any ch sp that’s within the V of two tr, * ch 1, 1 tr in next ch sp, ch 1, tr4tog in next ch sp * repeat from * to * 15 more times, ch 1, ss in top of begtr4tog.

ROUND 8 ss in ch sp, ch 1, 2 dc in same ch sp, 3 dc in each ch sp, ss in 1st ch. (96 dc)

US TERMS

Special stitches:

Beginning doublecrochet4together (begdc4tog): attach yarn in any ch sp, ch 2, *yoh, insert through same ch sp, yoh, pull through 2 loops*, repeat from * to * 2 more times, yoh, pull through remaining 4 loops.

Doublecrochet4together (dc4tog): *yoh, insert through ch sp, yoh, pull through 2 loops*, repeat from * to * 3 more times, yoh, pull through remaining 5 loops.

Foundation ring: ch 4, ss in 1st ch to form a ring.

ROUND 1: 8 sc in ring, ss in 1st sc. (8 sc)

ROUND 2: ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), * 1 dc in next sc, ch 1* , repeat from * to * 7 more times, ss in 3rd ch of ch 4. (8 dc and 8 ch1sp)

ROUND 3: begdc4tog in any ch sp, ch 1, * 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, dc4tog in next ch sp, ch 1* , repeat from * to * 7 more times, 1 dc in ss, ch 1, ss in top of begdc4tog. (8 dc4tog, 8 dc and 16 ch1sp)

ROUND 4: ss in ch sp, ch 1, 2 sc in same ch sp, 3 sc in each ch sp, ss in 1st ch. (48 sc)

ROUND 5: ch 2, 1 hdc in each st, ss in 2nd ch. (48 hdc)

ROUND 6: ss in next st, ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), 1 dc in same st, * ch 1, skip 2 st, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in next st * repeat from * to * 15 more times, ch 1, ss in 3rd ch of 4 ch.

ROUND 7 begdc4tog in any ch sp that’s within the V of two dc, * ch 1, 1 dc in next ch sp, ch 1, dc4tog in next ch sp * repeat from * to * 15 more times, ch 1, ss in top of begdc4tog.

ROUND 8 ss in ch sp, ch 1, 2 sc in same ch sp, 3 sc in each ch sp, ss in 1st ch. (96 sc) Fasten off and sew in ends.

I would be delighted if you want to share the pictures of your makes – you can share on my Facebook Page or tag me @saraphir on Instagram. As mentioned above the pattern will grow and metamorphose in the future, so stay tuned for more.