Crochet Coasters Pattern: Learn to Crochet

If you’ve been wanting to learn to crochet or just need a refresher, this crochet coasters pattern is a good one. I’ll walk you through making coasters in single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet so you can build your confidence quickly.

Why Crochet Coasters?

These crochet coasters are a great first or early crochet project when you’re learning to crochet because they are fast to make, the materials you need are inexpensive and widely available, and everyone can use coasters.

And if they turn out a little wonky, with wavy edges or other new crocheter problems, they’ll still protect your table just fine.

Crochet Coaster Supplies

For this project you’ll need some medium weight (also known as worsted or weight 4) cotton yarn. You should be able to find Lily Sugar’n Cream or a similar so-called kitchen cotton yarn at your local big box retailer that sells yarn, or you can buy it online. (The price and color selection at Mary Maxim are great.)

One ball of Sugar’n Cream will allow you to make about eight coasters the size of mine, which are around 4.5 inches/11.5 cm square. I would suggest making two of each type while you’re learning, so one ball would be plenty. If you’re using different yarn or scraps from other projects, you’ll need about 15 yards of yarn for each coaster.

You’ll also need a size 8/H/5 mm crochet hook, and a pair of scissors and a yarn needle for finishing the project. You should be able to find all that at your local crafts store if you have one.

Single Crochet Coasters Pattern

Let’s start with single crochet. The photos will walk you through all the basics if you’ve never crocheted before, or there is a video for each technique if you need to see more.

First, make a slip knot and slide it onto your crochet hook. Chain 15.

Take the hook into the second chain after the hook from front to back. Take the yarn over the hook. Pull a loop through the chain stitch (2 loops on hook). Take the yarn over the hook again. Pull through both loops.

This makes one single crochet stitch.

Repeat across the row. You’ll have 14 stitches.

When you get to the end of the row, chain 1. Turn the work over and begin crocheting again. Don’t work stitches into the chains, just into the tops of the stitches (going under both legs of the v at the top of the stitch).

Repeat this process until your piece is roughly square.

When you get to the end of the last row, do not chain.

Cut the yarn, leaving a few inches to weave in. Pull the crochet hook away from the coaster until the yarn pops through to close the last stitch.

Weave in ends (shown in video).

If you need the full tutorial you can watch it here:

Half Double Crochet Coaster

Half double crochet is a stitch that’s a little taller than a single crochet, but still makes a pretty firm fabric that’s great for use as a coaster. Let’s get into this crochet coasters free pattern.

For this one we’ll make the slip knot and chain as before, but this time chain 16. That’s because this stitch is a little taller so we need to start in a different place to still get 14 stitches.

First, take the yarn over the hook. This time we’ll take the hook into the third chain from the hook from front to back. Yarn over again and pull through a loop. There are 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all three.

Repeat across the row.

Chain 2, turn the work and being work the half double crochet (HDC) stitch in each stitch of the previous row.

Don’t work into the chain stitches, and make sure you’re going under both legs of the v.

Continue in this way until your piece is square.

Finish as above.

Here’s the video for the HDC crochet coaster pattern:

Double Crochet Coasters Pattern

The last piece in our crochet coaster pattern set is double crochet, which is probably my favorite of the basic crochet stitches. It’s fast and easy to stitch, and at twice the height of single crochet you can make this coaster literally in minutes once you get the hang of the stitch.

Once again because this stitch is taller, we need a longer chain for our coaster to come out the same number of stitches. In this case I did my slip knot and a chain of 17.

Take the yarn over the hook and put the hook into the fourth chain from the hook. Yarn over and pull through a loop. There are now 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops.

Then yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops.

Repeat this across.

There’s some debate as to whether you should chain 2 or 3 at the end of a row of double crochet. Even though I started with 3 extra chains, I like a chain 2 in the body of this coaster so that’s what I did. Feel free to chain 3 if you like that look better. So now chain 2.

Turn the work and begin to make your next double crochet (DC) stitch in the top of the last stitch from the previous row. Don’t work into the chain and make sure you’re going under both legs of the v at the top of the stitch.

Continue until your piece is about square and finish as above.

Here’s the crochet coaster pattern for double crochet in video form:

This crochet coasters pattern is great to make for practicing the basic stitches, and they’re super useful. You can also make them as a gift to give with a six pack of beer or fun sodas.