Starfish Coasters

The original pattern for the starfish applique can be found at Yarnington.

One down, three more to go before I have a set!

This is how to make a starfish coaster:

Body:

Chain two

5 sc in farthest chain from hook

Inc all the way around (10)

1 sc, then inc. repeat around (15)

2sc, inc. repeat around (20)

3sc, inc. repeat around (25)

4sc, inc. repeat around (30)

Arms: Slip stitch, ch 14. Sc in 3^rd chain from hook. Skip one and hdc. Skip one and dc. Skip one and htc(htc is like a tc, just pull the yarn through the first three loops only, then pull through the remaining two loops). Skip one and tc. Now this next one is new, it’s a half quadrupal crochet. It’s the same idea as the half triple crochet, but you wrap the yarn 3 times around the hook before you loop into the second chain from the hook. Pull the yarn through the first stitch, then the next three, and then the next three. Then quadrupal crochet into the next chain without skipping. You should have reached the end of the chain. Now count 5 stitches from the main round and insert your hook. Sc. (repeat 4 more times- 5 arms total)

After the last sc, slip stitch into the last vacant stitch, then finish off. Cut and weave the yarn into the finished starfish.

 

What the finished coaster looks like with a giant cup on top of it.

 

 

Thanks again to the crocheting blogger at Yarnington for the original pattern! I had no clue how to make a starfish of any size until I read that post. :)