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. :)

Octonauts, A Poem

Just for fun, I posted this on my short stories page, and I thought it might fit this page better.

 

 

 In our undersea lab, 

We breathe and live,

Life is not drab,

So much to give.

 

 

My friends and I,

Are furry pals,

Who really try,

To save animals.

 

A lobster’s son,

May need some help,

Leg number one,

Is wrapped in the kelp.

 

Some will come,

And go with the tide,

Others will stay,

Along for the ride.

 

 

A critter or two,

May give us the slip,

But Kwazii is who,

Is fast as a whip.

 

Peso is there,

To bandage and cure,

He knows where,

To apply pressure.

 

Southern and furry,

Tweak is a bunny,

She’ll fix in a hurry,

Because she’s no dummy.

 

Captain Barnacles,

Sounds the Octo-Alert,

Usually while,

The ship is inert.

 

Dashi’s cam lens,

Goes “Snap, Snap, Snap,”

At the sound of sirens,

“I’m on it, Cap!”

 

A pink octopus,

Professor Inkling,

Founded Octonauts, thus,

He’s like a sea king,

 

The Vegimals are,

A fun little posse,

Their words are bizarre,

Their temperments, saucy.

 

“Jumping Jellyfish!”

“Fascinating!”

Dr. Shellington,

Is pretty amazing.

 

 

Now that you know,

Them all by their name,

Maybe you’ll go,

And never be the same.

 

Animals need saving,

At sea and on land,

Let’s all do something,

Let’s give them a hand.

 

It would be easy,

To stop all the hurt,

Don’t be uneasy,

Just be alert!

 

Love all your pets,

And animals who aren’t,

Their unspoken thanks,

Is a wonderful present.

Image Credits:

Octonauts Title

Octopod

Octonauts Group

Lobster

Sea Turtle

Kwazii

Peso

Tweak

Barnacles

Dashi

Inkling

Vegimals

Shellington

Gup

Octo-Alert

Hurt Crab