Flowery Trebles Coasters

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to blog about this pattern like a week ago but my little girl got a fever, congested throat and a cold :( So, I couldn't write down the pattern and upload it. She is well now thank God and asleep which means some free time for me to write you all my new free pattern :D

So, without further ado here is my simple and easy pattern for this feminine coasters.

·        Size:
Around 10 cms/4 inches from one side to the other. 

Materials: 

     Yarn: Alize Forever Simli 96% Microfiber Acrylic, 4% Metallic. 
Hook: 2 mm steel hook.

The yarn I used is a Turkish brand. You can use any fine thread yarn.

Terminology Used:
Terminology used is UK.

UK	US
Double crochet	Single crochet
Half treble	Half double
Treble	Double

Stitch Abbreviations:

Sl st	Slip stitch
ch	Chain
tr	Treble
dc	Double crochet
htr	Half treble

Note: 

• Chain 3 counts as your 1st treble. 
• In rounds 5 and 7, note that you WILL NOT make a dc in the LAST ch-1 and ch-2 spaces,consecutively. This means that by the end of your round you SHOULD NOT have 2 dcs next to one another. You should have a total of 15 dcs in each round .

Pattern:

     Start with a chain 4 and sl st in 1st chain, or do a magic ring. There is a great video tutorial of how to do a magic ring on Moogly which you can find here.

Round 1: Chain 3, 11 trs in the ring, sl st in the top of the beginning of ch-3. {12 trebles}

Round 2: chain 3, 1 tr in same stitch as ch 3, * 2 trs in the following stitch,* repeat from * to *, sl st in the top of the beginning of ch-3. {24 trebles}

Round 3: Chain 3, 1 tr in the same stitch as ch 3, 1 tr in each of the following 3 stitches, * 2 trs in the following stitch, 1 tr in each of the following 3 stitches,* repeat from * to *, sl st in the top of the beginning of ch-3. {30 trebles}

Round 4: Chain 3, 2 trs in same stitch as ch 3, ch 1, skip 1 stitch, * 3 trs in the following stitch, ch 1, skip 1 stitch,* repeat from * to *, sl st in the top of the beginning of ch-3. {15 sets of 3 trebles / 15 x ch-2 spaces}  

Round 5: Chain 1, 1 dc in same stitch as ch 1, chain 4, * 1 dc in the following ch-1 space, chain 4,* repeat from * to *, sl st in 1st dc. {15 dcs / 15 x ch-4 spaces}

Round 6: Sl st in ch-4 space, chain 3, 4 trs in same ch-4 space as ch 3, chain 2, * 5 trs in the following ch-4 space, chain 2,* repeat from * to *, sl st in the top of the beginning of ch-3. {15 set of 5 trebles / 15 x ch-2 spaces}

Round 7: Chain 1, 1 dc in same stitch as ch 1, chain 5, * 1 dc in the following ch-2 space, chain 5,* repeat from * to *, sl st in 1st dc. {15 dcs / 15 x ch-5 spaces}

Round 8: Sl st in ch-5 space, chain 1, 1 dc - 1 htr - 7 trs – 1 htr – 1 dc in this 1st ch-5 space, repeat the previous petal combination in each of the ch-5 spaces till the end of the round, sl st in the 1st dc of round 7. (Just to finish off the flower effect) {15 petals}

Round 9: Sl st in 1st dc of round 8, 1 dc in every stitch till the end of the round WITH skipping the last dc in each petal. 

Copyright Notice: You have permission to sell your finished product. Please give me credit for creating the design by providing a link to my blog http://memysofaandmycrochethook.blogspot.com/2014/11/flowery-trebles-coasters.html . 

You have permission to share this patter providing that you share either from my blog (above link) or through my Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flowery-trebles-coasters 

You are NOT allowed to rewrite, resell, distribute, or copy this pattern in any way without asking my permission first.

Happy hooking everyone :)
Salma

Coasters and Mandala

As promised it is Thursday and I am going to give you a glimpse on my own creations :) I started off with coasters and mandalas. I remember when my maternal grandmother some 20 years or so ago taught me how to crochet potholders. I must confess that I am using the ones she and mom made me but I cannot remember how to crochet them though they was so simple and fast to make. So, I might grab one of them one of these days and try to replicate it, and may be improve it up a bit...

Let me introduce to you the Bubbly Bobbles design. I created this coaster for a dear friend of mine and I really fell in love with it. It is all about the bobble stitch, hence the name. I made it with a fine microfiber thread that has a metallic strike to it using a 2.00 mm metal hook. Again, it is a Turkish brand called Alize forever since most of the available yarn in Egypt are imported from Turkey. These was not blocked when I took that photo. After blocking they round up nicely.

My friend was quite happily surprised with them. Then I went and made another set for my best friend. I think it is about time I make a set for myself and write up the tutorial.

Another creation of mine is the Flowery Trebles coasters. I actually love this design very much may be because it touches my feminine side. I am in the process of doing a set of 6 and I will be writing the tutorial as I go. I am using the same yarn and hook size as I used in the Bubbly Bobbles coasters.

A little Mandala of my own was inspired after Lucy from Attic24 called on her fans to send her mandalas for Yanrdale. You can read about it Here. Mandalas are known to be a spiritual symbol in Hinduism and as a Muslim I am not doing them for their spiritual significance but for their beautiful aspect and wide array of usage. You can use them in bags, square them up and crochet yourself a pillow case, stiffen them up with glow or starch and decorate your walls, ...etc. Use your imagination and you will come up with something beautiful as well as unique.

The one in the picture is the fourth one I have done using this pattern. I am just trying to perfect the pattern and I am still having a little snag when I try to join two of the rounds when using different colours. I am going to crochet another one in a number of colours and write up the pattern once more. Hopefully, within the next couple of weeks the pattern will be up and ready.

I hope that you would appreciate the creations I have shared with you. I will be sharing these three patterns for free with you in the next few weeks once I have written up the tutorials.

Love,
Salma