Add a touch of summer to your home with this sunny crochet coaster! Perfect for protecting your surfaces and adding a pop of color to any room.

The Sunny Day Crochet Coaster

I just love spring and summer, don’t you? The weather starts to warm up, the windows in the house get thrust open, and the backyard grill gets fired up.

Bring that feeling of the summer sun in the house with the Sunny Day crochet coaster. It’s a bright way to add a pop of color to your home and protect your surfaces from a water ring.

A crochet coaster is quick and easy to make. It’s the perfect make for an evening project. You’ll be using that sunny crochet coaster in no time.

Design + Construction of the Sunny Day crochet coaster

A crochet coaster can be any shape but is typically square or round. The Sunny Day crochet coaster is both!

In this crochet coaster, the traditional granny square becomes a burst of sunshine with some variations to the original design of the traditional square.

The crochet coaster starts as a circle with spokes that evoke images of the rays of the sun. That circle becomes a square with a round of stitches of varying heights that create the square shape with four corners. Finish off your crochet coaster with a border of crab stitch (aka reverse single crochet) for a one-of-a-kind companion for your favorite beverage.

What yarn should I use?

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When choosing a fiber for a crochet coaster, I like to stick to 100% cotton because it’s so absorbent and easy to care for. The type of cotton yarn you choose doesn’t  necessarily have to be mercerized, although I like it because it holds its shape through repeated use and washing.

For my Sunny Day crochet coaster, I chose Lion Brand’s 24/7 cotton. The mercerization process gives the yarn incredible color and sheen which will last through multiple wash cycles. The yarn comes in a lot of colors, giving you lots of options for matching this crochet coaster to your home or outdoor decor.

Why would you need to buy the PDF for the Sunny Day coaster when it’s free here on the blog?

Sometimes it’s just nice to have an ad-free copy to download to your favorite electronic device. I love to take my crochet wherever I go so I need a portable version of the pattern loaded on my phone. You may want a copy to print out to make notes on. Whatever the reason, I’ve got your back!

Here’s what comes with the PDF:

• Detailed written instructions
• A crochet chart to help with stitch placement
• You won’t have to scroll through ads or bookmark this page (although you should).

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What you need to know about the Sunny Day crochet coaster

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Yarn

Any 100% cotton worsted weight yarn will work: Approx. 0.3oz/16-20yd

For the sample:

Lion Brand “24/7 Cotton” 100% mercerized cotton worsted (3.5oz/186yd; 100g/170m) in Color #157D Lemon

Hook

US size H-8 (5mm) or size needed to achieve desired finished size

Finished size: Approx. 4.5″ square

Skill level: Advanced beginner

Abbreviations – US crochet terminology

• beg – beginning
• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• rep – repeat
• rnd – round
• sc – single crochet
• sp – space
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• YO – yarn over

Special Stitches

Crab st or reverse sc – This stitch is used as a decorative stitch along the edge/border of a project. The reverse sc is a single crochet worked in the opposite direction to create a twisted border.

For right-handed crocheters: Insert hook in st to the right of the hook, YO, draw up a loop, YO, pull through both loops on the hook.

For left-handed crocheters: Insert hook in st to the left of the hook, YO, draw up a loop, YO, pull through both loops on the hook.

Here’s a great photo tutorial for the reverse single crochet from Crochet365KnitToo.

Single crochet 2 together (sc2tog) – Insert hook in st, YO, pull up a loop, insert hook in next st, YO, pull up a loop, YO, pull through all 3 loops on the hook.

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Pattern Instructions

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Pattern Notes

1. A ch 1 at the beg of a rnd does not count as a st.
2. A ch 3 at the beg of a rnd counts as a dc.
3. A ch 4 at the beg of a rnd counts as a dc and ch-1 sp.
4. Do not turn after any rnd.

Written Instructions

Ch 4, join with slip st to form ring.

Rnd 1:  Ch 3, 11 dc in the ring, join with slip st to beg ch-3. (12 dc)

Rnd 2:  Ch 4, [dc in the next st, ch 1] around, join with slip st to 3^rd ch of beg ch-4. (12 dc, 12 ch-1 sp)

Rnd 3:  Ch 3, 2 dc in the ch-1 sp, [dc in the next st, 2 dc in the ch-1 sp] around, join with slip st to beg ch-3. (36 dc)

Rnd 4:  Ch 3, hdc in the next 2 sts, sc2tog, hdc in the next 2 sts, dc in the next st, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in the next st (corner made), [dc in the next st, hdc in the next 2 sts, sc2tog, hdc in the next 2 sts, dc in the next st, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in the next st] 3 times, join with slip st to beg ch-3. (4 sc2tog, 16 hdc, 24 dc, 4 ch-3 sp)

Rnd 5: Ch 1, starting in the next st, work a reverse sc in each st around and 2 reverse sc in each corner, ending with a reverse sc in the same st as the beg ch-1, join with slip st to beg st. (52 reverse sc)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Fix your favorite beverage and set it on your new coaster!

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