Shell coaster free pattern

Here is another coaster that I designed. It is just an easy thread coaster with a shell edging. It has not been tested yet. So there may be mistakes.

Shell Coaster
By Donna Howard

Size 10 thread (2 colors)
Hook size: 6
Gauge: Rnd 1 & 2 – approx. 1 1/8”
Finished size: 3 ¾”


Beginning shell: Ch 3, (dc, ch2, 2 dc) in same space

Shell: 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc

DIRECTIONS

With main color, ch6. Join to 1st ch to form ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 3. 14 dc in ring. Join with slip st to top of ch 3 (15 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 3. Dc in same space. 2 dc in each st around. Join. (30)

Rnd 3: Beginning shell in 1st st. * Skip next 2 st, shell. Repeat from * 8 more times. Join. (10 shells)

Rnd 4: Slip st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Beginning shell. Ch 1. *Shell in next ch 2 sp, ch 1. Repeat from * 8 more times. Join. (10 shells)

Rnd 5: Slip st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Beginning shell. Ch 2. *Shell in next ch 2 sp, ch 2. Repeat from * 8 more times. Join and fasten off main color.

Rnd 6: Join contrasting color in top of any shell. Ch 3, dc 5 x in same sp. Ch 2. *In top of next shell work 6 dc, ch 2. Repeat from * 8 more times. Join.

Rnd 7: Ch 1. Sc in same sp. Ch 3. Sc in next sp. (Sc in next sp, ch 3, sc in next sp) 2 x. 2 sc in ch 2 sp. *(sc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next dc) 3 x, 2 sc in ch 2 sp. Repeat from * 8 more times. Join and fasten off. Weave in all ends.