Project introduction
This is a pattern overview, not a full step-by-step tutorial. These summer-inspired Wheelie Coasters are quick, easy, bright and fun to make. Worked in two colors, the design features pretty puff stitches and an open texture, and each coaster is a medium size that suits everyday mugs and glasses. This overview covers the materials, finished size and construction so you can decide if the project suits your stash.
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The designer created these coasters from yarn left over after the All-Time Favorite Bag and the Bobble Flower Granny Square Bag. They are a smart way to use cotton yarn scraps from larger projects, since each coaster takes only a small amount of yarn. Cotton or a cotton blend suits coasters well, and mixing bright colors gives the cheerful summer look shown in the source photos.
Aren’t these colorful and fun to crochet?
Prefer a plainer look? The designer also points minimalism fans toward a separate Simple and Modern Style Crochet Coasters pattern.
Crochet Wheelie Coasters Pattern Overview
For the complete round-by-round instructions, visit the Original designer’s pattern and instructions on the designer’s blog, where this pattern is published free. This overview summarizes what you need and how the coaster is built. The skill level is intermediate, and each finished coaster measures about 5.25″ in diameter.
Supplies checklist, using the source quantities:
- 4-Medium / Worsted / Cotton blend yarn, approx. 20 yards. The designer’s sample used Ice Yarn Lorena Worsted in 2 colors, about 30 yards total (19 yards for Color 1 / 11 yards for color 2).
- US H-8 / 5mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle for weaving ends
- Scissors
The listed gauge is 15 sc x 15 rows = (4″ x 4″) with an H-8, 5mm crochet hook.
Construction is worked in the round from the center outward. You begin with color 1 in an adjustable ring, then build the base with half double crochet rounds before switching to color 2 for the textured band. The design relies on two special puff stitch variants that the designer defines in the pattern, creating the raised, wheel-like texture with open spaces. A later color change back to the first color frames the piece, and you finish by fastening off and weaving in the ends.
Because this is an overview, it does not replace the designer’s instructions. If anything in the pattern is unclear, check the original page rather than guessing at stitch placement. The defined special stitches and abbreviations below come straight from the source, so keep them handy while you work through the designer’s rounds.
Abbreviations used in the pattern:
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- st = stitch
- sk = skip
- BL = back loop
- beg = beginning
- *to ; = repeat * to the instructions.
