Look, a finished project!
Last night I made some badly-needed coasters. Pattern: Super Absorbent Coasters, except I didn’t do the color inserts because that looked like more trouble than it was worth. Also did not make the case. I plan to make another four in a matching color. I got four coasters out of one ball of Bernat Handicrafter with a couple of yards of yarn left over, but my coasters were bigger than the 3 to 3½ inches the pattern listed, probably more like 4 to 4½ inches though I haven’t actually measured them.
I kinda guessed on hook size since either the pattern doesn’t specify one or I didn’t read it all that closely. There’s probably a 50% chance it was me; lately I’ve been suffering from the dread If Only You Had Read The Damn Pattern, You Would Not Be Having This Problem Syndrome. You wouldn’t believe what I did to a doily I’m working on the other night, resulting in my having to frog about three rounds, including one consisting of a jillion popcorns, and all because I did not actually read the directions, though at the time I was sure I had. Anyway, I just used an I hook because the yarn label called for a G, and I usually have to go up two hook sizes because I crochet tightly.
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They’re better-looking in person than the photo, really. When I tried to arrange them on top of each other all fancy-like to take the picture they decided they wanted to curl up and look funky, but if I just set one down on a table it’ll lay flat.
