Pumpkin Coaster Set Crochet Pattern - 8 Coasters

A 6-page PDF, and every page does a job:

• Pattern details — materials, yardage per piece, finished measurements, difficulty and time.
• The coaster pattern — symbol key, abbreviation key, 6 written rounds, and a full colour-coded stitch chart.
• The stem pattern — the two-strand construction explained, 16 rounds, its own stitch chart, and the joining maths written out.
• Assembly — how the eight coasters lock into the stem frame.
• Photo tutorial — the stem parts labelled, a three-step photo sequence for slotting a coaster in, and close-ups of back loop, front loop and third loop.
• Direct support — a question about any round goes straight to us.

Intermediate. 3 out of 5. We'd rather say that here than have you find out on round nine.

You'll want to be comfortable with the magic circle, chain, single, double and treble crochet, slip stitch, back loop only, front loop only, decreases, working in a spiral, and stuffing. Every stitch used is listed and abbreviated inside the file. US crochet terms throughout.

The coasters are the straightforward half. The stem is the demanding one. It's worked with two strands at once, in a spiral that doesn't close, and it joins on a 24-to-12 ratio. It takes concentration, and it's the part people slow down on. Give it a quiet hour and keep the stitch chart open beside the written rounds.

The pattern is written three times over, and any one of them gets you there on its own:

• Written rounds. Line by line, round by round.
• Stitch charts. Colour-coded, one for the coaster and one for the stem. Not a supplement — a complete route through the pattern. If you read charts faster than prose, work from these and ignore the words.
• Photo tutorial. Labelled photographs for the assembly, including the loop close-ups.

And if a round still won't come out right, message us. Questions about this pattern are answered directly, usually within a working day.

• Yarn: any yarn, with a hook to match. The sample uses 2 mm macramé cotton cord — 85% cotton, 15% polyester, worsted / aran weight.
• Hook: 3.5 mm in the sample.
• Colours: two — one for the body, one for the stem.
• Also needed: scissors, tapestry needle, stuffing.
• Yarn per coaster: 17 g / 20 yds / 17 m.
• Yarn for the stem: about 37 g across both parts.
• Finished pumpkin: 18 cm / 7 in wide, 13 cm / 5.1 in tall.
• Single coaster: 12 cm / 4.75 in wide, 9 cm / 3.5 in tall.
• Time: 2 to 3 hours for the whole set.

Your yarn sets the scale. Heavier yarn and a bigger hook give you a bigger pumpkin — the pattern works either way.

No. The pattern needs two colours — one for the body, one for the stem — and nothing else about it is seasonal. Work it in red with a green stem and you have an apple. Same rounds, different object on the table.

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Six pages. It opens on a phone, a tablet or a computer, and it prints cleanly — the charts hold up at print size.

If a download ever fails, email us and we'll send the file to you directly. You don't need to buy it twice.