If you are going to hook a nice series of glass coasters, pot protectors, or round place mats, you can do them in the round! It makes sense when you want to have a place to set your tea pot.
Here's how to start!
Get some great natural cotton fiber yarn, as you can easily wash it, and it will be absorbent for drips and water. You can get some amazing colors, and the price is usually very kind on your wallet. The hook you use, is bigger for a loose, but fast project, like a US K10.5/6.50MM, or a smaller, tighter, but slower and dedicated project, like a US F 5/3.75MM. It is your decision, and often I would start out with the bigger hook, and then try a smaller hook later, after I have worked out the kinks.
Then, make a chain. I would make a chain of 4. Then, take your chain, join the two ends with a sniped piece of yarn, and tie the two ends together, keeping the ball end of the yarn out of the chain. You have made a ring!
Next, look for your stitched ring end, and grab your yarn with your hook, and work into the beginning of the chain, not that nice little bump you made with your chain, but into the center of the ring. You can roll it around, and if you made a chain of 4, you will not have too big a center, but just enough to double your stitches around. Keep working in a single crochet, and add the number of stitches as you go around. It sometimes is helpful to add a twist tie to your "start" as you will do 6 stitches in row 2, (not including your first single crochet to get you started), 12 in row 3, and 18 in row 4, etc... You are adding 6 on each turn. Always, when you reach the end of the row, join the row you created with the start.
Here is some great yarn to get you going!
Here's how to start!
Get some great natural cotton fiber yarn, as you can easily wash it, and it will be absorbent for drips and water. You can get some amazing colors, and the price is usually very kind on your wallet. The hook you use, is bigger for a loose, but fast project, like a US K10.5/6.50MM, or a smaller, tighter, but slower and dedicated project, like a US F 5/3.75MM. It is your decision, and often I would start out with the bigger hook, and then try a smaller hook later, after I have worked out the kinks.
Then, make a chain. I would make a chain of 4. Then, take your chain, join the two ends with a sniped piece of yarn, and tie the two ends together, keeping the ball end of the yarn out of the chain. You have made a ring!
Next, look for your stitched ring end, and grab your yarn with your hook, and work into the beginning of the chain, not that nice little bump you made with your chain, but into the center of the ring. You can roll it around, and if you made a chain of 4, you will not have too big a center, but just enough to double your stitches around. Keep working in a single crochet, and add the number of stitches as you go around. It sometimes is helpful to add a twist tie to your "start" as you will do 6 stitches in row 2, (not including your first single crochet to get you started), 12 in row 3, and 18 in row 4, etc... You are adding 6 on each turn. Always, when you reach the end of the row, join the row you created with the start.
Here is some great yarn to get you going!
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