Simple Circle Coasters

My mum asked me to replace her very old doily style coasters which she uses for her ornaments. She only wanted some plain, simple and discreet coasters. So here they are: 

Crocheting circles in rounds usually ends up with a hexagon shape rather than a perfect circle. To get the perfect circle shape crocheting in rows is better: 

End the row with a slip stitch into the stitch at the beginning of the row, chain 1 (if doing single crochet; chain 2 for double crochet ect) do the first crochet stitch into the same stitch as the slip stitch, continue with the next row. There are many tutorials online it just requires a quick search.  

This is how the coasters turned out.

I blocked the yarn, using pins and an Iron, which worked well to get rid of the curled edges.

They worked up nice and quick, hope my mum finds them useful. 

Hook off. 

Mini George the Dragon Amigurumi by Toft

A friend of mine went to a crochet class by Toft to make a little dragon amigurumi. I don't think the dragon pattern is the easiest of patterns, particularly for a complete beginner like my friend, so she did a brilliant job! See if you can spot the part that she made in the pictures below. In the end she decided crochet wasn't for her and asked me to finish the project for her, of course I said yes. 

The crochet pack is very good, it came in a lovely draw string bag with the Toft logo, the yarn included is of very good quality and lovely and soft, the crochet hook provided at the class has a very comfortable handle and the instructions were well written and easy to follow. If you aren't a complete beginner and have some experience with crocheting I highly recommend Toft. I cannot comment on the class as I did not attend myself. Here is a link to the website. 

Just a quick note- I do not have an affiliations with the link posted I am just sharing the love! 

Hook off.

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