How to Crochet a Spiral Peppermint Coaster for Christmas & Other Festivals
Learn how to crochet a spiral peppermint coaster to decorate your Christmas dining table with a step-by-step tutorial from Cute Crochet. This coaster project will be excellent for learning the spiral technique and changing the colors in the spiral making it perfect for beginners. Once you understand the basic pattern, crocheting this spiral coaster in any size will become a breeze.
Since it is square-shaped, you can also crochet many coasters and join them to form a large project like a blanket. The complete guide for crocheting this spiral peppermint coaster will be available at the end of this post!
Skills Used: Making a magic circle, working single, half-double, and double crochet stitches, and increasing stitches to form a spiral pattern. It also highlights how to work with multiple yarn colors simultaneously, managing color changes seamlessly. Additional skills include tapering edges for a polished finish and weaving in loose ends neatly.
Guide Span: 22 Minutes
Personalization Tips: You can try colors like green, blue, and red for the 4th of July and orange for Thanksgiving instead of red. You can also adjust the size by adding or reducing rounds to create items like placemats, cushions, or larger decorative pieces.
Crochet a Spiral Peppermint Coaster Tutorial
Crocheting a Spiral Peppermint Coaster is perfect for any festival with simple color customization. This coaster, can be made using four different skeins of yarn, ideally in festive colors. It’s versatile as you can crochet it into anything. Shri suggests detangling the yarn after each round to avoid a mess.
Designed for beginners, the video explains each stitch and round in detail, making it easy to follow. Here is a quick overview of this holiday coaster tutorial:
- Spiral Design Technique: The spiral pattern is achieved by alternating between colors in sections. Each section starts with a magic circle, progressing with single, half-double, and double crochets. The pattern gradually increases in stitch count with each round.
- Adaptable Customization: The tutorial offers the option to expand the coaster by adding rounds, scaling the size to suit various purposes like placemats or cushions. The design allows creative freedom in choosing color schemes to match different occasions.
- Finishing Touches: After completing the spiral, the edges are tapered off by transitioning from double to single crochets, ending with slip stitches for a neat finish. Loose ends are carefully woven in to complete the piece.
Supplies Used
Following are the supplies that the tutor mentions in the coaster video tutorial:
- Yarn: Two different colors (e.g., red, white cotton yarn can be used).
- Hook: 4mm crochet hook.
- Accessories: Scissors, yarn needle.
Stitch Guides
Here are the quick guides for crocheting the stitches that the tutor uses:
- SC (Single Crochet): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, pull through both loops on hook.
- HDC (Half-Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, pull through all three loops on hook.
- DC (Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over again, pull through remaining two loops.
- Inc (Increase): Make two SC, HDC, or DC stitches in the same stitch space.
