Ten Free Patterns for Crochet Coasters

I've been making crochet coasters for a short while. They are (usually) very easy and quick to make and very satisfying in that you can soon build up a collection of pretty coasters which looks really impressive! 😀

Here are 10 Free Patterns For Crochet Coasters I have used to make coasters, or that are on my list to make very soon.
Enjoy!

1: Make a Set of Five Ombre Crocheted Coasters

By Marinke Slump
This is a great coaster tutorial and pattern.
Easy and quick and using surface slip stitches to add to the pattern.
You can find the free pattern here:
Make a Set of Five Gorgeous Ombre Crocheted Coasters

I've made 3 lots of these so far. I didn't quite stick to the ombre idea (making each coaster slip stitch decoration in a colour which shades in with the previous one), but I like them anyway :)
The first set was a gift:

Set of Ombre Coasters in Dark Heather, with Lilac and White Trim

And the other two sets are now on Etsy:
Set of 6 coasters in beautiful burgundy

Set of 6 attractive coasters in light grey cotton

2: The Citrus Coaster Pattern, by Dona Knits.

This was the first coaster pattern I tried and I think it's still my favourite for making coaster only sets.
A lovely clean and neat pattern that is easy to do and looks elegant.
This pattern is a free Ravelry download. So, members of Ravelry can find it here:
Citrus Coaster by Dona Knits

I've made quite a few of these in light purple and will definitely make more in other colours (when I get the time!).
Here's the link to them in our Etsy Shop:
Set of 6 Coasters in Light Purple

3: Lacy Coaster by Claire from Crochet Leaf

I love this coaster pattern! (and the free doily pattern too).
It's easy to follow, well-explained, and quick to do. And you can easily make a lovely  set of lacy coasters which make you look like a crochet expert!
You can find the free coaster pattern here:
Lacy Crochet Coaster

Here's some doily and coaster sets that I have made from Claire's lovely patterns.
You can find sets of them on our Etsy site here:
Crochet Lace Doily and 6 coasters set in Turquoise Cotton

 Crochet Lace Doily and 6 coasters set in Dark Heather

4: Free crochet pattern: Roller Coasters

 by Kirsten Ballering
Is a nice, quick and simple coaster pattern which adds surface slip stitch colours to make the 'roller coaster' and this works great!
You can find the free crochet pattern here:
Free Crochet Pattern - Roller Coasters
(No pictures from me here, because I am still to make these! 😁 )

5: Snowflake Cotton Coaster by Tatsiana Kupryianchyk 

This is a tutorial on how to do surface crochet, together with a free pattern for a unique coaster design in Tatsiana's innovative style. And, despite looking complicated, it is actually quick and easy to do!
Just the job!
You can find the free pattern here:
Surface Crochet Makes a Difference a Free Pattern by Lilla Bjorn Crochet

 I've made 2 sets of these so far - one in deep purple with a lilac trim and one in lilac with a deep purple trim.
You can see them on our Etsy shop here:
 Set of 6 Cotton Coasters in Purple Crochet Snowflake Design

Set of 6 Cotton Coasters in Lilac Elegant Snowflake Design

6: Christmas Themed Coaster by Rajeshwari Singh 

 I'm saving this coaster pattern for nearer to Christmas.
It certainly looks worth doing and enjoyable to do - a pretty flower theme in Christmas colours.
You can find it here:
Christmas Themed Crochet Coaster

7: Merry Berry Coasters

by Fiber Flux / Jennifer Dickerson
Another coasters pattern on my 'to-make-for-Christmas' list.
They certainly look easy and fun to make. And just right for Christmas.
Here is the free pattern:
Free Crochet Pattern...Merry Berry Coasters!

8: Flower Potholders by Jennifer Martin

As you can see, this is really a free pattern to make some very unique potholders, but I've made coasters from this pattern and I think they look great.
(You just end on an earlier row).
You can find the free pattern here (plus a link to some helpful pictures):
This is a Free Ravelry Download for the Flower Potholder Pattern

 These are the coasters I made from the Flower Potholders Pattern.

I've partnered them up with a doily, made using the Free Doily Pattern from Crochet Leaf.
And here is the doily and coasters set I made, now in our Etsy shop:
Cotton Lace Doily and Four Matching Coasters

9: Spring Blooms Coaster by Heather J Anderson

Another free coaster pattern on my to-make list. I've seen some lovely coasters made from this one.
This pattern is published in The Unraveled Mitten.
It is a pretty, floral theme with clear instructions for the cluster design used, so is perfectly fine for all crochet levels.
Here is the free pattern link:
Spring Bloom Crochet Coaster Pattern

10: Coaster - Summer Boaters by Amy Le Pelley

Another very attractive coaster pattern which uses surface slip stitches to trim and has a pretty fluted edge.
A must make for my coaster list!
You can find the free pattern here:
Crochet Coasters - Summer Boaters

So, there you have Ten Fantastic Free Crochet Coaster Patterns.
I hope you find them useful.

More Free Crochet Patterns will no doubt be on the way soon 😀

Crochet Coasters and Doilies For Sale and Free Patterns Too!

As September is almost here, the thoughts of the crafter turn to Christmas presents (sorry, but they do! 😀 ).
So, I've started quite early (because I know that I will slow down later 😊 ).

I love working with cotton yarn, and there are no better items to make in cotton than Coasters and Doilies!
So I've been busy making coaster sets and doily and coaster table sets for Our Etsy Shop.

There are some lovely patterns out there - so much to choose from!
And now I've made quite a few, I might just make a pattern of my own soon.

But in the meantime...

Brand new to our Etsy shop we have:

A lovely cotton Lace doily with 4 matching Flower Coasters

The colours are nice and clean pastel shades of pink, white and green, which are ideal for all year round.
I enjoyed taking the photos with coffee mugs and with glasses, but as well as being a great table setting, this little set would look fantastic on a dressing table too.
You can find the set here:
Cotton Lace doily with 4 matching Flower Coasters
There's more pictures to look at too.
I'm really pleased with these!

Crochet Cotton Lace Doily and 6 Matching Coasters in Beautiful Turquoise

I love turquoise and it looks great when made up with cotton yarn.
And in this lace doily and coaster set, the clean cotton yarn really sets off the lacy pattern nicely.The main photo for this set is 6 glasses and a nice bottle of wine (not for sale of course!).
I can just imagine this set at a party. It would be fun and pretty at the same time!
You can find this pretty turquoise lacy set here:
Crochet Cotton Lace Doily and 6 Matching Coasters Set in Beautiful Turquoise
Again, there are several more pictures to look at.
I hope you like it!

Crochet Cotton Lace Doily and 6 Matching Coasters Set in Gorgeous Dark Heather

I love the colour dark heather. It's warm and elegant and (I think) classy too.
So, I really enjoyed making this Lacy Doily and Coaster Set in dark heather cotton yarn.
It is made from the same Lace doily and coasters patterns as the Turquoise set and the doily from the Flower set. It's such an enjoyable pattern to make, I just might make some more, not only for Etsy, but for Christmas presents for relatives (so any of my relatives reading this have been warned 😄 ).
You can find this elegant doily and coaster set here:
Crochet Cotton Lace Doily and 6 Matching Coasters Set in Gorgeous Dark Heather

And links to the Patterns: 

For those of you who like to make doilies and coasters yourself, I can highly recommend the lovely patterns I have used to make mine.
And here are the links to their pattern pages (all are free patterns):

The Lacy Doily and Lacy Coasters patterns are by Claire from Crochet Leaf
You can find the patterns here:
Lacy Crochet Coaster
Crochet Doily Pattern

And the Flower Coasters in the first set were made by slightly altering a pattern by Jennifer Martin and it's called Flower Potholders.
You can find a free download of the pattern on Ravelry here:
Flower Potholders Pattern

But if you get the time, do have a look at my doily and coaster sets on Etsy. I'm really proud of them and loved taking the different photos too!

And there will most likely be more coasters (and patterns) to come in our next post.

I'm off now to make some more coasters.... 😀

~ Silvi

Cot Blankets and Mandalas in Our Etsy Shop and More Free Patterns!

Here at Elephant Sun Dog, we craft handmade items of all sizes, from small to fairly large 😀
And I've just added three more handmade items to the Elephant Sun Dog Etsy Shop and these are all ready for the colder months to come.

There are two Baby Blankets:

A pretty 'sunshine' blanket for a cot or pram cover.

Sunshine Cot Blanket for sale on Etsy

This is a unique design using a pattern designed by talented Christine Bumgarner, called You Are My Sunshine.
I think I've done the pattern justice. It certainly was enjoyable.
If you would like to have a go at making this lovely pattern, you can find it here:
CAL Crochet Along You Are My Sunshine

And I would love it if you also went and had a look at more pictures and read about my version of this sweet cot blanket here:
Cot Blanket, Baby Blanket, Sunshine and Pale Turquoise Pretty Design for cot or pram, Baby gift

Then there is a lovely bright rainbow strips cot blanket.

Bright Rainbow Colours Cot Blanket for sale on Etsy

This is a nice, sizeable cot blanket which is large enough for a chid's bed as well as a cot.
I love working in bright rainbow colours, so this one was a real treat to make.
I used a pattern called Unicorn Stripes Baby Blanket designed by talented Megan Meyer.
You can find the pattern here on Ravelry:
Unicorn Strips Baby Blanket Pattern

And to see more of my Bright Rainbow version of this pattern, and read more about it, you can see it here:
Cot Blanket Bright Rainbow Stripes Soft Colourful Crochet Toddler or Baby Blanket Good Size

I have also added a large Mandala Table Cover to the Etsy shop.
This one is in multi colours and will definitely brighten up your living room!

Handmade Crochet Mandala Table Cover for sale on Etsy

Again, I used a pattern, this time designed by the very gifted Anna Nilson.
If you want to have a go yourself at making this lovely Mandala, do go and have a look at Anna's website where she hosted the CAL for this lovely pattern.
You can find all the links to various parts of the pattern here:
Unicorn Mandala CAL

And of course, I mustn't forget to add a link to the Mandala table cloth I made from this pattern (as shown in the picture above).
You can find it here:
Handmade Crochet Mandala Table Cover, Home Decoration, multicoloured circular tablecloth

So there you go.
Three more items added to our Etsy shop and links to some lovely crochet patterns (two of which are free, and the other has a free and paid version).

I hope you enjoy them.
And if not, I'm sure you know someone who would like to see the handmade items I have made from the patterns :)

~ Silvi

Beautiful Wall Hangings In Our Etsy Shop Now

Wall Hangings with Owls and Hearts and Stars Available


We are very pleased to announce that we have some lovely wall hangings in the Elephant Sun Dog Etsy Shop.

Crystal has been busy making a range of wall hangings. Some with cute owls and others with hearts and stars. And they all have little jingle bells .
The wall hangings vary in length from 10.5 inches (26.5cms) for the smallest to 35.5 inches (90.5cms) for the longest.

It will be difficult to decide which one you like best. 😀

There are two extremely cute owl wall hangings with three owls all on their own perches. These are ideal for a small room or a child's room. but they are so sweet that I'm sure you would like them yourself!

You can find them here: Owl Wall Hanging Hand Crafted with 3 cute plump owls in pretty light blue shades
And here: Owl Wall Hanging Hand Crafted with 3 cute plump owls in turquoise shades

Then there is a Longer Owl Wall Hanging, with 5 cute owls on perches and this is ideal for any room of any size.
(That is if one of us doesn't grab it first! :) )

You can find it here: Owl Wall Hanging Hand Crafted with 5 cute owls on their own perches

And to brighten up any room, Crystal has also made two long wall hangings in rainbow colours.
There is a Stars Wall Hanging and a Hearts Wall Hanging.

You can find them here: Wall Hanging hand crafted with Rainbow Stars and Jingle Bells

 
And here: Wall Hanging Hand Crafted with Rainbow Hearts and Jingle Bells

These would look lovely anywhere, including in the window with the little bells jingling in the breeze.

So please do take a look at our Etsy Shop.
There is only one of each wall hanging, so once they are gone that's it for now.

And if you know anyone who would love a house warming gift, a birthday gift, or to save for a Christmas gift, I'm sure they would love to see more about these lovely wall hangings.

See Us At The Rowans Hospice Summer Fete This Saturday

This coming Saturday, 3rd August 20129, we are very pleased to announce that we will have a gift stall at The Rowans Hospice Summer Fete.

The Summer Fete will be held at Castle Field, Southsea, from 11am to 4pm.
Rowans Hospice have pulled out all the stops to ensure that everyone has a great day.
So this is guaranteed to make a great event to visit for all the family (and your family dogs too, as there is a fun dog show!).

And it's Free Entry too!

Here are some of the details of the Summer fete:

With free entry, live entertainment and traditional fete games,
Come along and enjoy a nice glass of Pimm's
whilst helping to raise funds for your local hospice.

Here are the entertainments on offer:

• - Live Entertainment
• - Fun Dog Show
• - Children's games
• - Summer Raffle
• - Hot food and refreshments
• - Pimm's
• - Cake stall
• - Stalls to suit all ages

So as you can see, it is really worth a visit.

Silvi and Crystal from Elephant Sun Dog will be in the Little Gifts of Southsea Tent, with a huge array of Jewellery and gifts for all ages, including neck cords, necklaces, rings, mood rings, lots of different earrings, bangles, bracelets, wrist cords and anklets, key rings, wall hangings, superhero badges, and more!
And lots of bags with Teddies inside too! 😀🧸

Here are some of the many, many lovely gifts you can find at the Little Gifts of Southsea tent:

Not forgetting those Teddy in a Bag gifts of course!

So please do come along to The Rowans Hospice Summer Fete this Saturday.
And don't forget to pop in and see us too!

You can check out details about the Rowans Hospice Summer Fete on their Facebook Page here.

So, if you live in or are visiting Southsea this Saturday, it would be really great to see you there!