I combined my love of Halloween with one of my favorite go-to ways to add some crochet to my home: coasters. I have glass coffee tables in my living room and I hate the sound of my cup thudding down that glass and so I always have a coaster or dozen available to use. And if you’re anything like me, you don’t have to use these exclusively as seasonal decor… cute ghosts work any time of year. And of course you can make a bunch of these and sew them together for placemats, blankets, wall-hangings, or even a scarf. They work up so fast you can be as creative as you want with this simple ghost pattern.
This pattern is really not very hard at all, if you can do a single crochet you can make these, just make sure you pick up that new color on your final pull through of your sc. When I made my two here I chose to not carry the color, I instead used both pieces of yarn from the skein for color A (the center pull and the outside) so that I could pick up and drop the colors as I moved across the rows. I like the look of not carrying the yarn when I use white, that way the color doesn’t peek through so much but you can absolutely carry the yarn if you want, it’s your choice.
And I hope you have fun with the colors. When green and purple were added as Halloween colors a few years (or was it decades?) ago I was overjoyed. I love greens, purples, and oranges mixed black as little touches of Halloween decor.
I hope you enjoy this pattern.
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Materials
- Amour Crochet Hook G (4.00 mm) – Art. No 1045/G
- Worsted weight/ size #4 yarn
- 4 colors
- Less than 1 oz/ 62 yds ea
Notions: scissors, measuring tape, yarn needle
Gauge
- 19 sc x 19 rows = 4”
Terms/Stitches Used
- RS: Right side
- Ch: Chain
- St: Stitch
- Sc: Single crochet
Notes
- This coaster is worked from the bottom up in rows, with a ch and turn at the beginning of the row.
- The ch 1 at the beginning of the rows does not count as a stitch.
- Blocking is suggested for this pattern.
- This whole pattern is worked in sc, so the instructions will only tell you the number and the color; ie: “A35” means sc 35 times in color A.
- The odd rows are the RS.
- In the photos: Color A is purple or orange (Brava Worsted by WeCrochet in Eggplant or Orange), color B is white (Brava in White), and color C is black (Brava in Black).
Finished Product Dimensions (approx)
4.4” – 4.5” across x 4.25” high
Graph Key: Color A is purple, color B is white, and color C is black.
Pattern Instructions
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(RS) Row 1: A: Ch 20, sc into the 2nd ch from the hook and across — 19 sc Row 3: A6, B8, A5 — 19 sc Row 8: A7, B9, A3 — 19 sc |
Row 11: A3, B2, C1, B3, C1, B2, A7 — 19 sc Row 12: A7, B9, A3 — 19 sc Row 16: A8, B7, A4 — 19 sc Row 17: A5, B5, A9 — 19 sc Fasten off color B. Fasten off color A. Weave in all your ends. |
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Finishing
Border
With the RS facing you, create a slipknot on your hook (this will make your first st a standing sc) with color C and start on the other side of Row 1 (the ch row).
Row 1: Sc into the next 19 sts, ch 1 at the corner, rotate your piece, sc into the next 18 row ends, ch 1 at the corner, rotate your piece, sc into the next 19 sts (this will be Row 21), ch 1 at the corner, rotate your piece, sc into the next 18 row ends, ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st — 74 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block if you’d like.
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