This matching set of coasters and two-layered potholders works up quickly using beginner-friendly stitch patterns. This pattern was the fourth Weekend Mystery Crochet Along with Underground Crafter.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows, increasing
Crocheting around the side of rows for borders, changing colors and crocheting over yarn tails, making a project crocheted flat into a square, joining with a single crochet seam (includes video tutorials)
Crocheting in the back loop only (includes link to video tutorials)

Finished Sizes
Coaster: 5” (13 cm) square.
Potholder: Small/Large. Photographed sample is size Small.
Small: 5” (13 cm) square.
Large: 7” (18 cm) square.

Materials
King Cole Cottonsoft DK yarn (100% cotton, 3.5 oz/100 g, 229 yd/210 m) – 1 skein each in 714 Sky (CA) and 3365 Midnight (CB), or approximately 229 yd (210 m) in each of two colors in any light weight, cotton yarn.

King Cole Cottonsoft Crush DK yarn (100% cotton, 3.5 oz/100 g, 229 yd/210 m) – 1 skein in 2436 Bluebell (as seen in in-progress photos) or 2439 Waves (as seen in finished photos) (CC), or approximately 229 yd (210 m) in any light weight, cotton yarn.

Nelsonwood Black Cat US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Stitch markers.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Coaster = 5” (13 cm) square in pattern when completed. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
22 scBL = 4” (10 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.