This free crochet pattern and video tutorial shows how to crochet quick star coasters that are perfect for an Americana themed house or 4th of July celebration, or change the colors of the stars for Graduation, Christmas and New Years!

Alone, these worsted weight stars make a great applique that you can use for so many different projects! They are a great size to string up on a garland - you’ll just need to starch them to stand in shape, or attach them to a paper or fabric banner, or you can sew them onto other projects, like I did in these free crochet patterns…

• Seeing Stars Hand Towel
• Seeing Stars Throw Pillow

Materials:

• 12 Yards of Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook
• Tapestry Needle for Weaving in Ends

Material Notes:
I’ve used Lily Sugar n Cream in White, Red and Dazzling Blue in my original oasters, but I prefer using WeCrochet Dishie Yarn, Queensland Coastal Cotton and Circulo Natural Maxcolor 4/6 because they’re colorfast, which means the colors are set. In the video tutorial, I used Lion Brand Local Grown Cotton, but it’s been discontinued.

If you are only making a coaster that will house a cold or hot beverage, you can easily use acrylic as an alternative - do not put anything fresh from the oven on the acrylic coaster, or you will melt the fibers and risk burning yourself - or even a wool.

While gauge is not essential for this project, just keep in mind as you are substituting yarns the diameter for your cup to sit on. If you wanted to use a lighter weight yarn, I might recommend holding 2 or 3 strands together. Synthetic yarns like Red Heart Super Saver usually produce a tighter and smaller fabric, so you may want to go up to an I9/5.5mm crochet hook.

Jewelry pliers are an excellent tool to use to help weave in ends, as cotton yarn can be quite tough on the fingers when weaving in with just fingers and a tapestry needle.

Time Spent:
About 10 minutes per star

Measurements:

• Space for Cup: 2 1/4”
• Total from one point across to another: 4”

Gauge is taken in pattern. It is not necessarily essential, but keep in mind the diameter size for your cup to comfortably sit on.

Abbreviations (US Terms):

• DC - Double Crochet
• SC - Single Crochet
• HDC - Half Double Crochet
• TR - Treble Crochet aka Triple Crochet (Explained)
• DTR - Double Treble Crochet aka Quadruple Crochet (Explained)

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This is an 5 page PDF containing written instructions and 1 photo (title image) on the first 2 pages. There is 1 page with photo showing stitch placement, 1 page of coaster FAQs, and 1 page with QR codes for the clickable links that are within the pattern (in case you print the pattern, and still want to check out the links).

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Updates:
-2026: Provided alternative yarn options, as the Lion Brand Local Grown Cotton used in the video tutorial has been discontinued. Added Material Notes about using jewelry pliers.
-2024: Updated format. Added video tutorial, FAQ page and a page with QR codes to links within PDF so they can easily be accessed after the PDF is printed.