Materials
- Yarns: Cotton Vietnam (String size 1mm)
- Yarn color: Brown/gold, red, natural/skin color.
- 2 Hooks: 2mm and 1.25mm.
- Needle, scissor, block pin.
Note:
If you do not have the small size yarn (1mm), you can change it to a bigger sized yarn, and the coaster can be used instead as a house decor stuff to put flower vases, water jugs, or other heavy things on as decoration.
Crochet Abbreviations
- CH: chain stitch
- R: round
- Sc: single crochet
- Inc: increase single crochet
- Dec: decrease single crochet
- Dc: double crochet
- Hdc: half double crochet
- St: stitch
- Slst: slip stitch
Coaster (Brown/gold yarn)
Crochet 2 strings at the same time to have a thick coaster. -> Total yarn size = 2mm thick -> hook size used = 2mm.
If your yarn size = 2mm -> do not need to gather 2 strings for crocheting. Just crochet with 1 string as normal.
- R1. Mr6sc (6)
- R2. 6inc (12)
- R3. (Sc, inc)*6 (18)
- R4. (2sc, inc)*6 (24)
- R5. (3sc, inc)*6 (30)
- R6. (4sc, inc)*6 (36)
- R7. (5sc, inc)*6 (42)
- R8. (6sc, inc)*6 (48)
- R9. (7sc, inc)*6 (54)
- R10. (8sc, inc)*6 (60)
- R11. (9sc, inc)*6 (66)
- R12. (10sc, inc)*6 (72)
Tail: R13. 8ch, Skipt 2st, 6dc, slst in the next st.
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Notice: If you wanna have a bigger coaster, can keep increasing the circle to (11sc, inc)*6 and (12sc, inc)*6..etc. but Row 12 is enough for me so I stop here and make the tail.
Starting from here on, we just crochet using ONE string -> yarn think = 1mm and Hook = 1.25mm
Legs (Make 04)
Start from red yarn:
- R1. MR6sc (6)
- R2. 6inc (12)
- R3-5. 12sc
- R6. 6dec
- R7. Fold the yarn and make 3sc (3)
Change to Gold/brown yarn:
- R8. 3sc (3)
- R9. Inc, sc, inc (5)
- R10. Skip 1st, 4sc (4)
- R11-12. 4sc Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Nose – Red yarn
- R1. MR6sc (6)
- R2. 6sc Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Note: Sew the nose between R8-10
Tongue – Red yarn
MR7dc, sc
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Eyes – (make 2)
Part 1 – White yarn
- R1. MR5sc (5)
- R2. 5inc (10)
- R3-R5. 10sc
- R6. 5Dec (5)
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Note: Sew the eyes between R14-18, 3st apart
Part 2 – Skin yarn
- R1. MR6sc (6)
- R2. 6inc (12)
- R3-R4. 12sc
- R5. (Change to gold/brown yarn) 12sc
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Ears – (make 2)
Part 1 – Gold yarn
- R1. 7ch, turn, skip the 1st, 5sc, (3sc in the same stitch), 6sc (14)
- R2. inc, 3sc, 5inc, 5sc (20)
- R3. 20sc
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Part 2. (Skin yarn)
- 6ch, turn, skip the 1st, 4sc, (3sc in the same stitch), 5sc (18)
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Note: Sew the ears between R22-23, about 8-9st apart
Antlers – (Make 2)
A. The longer horn: Start from red
- R1. MR5sc (5)
- R2: 5sc Change to brown yarn
- R3-R4: 5sc -> Fasten off
B. The shorter horn: Start from red
- R1. MR5sc (5)
- R2: 5sc Change to brown yarn
- R3: 5sc -> start to join the longer one!
Antlers matching Start to join 2 horns to make an antler.
- R1. (Join the other horn) 2sc, Dec, sc, (join the other horn), sc, dec, dec (7)
- R2. 3sc, dec, 2sc (6)
- R3. 6sc
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
Head
Hook 1.25mm, use 1 string
Start from skin yarn.
- R1. 6CH, skip 1st, 4sc, (3sc in the same stitch), 3sc, inc (12)
- R2. Inc, 3sc, 3inc 3sc, 2inc (18)
- R3. sc, inc, 3sc, (sc, inc)*3, 3sc, (sc, inc)*2(24)
- R4. 2sc, inc, 3sc, (2sc, inc)*3, 3sc, (2sc, inc)*2 (30)
- R5. 3sc, inc, 3sc, (3sc, inc)*3, 3sc, (3sc, inc)*2 (36)
- R6. 4sc, inc, 3sc, (4sc, inc)*3, 3sc, (4sc, inc)*2 (42)
- R7-R10. 42sc
Change to Gold/brown yarn.
- R11. BLO 42sc
- R12-14. 42sc
- R15. (5sc, dec)*6 (36)
- R16-17. 36sc
- R18. 2sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30)
- R19-20. 30sc
- R21. (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
- R22. 24sc
- R23. 12dec (12)
- R24. 6dec (6)
Fasten off, leave long yarn for sewing later.
