make your own rag coasters

These practical coasters are quick and easy to make, using scrap or recycled materials. You require only basic crochet skills.

You will need:

• rag strips cut to 1 inch thick - see my tutorial here


• kitchen string


• 7.0mm crochet hook


• 4.0mm crochet hook

IMPORTANT TIP: keep your stitches loose when working with rags, or you will have difficulty inserting the hook to make stitches



Begin with an Adjustable Magic Ring.



round 1 - ch1, 10sc into ring, pull tail to tighten, join to 1st sc with a ss.



round 2 - ch1, inc in each st, join to 1st sc with a ss (20sc)



round 3 - ch1 [inc, sc] repeat to end, join to 1st sc with a ss (30sc)



use 4.0mm hook to weave in ends



round 4 - use 4.0mm hook and kitchen string, work sc into each stitch from round 3, join to 1st sc with a ss (30sc)



weave in ends and you're done!