Tea Cup Time
Hello!
Like I said last week, I put off my tea cup coaster in favor of the scarf I got the idea for, so I’m back this week to present the tea cup coaster.
Like the mug cocoa coaster pattern, this pattern is seriously easy and really lends itself to being a applique so you can add it to other projects, like bags/ purses or pillows.
I don’t really have a lot to chat about this week, as I feel like I’m dragging a quite a bit. I think I’m sick or at least in the early stages of getting sick and I’m not too happy about it. I’ve been feeling dizzy and just really sleepy, a little dizzy/ nausea also. Ugh. I don’t want to get sick. I have too much to do! But isn’t that the truth with us all?
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Materials:
- Worsted weight cotton yarn
- US G (4.25 mm) crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
Gauge:
- 4.5” x 4.5” = 19 dcs x 9 rows
(although it’t not entirely critical)
Stitches/ Terms used:
Finished measurements:
- Width: 4.5″ (top of cup), just over 2″ (bottom), 4.5″ (middle of cup, where handle is)
- Height: just over 3″
Pattern instructions:
Main body:
Row 1: Ch 9, sc into the second ch from the hook and across – 8 scs
Row 2: Turn, ch 1, sc twice into the first st, sc into the next 6 sts, sc twice into the last st – 10 scs
Row 3: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across – 10 scs
Row 4: Turn, ch 1, sc twice into the first st, sc into the next 8 sts, sc twice into the last st – 12 scs
Row 5: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across – 12 scs
Row 6: Turn, ch 1, sc twice into the first st, sc into the next 10 sts, sc twice into the last st – 14 scs
Row 7: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across – 14 scs
Row 8: Turn, ch 1, sc twice into the first st, sc into the next 12 sts, sc twice into the last st – 16 scs
Row 9: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across – 16 scs
Row 10: Turn, ch 1, sc twice into the first st, sc into the next 14 sts, sc twice into the last st – 18 scs
Row 11: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across – 18 scs
Border:
Row 12: Turn, ch 1, sc into each st across (18 scs), ch 1 at the corner, rotate piece 90 degrees, sc down the edge (11 scs), ch 1 at the corner, rotate piece 90 degrees, sc across (8 scs), ch 1 at the corner, rotate piece 90 degrees, sc down the edge (11 scs), ch 1 at the corner, slip st into first st to secure – 48 scs
Do not fasten off.
Handle:
Ch 1, rotate the tea cup so you will be crocheting down the side, slip stitch into the next st, slip stitch into the next st (all together you’ve gone down two stitches), chain 10, skip the next 7 sts, slip stitch into the third st from the bottom.
Row 1: Ch 1, turn, [10 sc, 5 hdc, 3 sc] around the ch 10 space, slip st into 3 st from top to secure (where you began your handle).
You can also fasten off after the border and create a slipknot on your hook, slip st into the third st down from the top on the side, ch 10, skip the next 7 sts, slip st into the third st from the bottom. Then continue as row one says above in this section.
Tag:
Row 1: Leave a couple of inches in tail, chain 5, sc into second ch from the hook and across – 4 scs
Rows 2 – 4: Turn, ch 1, sc across – 4 scs
Leave another couple of inches in tail and then fasten off.
Use the tails you left to secure the tag to the tea cup, the positioning is really up to you.
Use another color, traditionally white or off white, and create the string attached to the tag. You can just do the string hanging (like the pink/white variegated cup), attached at the top and to the tag or you can use surface crocheting to attach it to the tea cup itself (blue cup). Your choice.
So, there it is, the (possibly) long awaited tea cup coaster. 😀
Stay healthy and happy, out there you all.
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This is really cute! Love. 😀
It is cute! My question is how to make the twa bag so that a cup will be stable on the coaster. I made this last night and it’s not even so my cup tilted.
Oh, that can happen. When I use it as a coaster, I don’t have the tag on the top, I leave it to the side.
These work up within 20 minutes to a half hour. Super cute and fun to make! Thanks for sharing your pattern for free!
This tea cup with tag is adorable. I am going to make one now. Thank you for the free pattern, been searching for weeks for a pattern such as this.
SUPER cute coaster idea! Love it!
I really like the tea cup just having trouble with hhandle he the 10sc 5hdc3sc in 10 ch is not working
How so? Just [10 sc, 5 hdc, 3 sc] around your ch-10. you might need to push it to the side to make more space.
I wasn’t sure about that either, until reading the above comment…it’s around the chain, not into it…
I love this — it came out so cute! Thanks!
Oh, thank you for further clarifying that. I couldn’t figure out how to get all those stitches into the 10-stitch chain. Facepalm!
Gave this for my girlfriend for her Birthday and she loved it!! Great gift idea!!!
Thanks for this cute pattern. I’m going to see if I can make it into a gift card holder, or an individually wrapped tea bag holder.