Toe Coasters [Pattern]

A “Toe Coaster,” as I have lovingly dubbed these little goodies, are a spoon friendly coaster. The pattern is 100% original considering the idea is 100% mine.

The idea came to me from a Crochetville.com Crochet-A-Long (CAL) for Christmas Caroling. The idea was the challenge originator was to give a song and from that song, draw inspiration for a project. The song given was “Walking in the Winter Wonderland.” I thought footprints in the snow = footprints in the sand…. And from there, somewhere…. the “Toe Coaster” was born.

The concept of the Toe Coaster is to function as a coaster for your drink, but provide a clean, attached, absorbant spoon rest. This prevents your spoon from sitting against germ-laden surfaces and prevents your germ-laden surface from getting drip marks from coffee and tea (inevitable spoon consequence).

Below is the original pattern. Please do not take it and pass it off/sell it as your own. Give credit where credit is due.

If you make some Toe Coasters of your own, please do post a comment and perhaps a link to an image of your finished project.

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TOE COASTERS
By: Cris

Hook Size: H
Yarn: Medium Worsted Weight Yarn – solid colors work best

Abbreviations:
ch – Chain
slst – Slip Stitch
sk – skip
sc – Single Crochet
dc – Double Crochet
st – Stitch (normally referring to the row below the current one being worked)
BLO – Back Loop Only

The pattern is written to make a right and a left foot

As always, I ask that you do not pass this pattern off as your own. You are free to link to the pattern from your website or blog. Please do not sell the final product or pattern. You may make the coasters for your own personal use or to give away as gifts.

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Big Toe (make 2):
ch 4
slst ends of chain together to form a loop
ch 1

round 1
sc 7 into the loop
slst to close round
ch 1

round 2
sc 2 stitches into every st from round 1
slst to close round
tie off

Little Toe (make 2):
ch 4
slst ends to form loop
ch 1

round 1
sc 7 into the loop
slst to close round
tie off

Middle Toes (make 6):
ch 4
slst ends to form loop
ch 2

round 1
dc 7 into the loop
slst to close round
tie off

Stitching Toes Together seems easy enough. I try to leave ample tails for all my toes so this step is made a bit easier. First, make sure you set your toes up to make a right and a left. The chained edge left by the last round should be facing upward (see image). I use the ends tied off at the end of the circles first, tying the rounds together. The rounds left in the middle where the ends were tied off to a toe on the opposing side, I use a yarn need to weave the middle tail to the edge and tie it off to the next toe. When sewing your toes together, remember these are going on a ROUND coaster. In other words – do not sew them together in a straight line.

Basically, be creative with sewing your toes together without introducing in a ton of new tails. The more tails you add in, the messier your work will become. Be conscious of what you are doing.

When you have completed sewing your toes together, you should have two sets – right and left (obviously). Take your ends and weave them down to the bottom of the circle so when the time comes, attaching your toes to the coaster is a quick and painless job.

So now, it is time to move on to the “Foot” of our Toe Coaster.

Foot (make 2):
ch 5
slst ends to form loop
ch 3

round 1
dc 9 in loop
join ends with slst
ch 2

round 2
dc 2 in every dc from previous round – dc in BLO
join ends with slst
ch 6

round 3
sk st, dc in next st; ch 3 (repeat around the entire circle; should end with ch3)
join ends with slst
ch 3

round 4
dc 4 in first ch 3 loop from previous round
ch 1
dc 5 in remaining ch 3 loops for entire circle (should end with ch 1)
join ends with slst
tie off

Finish the project by tying the toes onto the “foot” round and weaving in any remaining yarn tails.