{"id":137,"date":"2020-10-21T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myyarntales.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:23:32","slug":"the-carnival-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"The Carnival Coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have yarn that&#8217;s too rough to use for blankets or wearables but too pretty to get rid of?          <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Well, I do too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This yarn&#8217;s colorway is super fun, but I never liked its texture enough to use it for any of  my usual projects.  It&#8217;s been in my stash for over 18 years!  This is an older colorway that&#8217;s been discontinued and I don&#8217;t have the label it was wrapped in, but I think it was by either Red Heart or Caron, since those were the brands I started with. <br>I picked it up again while going through my stash, thinking of designing something small to whip up and share with everyone.    <br>The colors of this yarn reminded me of Ferris Wheels so much that I was inspired to turn it into coasters that look very similar!  Now they are adding a touch of whimsy to our living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Enjoy and share with a friend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200630_165006-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" width=\"380\" height=\"453\"\/><figcaption>Pattern by MyYarnTales Photos by Yvette Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sport or 3 weight coarse yarn with no elasticity. <br>(Here I used an older yarn in a discontinued colorway.)<br>3.75mm crochet hook<br>Gauge: 5dc x 2 rnds =1in x 1in.<br>First 5 rounds, crochet in both back loops. <br>Round 6 is slip stitches around the chain and into the tops of the double crochets.<br>Slip stitch under- draw up loop from underneath the chain for the slip stitch.<br>Slip stitch over-draw up loop from over the chain for the slip stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Magic circle, sl st.<br>Rnd 1: ch 2, 11 dc in magic circle, join in top of chain. (12 sts)<br>Rnd 2: ch 2, BLO dc in same sp as chain. 2 dc in each so around. join in top of chain. (24 sts)<br>Rnd 3: ch 2, BLO dc in same sp as chain and in nx st. (Dc incr in nx st, dc nx st.) Rep (to) around. join in top of chain. (36sts)<br>Rnd 4: ch 2, BLO dc in same sp as chain. Dc in nx 2 sts. (Dc Incr in nx, dc in nx 2 sts.) Rep (to) around join in top of chain. (48 sts)<br>Rnd 5: ch 4, BLO sk nx st, dc in 2nd st from join. (Ch 2, sk st, dc in nx) rep (to) around. Join in 2 nd chain of beg chain (24 DCs and 24 ch 2 sps)<br>Rnd 6: ch 1, (working around the chains) {(sl st under, sl st over, sl st under) in ch 2 sp, sl st in top of dc} rep {to} around.                                                     Join with invisible join to first ch.  Fasten off and weave in ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-982x737.jpg 982w, https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200701_125032-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Carnival Coaster by MyYarnTales Photos by Yvette Wood <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have yarn that&#8217;s too rough to use for blankets or wearables but too pretty to get rid of? Well, I do too! This yarn&#8217;s colorway is super fun, but I never liked its texture enough to use it for any of my usual projects. It&#8217;s been in my stash for over 18 years!&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/?p=137\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Carnival Coaster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myyarntales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}