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Christmas Marl Crocheted, Cotton, Trimmed Coasters

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Here is a set of coasters which I just made, because I wanted to try out some marl crochet cotton.  This is kitchen weight ( similar to worsted weight, or #4; it does have four different colors twisted together as plies).

DSC08471 The green and the red looked the best in person, with the deeper green trimmed one being the best.  The next best was the red trimmed one.  These are done in double and single crochet.    I trimmed one of each of the four in a color similar to one of the marl strands with the chain stitch.

DSC08473 In person these two looked less good than the first two, and the white one was the least good of all.

From this project I learned:

That the marled cotton does not look muddy, as I thought it might.

The darker contrasting colors (the Christmas-y green and red) look better than a same toned color trim (the sage green trim).  The least good trim on this marled background was the white with its strong contrast, but lighter color.

Crocheted Assorted Kitchen Items

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DSC07430 I crocheted these items for the kitchen with Premier Home 85% cotton, 15%, #4 crochet yarn.  I bleached the blue rimmed green one in the upper right in hot water, and dried it in the dryer with my kitchen whites. I did not wash the others, yet

.DSC07432  I made the blue multicolored mat on the right in triple crochet.  It is very suitable for a hot mat.    I included the small blue, green, and white double crochet coaster for size comparison .  I like how the Premier Home ombres look  in these radial patterns.

I made the yellow mat with five rounds of crochet, from center out,  two round of single crochet, a round of double crochet, a round of triple crochet, and lastly, a round of single crochet.

Conclusions:

  1. This Premier Home yarn is standing up to use very well.
  2. Double crochet and triple crochet with this Premier Home cotton, with its short runs of color, look great on these radial little mats.  The colors look great, and they are flat.