Maple leaf crochet pattern — a 12-round disc with the leaf embroidered on
This free maple leaf crochet pattern makes a round coaster about 10 cm across, worked on a 3.0 mm hook in four colours, about an hour and a half of work. The leaf is not crocheted at all: twelve rounds take a plain disc from six stitches out to sixty-six, mustard through rust to burnt orange, and the five lobes go on afterwards in chestnut back stitch. Below, all 12 rounds of the single piece are written out with the stitch count each one ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 12 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Beginner
Beginner: one piece, one stitch, six increases every round from start to finish. The only judgement is where to draw the leaf before you embroider it.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 3
small amount, under 10 gDK cotton, 100% mercerised cotton reads crispest
small amount, under 10 gDK cotton, same weight as the mustard
small amount, under 15 gDK cotton, same weight as the mustard
scraps, plus about 3 m for the embroideryDK cotton, or six-strand embroidery floss for a finer leaf outline
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Water-soluble fabric marker or tailor's chalk, for drawing the leaf outline before you embroider it
Optional
Row counter
Spray starch, to set the coaster flat
9 cm felt circle for a backing
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tighter than you would work a scarf. The disc has to sit flat under a mug rather than ripple at the rim — if yours ripples, drop half a hook size before you try to work tighter by hand.
Finished size
~10 cm across
How to make the autumn maple leaf coaster
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The coaster
Twelve rounds out from a magic ring. Six increases every round…12 RNDS
starts in mustard· magic ring· Piece 1 of 1
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
Mustard, out to 24
RND 1–41[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
Rust red, out to 42
RND 5–75[30]
6[36]
7[42]
Burnt orange, out to 66
RND 8–118[48]
9[54]
10[60]
11[66]
The brown rim
RND 12–1212[66]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneWeave the tails in and give it a press while damp. Then draw your maple outline on with the fabric marker and back stitch over the line in chestnut brown — five lobes, a vein up the middle of each, and a short stem. The leaf is the last ten minutes of the project, and it is the part that makes it a maple.
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Nine notes on the autumn maple leaf coaster
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02The coaster is a plain round disc of smooth single crochet. There is no openwork in it and no raised texture — the surface is flat, even fabric.
03The maple leaf is not crocheted as a shape. It is embroidered on top of the finished disc in chestnut brown, after the crochet is off the hook.
04Worked in a continuous spiral with six increases every round, which is what keeps the disc flat. Mark the first stitch of each round and move the marker up as you go.
05The last round has no increases. It pulls the rim in a little and leaves a clean brown edge around the orange.
06Every colour change lands at the start of a round, so nothing has to be carried mid-round. Cut the old colour, leave a 10 cm tail, and weave the tails in at the end.
07For the leaf: draw a five-lobed maple outline across the finished disc with the fabric marker, wide enough to reach the rust band, then follow the line in back stitch with the chestnut brown, roughly one embroidery stitch per crochet stitch. Add a centre vein up each lobe and a short stem below the bottom lobe.
08Cotton at a tight gauge is what makes it lie flat under a mug. Wool is springier and will want to cup.
09Machine washable if the cotton is. Wash cool, press flat while damp, and dry flat rather than hanging.
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