Sat down to (finally) watch the second part of The Sacketts last evening, only to find out that Hubs was right.  We had already watched it and I slept through some of it, which messes with my already foggy-headed memory . . . big time.

So, I watched the whole thing over again, cuz, you know, I like to watch westerns. ‘Specially a western starring Tom Selleck or Sam Elliot, and The Sacketts is a double whammy.  Got both of those dudes!

Anyway, the beauty of watching a movie for the second tenth fortieth time is that I can crochet while I “watch”!

(Tex swears that the ending punctuation goes after the end quote dealie when it’s just the quotes around a word for effect!  If it’s wrong blame his Grammar book!)

Have y’all discovered this wonderful resource for free crochet patterns?  Extensive isn’t a powerful enough word to cover it.  There are a ton of free patterns here.

I think this is the one I modified for my coasters.

Read her pattern for starters.  I tried it her way and mine didn’t lay flat.  Kinda important for a coaster.

Here is how I made mine.

• Start with a magic circle.  Just make the loop.
• Round 1:  Chain (ch) three in the magic circle.  Double crochet (dc) 11 in circle.  Join to beg. with slip stitch (ss).
• Round 2:  Ch 2, dc in same stitch as ss.  Dc in each st around.  Join to beg. with ss.
• Round 3:  Ch 2, dc in same stitch as ss.  *2 dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch, 2 dc in next stitch.*  Repeat from * to * around.  Join to beg. stitch with ss.  Finish off.

I always think I would rather have fancier, more artistic coasters like some of these.  Then I remember that I would cry if a fancy, artistic (harder to make) coaster got lost or left outside (boys!).  And, duh, it’s hard enough to get a Cowboy to use a coaster in the first place, much less a coaster with a frilly edge or one shaped like a heart or something equally offensive to their Cowboy sensibilities!

Besides all that, I can make a simple coaster while watching westerns.  Create art during a movie?  Not so much!

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