How to Crochet Spider Web Coasters 🕸️

Add a handmade touch to your Halloween table with colourful spiderweb coasters. This design combines a solid crochet base, eight small points and a contrasting embroidered web.

Skill level: Confident beginner
Terminology: US crochet terms
Pattern status: Untested, photo-inspired design. Finished size depends on yarn, hook and tension.

Materials

• Medium-weight cotton yarn for the base

• Contrasting cotton yarn for the web, preferably slightly finer

• A suitable crochet hook; 3.5–4 mm is a starting point

• Yarn needle and scissors

• Eight stitch markers

Colour ideas: Black and cream, orange and black, purple and white, or sage green and cream.

Abbreviations

• MR: magic ring

• ch: chain

• sl st: slip stitch

• sc: single crochet

• hdc: half double crochet

• inc: 2 hdc in the same stitch

1. Crochet the Base

Work in joined rounds without turning.

At the start of each round, ch 1. This chain does not count as a stitch. Join each round with a sl st into the first hdc. Do not crochet into the joining slip stitch.

Round	Instructions	Stitch count
1	Work 8 hdc into a MR; close the ring and join	8
2	Inc in every stitch	16
3	Repeat [1 hdc, inc] 8 times	24
4	Repeat [hdc in next 2 stitches, inc] 8 times	32
5	Repeat [hdc in next 3 stitches, inc] 8 times	40
6	Repeat [hdc in next 4 stitches, inc] 8 times	48

Lay the base flat and check its size against your mug. For a larger coaster, continue:

Round 7: Repeat [hdc in next 5 stitches, inc] 8 times. 56 stitches

Round 8: Repeat [hdc in next 6 stitches, inc] 8 times. 64 stitches

Stop after the round that gives you enough space around the mug’s base. Check your stitch count if the fabric starts to cup or ripple.

2. Add Eight Points

Divide the final round into eight equal sections:

• After Round 6: mark every 6th stitch.

• After Round 7: mark every 7th stitch.

• After Round 8: mark every 8th stitch.

Ch 1 and work 1 sc into each stitch around.

After each marked stitch, make a picot:

Ch 2, then sl st into the second chain from the hook.

Continue into the next base stitch. Finish with eight picots and the same number of sc as the previous round.

Join to the first sc, fasten off and weave in the ends.

3. Embroider Eight Web Spokes

Thread your needle with the contrasting yarn.

Using short backstitches, embroider a line from the centre to the base of one picot. Repeat for the other seven points.

Keep the lines evenly spaced and the tension relaxed. Pulling tightly can distort the coaster.

Secure the yarn on the reverse without leaving bulky knots beneath the mug.

4. Add the Connecting Web Lines

Create three rings connecting the spokes.

Inner ring: Start approximately one-third of the way from the centre to the edge.

With small backstitches, sew a shallow curve from one spoke to the next. Let the middle of each curve dip slightly towards the centre.

Continue around all eight sections.

Middle ring: Repeat approximately two-thirds of the way towards the edge.

Outer ring: Repeat just inside the border, connecting the spokes near the picots.

Keep every line stitched against the crochet fabric. Avoid long, loose strands that could catch on a mug.

5. Finish and Shape

Weave in all remaining ends.

Dampen the coaster according to the yarn’s care instructions. Lay it flat, gently arrange the eight points and leave it to dry completely.

Check that a mug rests steadily on the finished surface. If the centre feels bulky, redistribute the embroidery tails on the reverse.

Make a matching set or mix your favourite Halloween colours for a playful table display!