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Easy Granny Square Coaster with a visual chart.

This original Draft now contains full round actions, targets and counts. It is still untested: use it to test the making flow, then report any issue before relying on its dimensions or verification status.

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Untested original chart for a granny square coaster An original technical chart with a center ring, four corners, and four rounds. It is an untested Draft, not a maker-verified pattern. ORIGINAL DRAFT CHART · v0.2.0Use the project steps and staged checks. Not yet maker-verified.
Original technical Draft chart. Real completed-sample photography and maker tests are required before this project can be described as verified.

Before you start

Only the information that changes what you do.

You need

Yarn, hook, scissors, yarn needle, marker

You should know

Chain, slip stitch, double crochet

Start methods

Magic ring or chain-4 ring

Project status

Original Draft — untested

Trust record

What must be true before “verified”?

Pattern origin
Original Hook & Chart Draft
Maker test
Pending maker test
Sample yarn / hook
Pending real test
Finished size
Pending real measurement
What this version can claim
Original, untested, and open for issue reports. It cannot yet claim verified instructions, measured dimensions, yarn use, or finished-sample photography.

Pattern essentials

Read the five things that change your next move.

A usable crochet pattern states the terms, tools, start, repeat and check. This project keeps those decisions together so a beginner does not have to decode them from a long introduction.

Terms

US terms: ch, sl st and dc

Check US / UK abbreviations

Yarn and hook

Smooth yarn; 4.0 mm / G-6 is a starting point

Find your hook size in mm

Start and repeat

Magic ring or chain-4 ring; brackets mean repeat the enclosed action

See the project symbol key

Count and status

Check corners, spaces and dc after every round

This is an untested original Draft. Gauge, yarn use and finished size await a real maker test.

Make mode / draft workspace

One round. One clear next move.

This is an untested original Draft. Round actions, targets and counts are available; real stage photos, measured materials and maker verification are still pending.

Round 1 of 4

UNTESTED ORIGINAL DRAFT

Start
Where to work
What to do
Repeat / join

Current move

    Need chart context? See the symbol·Read this round in the chart

    AI-assisted reference for the current crochet target.Target

    Find this before you insert

    Avoid:

    You should have

    Common mistake and fix

    Does yours look like this?

    Instructional visual · project testing in progress.

    DRAFT GUIDE
    Round 1 AI-assisted stage reference for an untested crochet Draft.

    Select a marker to read why it matters.

    Check before you continue

    Current round chart

    Past and future rounds are de-emphasized.

    Untested original chart for a granny square coaster An original technical chart with a center ring, four corners, and four rounds. It is an untested Draft, not a maker-verified pattern. ORIGINAL DRAFT CHART · v0.2.0Use the project steps and staged checks. Not yet maker-verified.

    Maker test workspace

    Help turn this original Draft into evidence.

    Checking every box does not make this pattern verified. AI-assisted visuals on the project help orientation, but only your real process photos, materials and notes can create a useful structured test report for the maker who will verify the next version.

    Photo checklist for this test
    1. 1. materials-flat-lay.jpg
    2. 2. start-magic-ring.jpg or start-chain-4.jpg
    3. 3. round-1.jpg
    4. 4. round-2.jpg
    5. 5. round-3.jpg
    6. 6. round-4.jpg
    7. 7. finished-front.jpg plus a size reference
    Record what happened

    Saved locally until you choose to prepare a report.

    What did you verify?
    Prepare issue report

    AI-assisted visual guide

    See the route before you make it.

    These visuals are orientation aids: use the written round action and its named target as the instruction. They are AI-assisted approximations, not a tested sample, measured material record, or proof that the Draft has been maker-verified.

    AI-assisted overhead material guide with terracotta yarn, crochet hook, scissors, needle, stitch markers and measuring tape.
    1. Set up. Gather the material categories in “Before you start”; select yarn and hook from your own gauge plan, not from this illustrative image.
    AI-assisted four-panel top-down guide showing a granny square growing from a small center to a larger square.
    2. Read the growth. The four panels correspond broadly to Rounds 1–4. Each new round keeps four corners while adding groups along the sides.
    AI-assisted close-up of a terracotta granny square, with a crochet hook beside an open corner chain space.
    Illustrative target close-up. The large opening at a corner is the kind of space your current-round action calls a corner ch-2 space; side spaces sit between corner groups.

    Corner = turn

    Work the corner group into the open ch-2 space. It is what preserves the square’s four turns.

    Side space = grow

    On later rounds, work the side group into each open ch-1 side space between corners.

    Use both views

    In Make Mode, follow the current written Target first, then check its matching chart shape and this visual cue.

    Stop and correct

    If you lose four open corners, pause at the checkpoint instead of trying to compensate in the next round.

    AI-assisted close-up showing a crochet hook aimed at the large open corner chain space of a granny square.
    Corner space: turn here. The large opening at a square turn is the named ch-2 corner space. Put both halves of the corner group into this one opening; do not choose the nearby stitch top.
    AI-assisted close-up showing a crochet hook aimed at the smaller open side chain space between granny-square clusters.
    Side space: grow here. The smaller opening between two groups is the named ch-1 side space. On later rounds, one 3-dc side group goes into it before you continue to the next corner.

    Keep making

    Get help without losing the project.

    The project is the center. Symbols answer what a mark means, the chart lesson explains the route, and short technique reminders let you fix a hand-motion question before returning to the same round.

    Read the symbol keyRead this chartMagic Ring reminderDouble Crochet reminder
    Report a pattern or chart issue