Caribou Coaster

This is another one of those patterns I could not come up with a name for so I named it after the town where my dh was born. Caribou Maine. It uses the Special Stitch. Front Back Bobble (Fbb).

Materials Needed:
Small amount cotton worsted weight yarn.
Size G 4mm aluminum crochet hook
Yarn needle for weaving in ends

Yarn Thickness 3mm
Gauge: 4fbb=1" 5rows fbb=3"
Finished Size: 4½"x4½"
Skill Level: Beginner

Special Stitch: Front Back Bobble (fbb)
This stitch is the featured stitch for February. I am not sure if this stitch existed before. It seems to me I have seen it some place but I cannot recall where so I cannot claim it to be my own. The Long name I give it is the Front & Back Bobble because it is worked in the front lp then the back lp of each st.
*Yo, insert hook in back lp of next st, draw up a lp, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook, yo, insert hook in front lp of same st from the inside to the front, not from the front of the stitch. Yo draw up a lp, yo draw through 2 lps on hook,* yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook. This completes the stitch.

Reverse sc
Insert hook in previous st. Draw up a lp, yo and draw yarn through lps on hook. Rep from beg. This creates a twisted effect.

Instructions
ROW 1: Ch15. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch3, turn.

ROW 2-6: Fbb in each st across. Ch3, turn. But at the end of row 6, ch1, turn.

ROW 7: Sc in each st across.

Perimeter. Work a round of reverse sc all the way around.

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Glue Basting Quilt As You Go Blocks
Here is another way to baste a quilt block when making your quilt sandwiches. I have done this and it works very well! Instead of using spray or fusible batting, you can put dots of liquid Elmer's School glue where you would normally put your safety pins. I would actually put the dots closer together. Think of this, when we use spray basting or fusible batting, there is glue, why not just use the least expensive option. Little dots of Elmer's school glue. You cannot feel the dots when you are quilting and they do not interfere with the needle in the machine. Just use little dots. The action of pressing the glued layers together flattens the glue dots and as long as they are tiny, you will not feel them. Also, the Elmer's school glue will wash out of clothing even after it is set with an iron. Plus you don't have to worry about overspray or breathing in the glue into your lungs. I have also made a glue/water mixture and brushed it on with a sponge brush. That works well also.