Cotton Substitutions

Bernat's organic cotton and Lion Brand's organic cotton look like good substitutes for each other.

I am not sure either would be a good substitute for elann.com's Sonata, but that is fairly inexpensive anyway.

50 g of a THIS yarn is THIS many meters:

Nature's Choice Cotton (Lion) 55.3 m
Lion Organic Cotton 75 m
Bernat Organic Cotton 77 m
Elann Sonata 106 m
Paton's Grace 125 m

Crochet coaster

A nice absorbent coaster, which will not stick to the bottom of your tea mug and drop off, spilling tea all over your keyboard.

size G hook. Worsted weight cotton - lion cotton, or lily sugar 'n cream. Use the thicker end of worsted.

Chain 17. (15 plus 2 to turn)
Single crochet back and forth for about 18 rows, til you have a square.
Single crochet across one more row.

Crochet around the outside, putting 3 or 4 single crochets in the corners to turn.