Thankfully someone posted a link to how this works, on a crosspost . If anyone else is curious: https://lemmy.ca/comment/23833257

My wife crochets constantly, and then i use her scrap/leftover yarn and crochet "scrap blankets".... They're just simple but big blankets that we use for anything non decorative (camping, bonfires, picnics, emergency blankets in cars, for the dogs to sit on when in our cars, on the beach, extra blankets when its really cold out, and so on).

If you take it up, just know that the first two rows are the toughest part of every project, imo.

For those too lazy to search for the comment:

Lizard coaster Pattern
Body
R1: MR ch2, 10 dc in MR, slst, ch 2  [10]
R2: 10 dc inc,, slst, ch 2  [20]
R3: (dc, dc inc) *10  slst, ch 2  [30]
R4: (dc, dc inc, dc) *10  slst, ch 1  [40]
R5: Reverse sc in every stich

Tail
R1: MR, ch2, 4dc in the magric ring, slst, ch 2 [4]
R2: (dc, dc inc)*2, slst, ch2 [6]
R3: 6 dc, slst, ch2 [6]
R4: (2dc, dc inc)*2, slst, and cut off long tail for sewing [8]

Mouth
red yarn:
ch 10
R1: skip 1st st, 8 sc, (3 sc in 1 st), 7 sc, inc, slst, ch1  [20]
R2: inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 2 inc, slst ch 1  [26]
R3: (sc,  inc), 7 sc, (sc, inc )*3, 7sc, (sc, inc)*2 [32] cut off and weave in yarn

pink yarn: (tounge)
in the third stich from the red chain, ch 10
skip 2 st, 8 hdc [8]
slst and cut off extra yarn, weave in from behind

Green: (head)
R1: ch 14, slst in the first ch making a circle
R2: ch1, hdc2tog, 10 dc, hdc2tog, slst ch 2 [12]
R3 dcinc, 2 dc, 6hdc, 2dc, dcinc,  slst ch 2 [14]
R4: 2 dc, 3 hdc, 4sc, 3 hdc, 2 dc, slst ch 1  [14] cut off yarn

Upper lip
at the 5th st from the head, insert green yarn
R1:  ch2, dcinc, 6dc, dcinc [10]
R2:  ch2, turn dc2tog, 6dc, dc2tog [8]
R3:  ch2, turn dc2tog, 4dc, dc2tog [6]
R4:  ch2, turn dc2tog, 2dc, dc2tog [4] ch1, cut off extra yarn

lower lip
R1: ch1, 6 hdc [6]
R2:  ch1, turn hdc2tog, 2hdcdc, hdc2tog [4] ch 1 turn
attach red mouth piece and tounge by sc in every stich, slst, cut off extra yarn and weave in stuff in

eyes (white) *2
R1: MR, 6sc in MR [6]
R2: slst, ch1, 6 sc [6]
slst and cut off extra yarn
Glue on eyes and heads for pupils

attach head and tail at opposite ends,
Put stich marker 4 st  away from each direction for limbs

Legs: *4
ch7, slst, skip 1 st st, 2 slst, (ch2, skip 1st st , 2 slst) *2, 4 sc, slst and cut off and weave in yarn

Can we pin this comment? Not to the comment section, but to everybodies internet everywhere!!!

Everyone is going to want to see this.

MANY THANKS

Oh shit! A Google+ user! What a throwback

Only problem is it might not sit straight if the cup isn’t full

Like, great for being annoying?

Dog/Cat would eat it

Our savior

It's a drink coaster, it's supposed to hold moisture

There could be a water proof layer inside it.

Plastic is not necessary because the nature of the crochet fabric is enough to achieve the effect. Fiber arts are cool that way.

Mushroommunk found a video that shows how it's constructed.

I think the top layer is just sized so it pulls back on the mouth when weighed down.