Bright Rug for Playroom
You’ll need:
100% cotton yarn (120m/50g) – 11 skeins of turquoise color (A) and 3 skeins of orange yarn (B);
100% cotton yarn (135m/50g) – 9 skeins of lemon color (C) and 150g of pink;
Crochet hook 6.
Size: 78 x 120 cm.
Stitches control: 15,5 sts x 12 rows = 10 x 10 cm with the main pattern.
Used Patterns
Main pattern (the quantity of sts should be even):
1st row: 1 single crochet in every chain st of the set-up row, 1st single crochet in the 2nd chain st from the crochet hook;
2nd row: 1 chain st, 1 single crochet in the 1st single crochet, * 1 chain st, skip 1 st, 1 single crochet in the next single crochet*; repeat from * to *;
3rd row: 1 chain st, 1 single crochet in the 1st single crochet, * 1 single crochet in the next chain st, 1 single crochet in the next single crochet*; repeat from * to *.
Repeat 1st-3rd rows once, then constantly repeat 2nd and 3rd rows.
Circles
Make a ring with yarn and circle row of single crochets. Make 1 chain st in the beginning of each circle row, finish with 1 slip st in the 1st single crochet.
For increases, make 2 single crochets in 1 base st. Increases should be done with displacement to the increase of the previous row.
1st row: 12 single crochets;
2nd-5th rows: increase 6 single crochets = 36 single crochets.
Instructions
Take 1 thread of yarn A and C, make 122 chain sts and work with the main pattern = 121 sts. After 100 cm, cut the yarn.
Make 52 circles with yarn A-D, 13 circles of each color.
Assembly
Sew circles to your rug at short sides, don’t forget to alternate the colors.