CHECKERED BORDER INLAY RUG (approx. 26″ × 36″)
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Material: Dark Cardinal—3 skeins rug yarn Velvet Rose—11 skeins rug yarn Light Pink—5 skeins rug yarn size J crochet hook Gauge: Approx. 2 sts.—1 inch. 2 rows—1 inch
Directions: Velvet Rose—using double strand of yarn ch. 73—1 sc. in 2nd ch. from hook and in each st. of ch. Ch. 1 turn (72 sts. in all).
Rows 1-4: 1 sc. in each st. across. Ch. 1 turn each row.
Rows 5-6: Using light pink—1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row.
Rows 7-8: Using Dark Cardinal 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn each row.
Rows 9-10: Using dark cardinal working over the light pink put 1 sc. in lst 2 sts. Using light pink (working over the dark cardinal) put 1 sc. in next 2 sts. Repeat across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row.
Rows 11-12: Using light pink (working over the dark cardinal) 1 sc. in 1st. 2 sts. Using dark cardinal (working over the light pink) put 1 sc. in next 2 sts. Repeat across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row.
Rows 13-14: Repeat rows 9 & 10. Tie off yarn.
Rows 15-37: Using velvet rose 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row. (22 rows).
Rows 38-39: Repeat rows 13 & 14.
Rows 40-41: Repeat rows 11 & 12.
Rows 42-43: Repeat rows 9 & 10.
Rows 44-45: Repeat rows 7 & 8.
Rows 46-47: Repeat rows 5 & 6.
Rows 48-49-50-51-52: Repeat row 1. Using 1 strand of yarn sc. evenly spaced all around outside of rug. Put 1 row of scs. of each color to finish rug and make it lie nicer (put increases in the corner).
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