RUG WITH BORDER DESIGN 22″ x 35″

Directions: Using two strands of yarn working as one. Start with background color chain 46, single croc. in the second ch. from hook and in each ch. across row. ch. 1 to turn.

Row 1: 1 single croc. st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn. Repeat this row six more times. Eight rows in all.

BORDER: Row 1: Using background color, 1 sc. st. in 1st. 4 sts. * pick-up border color (work over the background color) 1 sc. st. on the next 5 sts. use background color (work over the border clr) 1 sc. st. in the next 3 sts. repeat across row from * ending with 1 sc. st. in the last 4 sts. with background color. Ch. 1 to turn.

Row 2: Using background color, (working over the border color) 1 sc. st. in the 1st. 3 sts., using border color (working over background color) 1 sc. st. in the next st. (change colors the same way working over the other color) * 1 sc. st. in the next 5 sts. change colors, 1 sc. st. in the next st. (change colors) 1 sc. st. in the next st. change colors, 1 sc. st. in the next st. repeat from * across row ending with 3 sts. of border color. Ch. 1 to turn.

Row 3: * With background color (working over the border color) 1 sc. st. in the 1st. 2 sts., change colors 1 sc. st. in next st., change colors 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts., change colors 1 sc. st. in the next 3 sts. repeat across row from * ending with 2 sc. sts. in the background color. Ch. 1 to turn.

Row 4: * Using border color, 1 sc. st. in 1st. st. change colors, 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st., 3 sts. change color, repeat across row ending with 2 sts. of border color. Ch. 1 to turn.

Row 5: Using background color, 1 sc. st. in 1st. two sts. change color 1 sc. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st. * change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change colors 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change colors 1 sc. st. in next st. change color 1 sc. st. in next st. change color 1 sc. st. in next st. repeat across row., ending with 1 sc. st. of the background color in the last st.

Row 6: Using background color, 1 sc. st. in the 1st. 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. * change color 1 sc. in the next 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. repeat from * 35 across row, the fourth st. from the end of row. Should be in the border color, the last three sts. of row in the background color, ch. 1 to turn.

Row 7: Using background color 1 sc. st. in 1st. four sts. * change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 4 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. repeat across row ending in 3 sts. of background color. Ch. 1 to turn.

Row 8: * Using background color 1 sc. st. in 1st. 4 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in next 4 sts. repeat from * across row ending in 5 sts. of background color ch. 1 to turn. Border is complete, fasten off the border color. Using background color 1 sc. in each st. across row, ch. 1 to turn. Repeat this row from 57 more rows. (58) rows in all. Then start at Row 1 of the border and put the border in again just as you did before finish with 8 rows of sc. in the background color, tie off yarn. This rug is nice with or without a fringe (see in book “how to make fringe”) to finish off the rug put 2 rows of sc. sts. evenly spaced around the outside using 1 strand of yarn. Either color.

See visual chart on page 40.

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