STRIPED LOOP STITCH RUG
Reading edition
Material: 8 skeins avocado rug yarn; 8 skeins orange rug yarn; 8 skeins red brown rug yarn; size J crochet hook. Gauge: approx. 2 sts. = 1 inch; 2 rows = 1 inch.
Directions:
Border: Using double strand of yarn throughout ch. 53 using avocado.
Row 1: 1 sc. in 2nd ch. from hook and in each st. across ch. Ch. 1 turn. Repeat row 1—five more times (6 rows in all). Tie off yarn.
Main Rug—Row 1: Using orange put 1 loop st. in each st. across. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 2: 1 sc. in each st. across. Ch. 1 turn. Tie on red brown.
Row 3: Using red brown working over the orange, put 1 loop st. in each st. across, ch. 1 turn.
Row 4: 1 sc. in each st. across row still working over the orange. Ch. 1 with orange turn.
Row 5: Working over the red brown put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 6: Still working over red brown put 1 sc. st. in each st. across row. Tie off orange. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 7: Using red brown put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn.
Row 8: 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn.
Row 9: Repeat row 7.
Row 10: Repeat row 8.
Row 11: Repeat row 7.
Row 12: Repeat row 8. Tie off red brown.
Row 13: Tie on orange—1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 14: 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 15: Tie on avocado—work over the orange. Put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 16: Still working over the orange, put 1 sc. in each st. across. Ch. 1 with the orange. Turn.
Row 17: Working over the avocado, put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 18: Still working over the avocado put 1 sc. in each st. across. Ch. 1 with avocado to turn. Tie off orange.
Rows 19, 20, 21: Using avocado 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row.
Row 22: Tie on red brown and work over avocado—put 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 23: Still working over the avocado put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 with the avocado. Tie off red brown.
Rows 24, 25, 26: Using avocado 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 to turn each row. Tie off yarn.—Repeat the last 26 rows.—Now repeat the first 14 rows.—
Row 67: Working over the orange using red brown put 1 loop st. in each st. across. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 68: Still working over the orange put 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 with orange. Tie off red brown.
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Row 69: With orange put 1 loop st. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn.
Row 70: 1 sc. in each st. across row. Ch. 1 turn. Tie off orange.
Rows 71-76: Repeat six rows of sc. as in border at the start of rug. Tie off yarn.
Finishing Rug: Using any of the colors you have left, 1 strand only sc. evenly spaced around rug. On each end of rug put 2 inch looped fringe if desired.
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