How to Create a Colorful Crocheted Rug with Lily Sugar’n Cream Yarn

You’ll Need:

6 skeins of Lily® Sugar’n Cream® (2.5 oz/70.9 g; 120 yds/109 m) in Contrast A Hot Orange (01628);

2 skeins of the same yarn, but in Contrast B White (00001);

Crochet hook 15 mm;

3 stitch markers.

Size:

71 cm long x 35.5 cm wide.

Stitches Control:

5 sts x 3 rows = 10 x 10 cm with 6 strands of yarn held together.

Note:

The rug is worked holding 6 strands of yarn together throughout. For ease of working, wind Contrast B into 6 equal balls.

Instructions

Ch 3 at the beginning of the row counts as dc. With 6 strands of A held together, ch 4.

Row Instructions:

1st row: (RS). 5 dc in 4th ch from hook (turning ch 3 counts as dc). Turn. 6 dc.

2nd row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. 2 dc in each dc to the end of the row. Turn. 12 dc.

3rd row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last dc. 1 dc in last dc. Turn. 18 dc.

4th row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in each of the next 2 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 2 dc. 1 dc in each of the last 2 dc. Turn. 24 dc.

5th row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in each of the next 3 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 3 dc. 1 dc in each of the last 3 dc. Turn. 30 dc.

6th row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in each of the next 4 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 4 dc. 1 dc in each of the last 4 dc. Turn. 36 dc.

7th row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in each of the next 5 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 5 dc. 1 dc in each of the last 5 dc. Turn. 42 dc.

8th row: Ch 3. 1 dc in first dc. *1 dc in each of the next 6 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 6 dc. 1 dc in each of the last 6 dc. Do not break A. Join B. Turn. 48 dc.

9th row: (RS). With B, ch 2 (does not count as hdc). 2 hdc in the same st as the last sl st. *1 hdc in each of the next 7 dc. 2 hdc in next dc. Rep from * to the last 7 dc. 1 hdc in each of the last 7 dc. 54 hdc. Fasten off B.

Do not turn.

10th row: (RS). Return A to hook, sl st in the first hdc. Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in first hdc. *1 dc in each of the next 8 hdc. 2 dc in next hdc. Rep from * to the last 8 hdc. 1 dc in each of the last 8 hdc. 60 dc. Fasten off.

Orange Sections

Place markers as follows: on the 8th row at the center of the rug, then at the halfway mark between the center and the bottom edge of the rug (see diagram).

With 3 strands of B held together and RS facing, sl st in the same ch from the 1st row where 5 dc were worked. Working in a straight line to the center marker and keeping the working yarn at WS, sl st in each row to the marker, being sure to keep sl sts loose. Rep for remaining sections.

Assembly

With 6 strands of B held together and RS facing, join with sl st to the top of the last dc of the 10th row. Ch 1. Work 1 row of sc along the straight bottom edge. Fasten off.