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Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD
“AUNT LYDIA’S” HEAVY RUG YARN
1—70 yd. skein each White and Cerise
Aluminum Crochet Hook Size H OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN
STITCH GAUGE BELOW
GAUGE: 7 s c = 2 inches
With Cerise ch 2, 8 s c in 1st st of ch, do not join or turn this or
following rounds. Place a marker at beg of each round. 2nd ROUND: 2 s c
in each s c. 3rd ROUND: S c in next s c, 2 s c in next s c, repeat from
beg all around (24 s c). NEXT 4 ROUNDS: Inc 8 sts evenly spaced in each
round, do not place inc directly over inc of previous round and end last
round with a sl st (56 sts in last round). 8th ROUND: Working in back
loop of sts only 1 s c in each st, join in 1st s c. 9th ROUND: Ch 3,
work in star st as follows: keeping all loops on hook pull up a loop in
2nd and 3rd st from hook, in joining, and in back loop of each of next 2
s c (6 loops), y o and pull through all loops at one time, ch 1 (this ch
1 is termed the eye of star st), * keeping all loops on hook pull up a
loop in eye of star st just made, in side of same star st, in base of
same star st, and in back loop of each of next 2 s c (6 loops), y o and
pull through all loops at one time, ch 1, repeat from * all around (28
star sts), join in 1st star st. 10th ROUND: S c in same space, * s c in
eye of star st, s c in back loop of one side of next star st, repeat
from * all around ending to correspond (56 s c), drop Cerise (when
changing colors always complete last half of st with new color), with
White join in st s c. 11th ROUND: Working in back loop of sts only 1 s c
in each st, drop White, with Cerise join in 1st s c. Repeat 9th, 10th
and 11th rounds twice. NEXT ROUND: With Cerise repeat 11th round, join,
cut yarn.
RUFFLE: With White working through both loops of sts work 1 s c in
joining, * 2 s c in next s c, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around
ending to correspond, do not join this or following rounds. NEXT 2
ROUNDS: 1 s c in each s c, join last round, cut yarn. NEXT ROUND: With
Cerise working in back loop of sts only work a sl st in each st, cut
yarn.