Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 37 / [94 cm] x 48” / [122 cm] without fringe, 37 / [94 cm] x 56” / [142 cm] including fringe
Gauge: 17 sts and 8 rows in pattern = 4” [10 cm]
Materials
Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala (100% Acrylic; 590 yards [539 meters]/150 grams): 214 Centaur (MC, 9 balls)
Berroco Vintage (52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon; 217 yards [198 meters]/100 grams): 5144 Cork (CC, 2 balls)
Hook: US size G/6 (4.0 mm)
Notions: Tapestry needle
Special Stitches
Bobble Stitch: Yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps (2 lps left on hook), yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps (3 lps left on hook), yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps (4 lps left on hook), yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps (5 lps left on hook), yo, pull through all 5 lps on hook, sc into next st.
Pattern Notes
Each square of the charts represents 2 stitches in one row.
Each white square of the charts represents 2 hdc stitches. Each X represents a bobble stitch.
Bobbles are worked over 2 stitches: the bobble in the first stitch and a single crochet in the second stitch.
Pattern
With two strands of MC held together, ch 145.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. Turn. (144 sts)
Row 2 and all even rows: Ch 1, sc in same sp, sc in each st across. (144 sts)
Row 3: Ch 2 (counts as first hdc here and throughout), hdc in next 5 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st twice over next 4 sts to create 2 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 4 times over next 8 sts to create 4 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st twice over next 4 sts to create 2 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 10 sts, work bobble st 3 times over next 6 sts to create 3 bobbles, hdc in next 6 sts. Turn. (144 sts)
Row 4: Rep Row 2.
Rows 5-61: Work according to chart: each X represents a bobble st and each white square represents 2 hdc sts. Turn. (144 sts)
Rows 63-122: Rep Rows 3-62.
Rows 123-184: Rep Rows 3-62.
Rows 185-186: Rep Row 2.
Border
Rnd 1: Attach CC with sl st, ch 1, work sc evenly spaced around all edges of Rug, working 3 sc in each corner; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnd 2 (crab st edging): Ch 1, work reverse sc into each st around all edges of Rug, join with sl st to first reverse sc. Fasten off.
Finishing
Cut 864 pieces of CC 10” / [25.5 cm] long. Starting at a corner of the short end of Rug, *insert hook into st from the back of the work to the front. Fold 6 pieces of yarn in half and grab the center with your hook. Pull this loop through st about 2” / [5 cm], tuck ends of yarn through the loop and tighten the knot, skip next st; rep from * across Rug.
Trim fringe. Weave in all ends.
Block to dimensions.
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