Guest Author - Eva Owsian



Remember you can substitute fabric for this pattern.
Size: 70 inches in diameter
Materials Required:
"AUNT LYDIA'S" HEAVY RUG YARN
31 — 70 yd. skeins Spice
30 — 70 yd. skeins Black
11 — 70 yd. skeins Yellow
8 — 70 yd. skeins Myrtle Green Aluminum Crochet Hook Size K OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW
GAUGE: 2 sts = 1 inch
2 rows = 1 inch
NOTE: Work rug in s c with 3 strands and in back loop of sts throughout.
With 1 strand Yellow, 1 strand Myrtle Green, 1 strand Spice ch 2, work 8 s c in 1st st of ch. Do not join rounds. Place a marker at beg of each round.
2nd ROUND: 2 s c in each s c. 3rd and 4th ROUNDS: 1 sc in next s c, 2 s c in next s c, repeat from all around. 5th ROUND: Inc in every 3rd st. 6th ROUND: Work even. 7th ROUND: Inc in every 4th st. 8th ROUND: Inc in every 6th st ending round with sl st in last st and in 1st 2 sts of next round, cut yarn. 9th ROUND: Attach 2 strands Spice and 1 strand Yellow in 1st sl st, sl st in next 2 sts, then work 1 s c in each st increasing as necessary to keep work flat. (Work all color changes in this manner) . Work 4 more rounds in same colors, cut yarn. NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Attach 3 strands Black, work in s c inc as necessary to keep work flat, cut Black (Inc as necessary through-out remainder of rug). NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Work with 1 strand Yellow, 1 strand Myrtle Green and 1 strand Spice, cut yarn. NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Work with 2 strands Spice and 1 strand Black, cut colors. NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Attach 2 strands Black, continue in s c, cut yarn. NEXT 10 ROUNDS: Work with 1 strand Myrtle Green, 1 strand Yellow, 1 strand Spice, cut yarn. NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Work 3 strands Black, cut 2 strands Black. NEXT 4 ROUNDS: Work with 2 strands Spice, 1 strand Black, cut yarn. NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Work with 2 strands Spice, 1 strand Yellow, cut Yellow.
NEXT 5 ROUNDS: Work with 2 strands Spice, 1 strand Black having multiple of 14 sts in last round.
NEXT ROUND: Sl st in next st, s c in next st, 1 s d c in next st (s d c: y o, insert in st, pick up and pull through all loops on hook), 1 dc in each of next 2 sts,2 tr c in next st, 1 tr c in each of the next 2 sts, 2 tr c in next st, 1 d c in each of the next 2 sts, 1 s d c in next st, s c in next st, sl st in next st, repeat from beg all around, join, cut yarn. Steam lightly.