With four little ones around the house, I decided that just maybe I would make a small rug for the living room, you know, to make it a little cozier. So, I found this awesome idea on Pinterest. I got online and ordered 50 feet of cotton aqua yarn. I figured this would solve a couple of problems. I’d get the new experience of making a rug and use up a lot of my yarn stash.
How wrong I was.
Truth: Fifty feet of yarn isn’t very much. My entire rug has a diameter of 22 inches.
Truth: I had so much fun learning a new technique. It took me a few tries to get started on the blanket. It was a learning process. I didn’t even take the duct tape off the end!
Once I got started, I had fun changing colors and watching the rug take shape. It was hard to keep the rope tight. I seriously used muscles that I didn’t even know I had. I finally found a way to burn calories and crochet!
As far as a pattern goes, there wasn’t one. For the first couple of rounds I did two or three stitches in each stitch. After that, I just varied the stitches how I thought they needed to be. As the rug got bigger, I didn’t need to double up on stitches very often, and sometimes I even skipped some to keep the coil tight.
Truth: It may be tiny, but I love my rug!
In the future, I’d love to play with this technique to make some place mats and coasters! Currently, my rug is a little big for my cup of coffee.
Truth: I can’t tell you why the rug was curvy, and I can’t tell you how I got it to lay flat.
Truth: If you put anything new in the house, your kids will find a use for it. I guess maybe they know better than I do!
This is my scrap rug. It didn’t turn out like I thought. I’m not sure it’s useful. It definitely didn’t use up much yarn, but I’m still glad I made it. I’m sure this is not the last rug you’ll see from me, but it’ll be a while. You know, until my muscles heal.
