Crochet Rugs

One of the things I love about crochet is the number of different things you can create and make with knowledge of just a few stitches and techniques. Given the choice of yarns now available we are spoilt for choice with our crochet projects!

Crochet rugs are one of my favourite projects and are surprisingly quick to make. You can make crochet rugs for bathrooms, children’s bedrooms (using a picture based design works well for this) and kitchens.

Make your rug square, rectangular, round or oblong. If you are making your rug rectangular you can work your design horizontally or vertically to create two distinct and very different looks. Working horizontally along the length of your rug gives a longer look to your finished rug. See my pink/green rug pattern. 

Use cotton rich yarn for your rug it’s tough, hardwearing and washable. Sugar n Cream is perfect.  There is a fabulous choice of plain and blended colours. I like to limit the number of colours I use in the rugs I make, overall this creates a more stylish finish. You can also use jute based yarns and recycled t shirt material works well for rag rug style crochet rugs.

Keep your rug design simple, geometric designs look good, but your crochet rug is by no means limited to this type of design. Making a square or rectangular consider using motifs. For round crochet rugs I sometimes use vintage doily patterns. If you are using doily or fine crochet mat patterns just scale up, but be warned you often have to simplify these.  Use textured stitches or Mandela patterns look amazing used to create rugs.

Reduce the number of holes in my crochet rugs or at least make sure they are small to reduce trip hazards. You can add an edging if you like and this works really well on circular rugs.See the pattrn for my blue Sugar n Cream rug.....

Doulton Border Leicester Review

Doulton Border Leicester comes in 100gm skeins and the DK has 200metres per skein. 100% pure worsted spun wool, is gorgeous quality with excellent stitch definition and does not split when crocheting. This is not a prickly wool yarn!

This range of yarn from a rare breed herd of sheep includes 4ply, DK and Aran. The range also includes a mini skein selection, all close blends that have won a wool award, good for a try out of this lovely quality yarn.

I used a 3.5mm hook but a 4mm or 4.5mm would work with the DK. The full range of colours includes blues, oranges, brown, greens and a gorgeous lilac. All the colours are cleverly and carefully blended so any two colours will work well together. Check out the purple and orange I’ve used here. This yarn would be good for crochet scarves, hats and throws.

Buy direct from Doulton, visit the site here, or visit them at one of the many wool, yarn and craft events they attend around the UK. If you are into knitting they have a lovely collection of exclusive patterns and knitting kits. Buy here.....