Charlotte's Crafty Attic: Miniature rug pattern

Miniature Rug

Hi, so I have been making up my own miniature designs lately and thought I would put this one up on my blog. If you want to download the pdf you can do so for free by going to my ravelry store. The link of which is at the bottom of this page. Please note that the pattern and photos are copyrighted by myself and may not be reproduced or sold. The finished products made from the pattern can be sold. Please feel free to share pictures of your rugs with me over on my facebook page at Charlotte's Crafty Attic as I would love to see and if you have any problems with the pattern then please let me know :)

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This pattern is written using US terms

Materials:

Size 30 crochet cotton thread: DMC Babylo

1mm hook

Small sewing needle for weaving in ends

Abbreviations

Ch chain

Dc double crochet

Sc single crochet

Rnd round

Sl st slip stitch

St (s) stitch (s)

Sk a st skip a stitch

Finished measurements: 3 inches in diameter

Pattern

To start the rug make a magic circle. (If you cannot do this then ch 4 and do your dc into the first ch. The other ch 3 counts as your first dc)

Rnd 1: ch 3 (counts as first dc) do 11 more dc into the magic circle. Sl st into the top of your ch 3 (12)

Round 1 complete

Rnd 2: ch 2 (does NOT count as dc) 2 dc into the first st, 2 dc into every st round, sl st into the top of the first dc (NOT ch 2) (24)

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc into the first st, 1 dc into the next st, *2 dc into the next st, 1 dc into the next repeat from * all the way round, sl st into the top of the first dc (36)

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc into the first st, 1 dc into next 2 sts, *2 dc into next st, 1 dc into the next 2 sts repeat from * all the way round, sl st into the top of the first dc (48)

Round 1-4 complete

Rnd 5: ch 3, sk a st and sl st into the next st, continue this all the way around, for the final ch 3 sl st back into the same st as the first ch 3.

Rnd 6: sl st into the middle of the first ch 3 space, *ch 3 and sl st into the next ch 3 space, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 3 sl st into the same sl st originally made into the first ch 3 space.

Rnd 7: sl st into the middle of the first ch 3 space, *ch 4 and sl st into the next ch 3 space, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 4 sl st into the same sl st originally made into the first ch 3 space.

Rnd 8: Due to the last round being a ch 4 the top of the ch 4 space is further away and so to keep the work looking neat instead of having one large looking sl st to get to the top we are going to sl st into the first chain of the first ch 4 we made in the previous round and then sl st into the middle of the ch 4 space as in the previous rounds.

Once this is done *ch 5 and sl st into the next ch 4 space, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 5 sl st into the same sl st originally made into the middle of the first ch 4 space.

Rnd 8: where the large ch st is by the hook is what we are slip stitching into, in order to get to the top of the ch 4

Rnd 9: sl st into the first 2 chains of the first ch 5 from the previous round and then sl st into the centre of the ch 5 sp, *ch 3, sl st into the next ch 5 sp, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 3 sl st into the back loop of the same sl st originally made into the middle of the first ch 5 space.

Rnd 10: For this row you will be working into the back loops of the sts made in the previous row. To start ch 2 (does NOT count as dc), *2 dc into first st, 1 dc into the next 7 sts, repeat from * to the end of the round, sl st to the top of the first dc (NOT ch 2) (108)

Rnd 11: ch 2, *2 dc into first st, 1 dc into next 8 sts, repeat from * to the end of the round, sl st into first dc. (120)

round 1-11

Rnd 12: ch 4, sk a st and sl st into the next st, continue this all the way around, for the final ch 4 sl st back into the same st as the first ch 4.

Rnd 13: sl st into the first chain of the first ch 4 from the previous round then sl st in the middle of the ch 4 sp, *ch 4 and sl st into the next ch 4 sp, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 4 sl st into the same sl st originally made into the middle of the first ch 4 space.

Rnd 14: sl st into the first chain of the first ch 4 from the previous round and then sl st into the middle of the ch 4 sp, *ch 3 and sl st into the next ch 4 sp, continue from * all the way around, for the final ch 3 sl st into the same sl st originally made into the first ch 4 sp

Rnd 15: working into the back loop only. Sl st into the back loop of the first ch from the previous round and then ch 2, do 1 dc into the ch you just sl st into, dc into the next 2 chs, *sk 1, dc into next 3 chs, continue from * all the way around. So you will always be skipping the sl st made at the top of the ch 4s in the previous round, after the last dc sl st into the top of the first dc. (180)

Rnd 16: ch 1, 1 sc in to the first st and then 1 sc into every st around, after the last sc sl st into the top of the first. (180)

Fasten of, weave in ends and ta-dah nice new mini rug :)