When I started this blog I had plans of sharing lots and lots of my crochet makes, but looking back there have been a lot more “Family” and “General Ramblings” and a little less “Crochet” than I thought there would be.
Mainly because I’ve been so busy making Crochet Cushions that I’ve had less time for other crochet projects. Now, I’m not complaining about that at all – I could sit and make crochet cushions all day, that’d be lovely………..oh, sorry, I drifted off to a land of crochet cushiony lovlieness there for a second……….but I haven’t completed any other crochet projects pretty much all year! And, I think it’s important to make time for my own projects otherwise I might just go crazy.
So here’s one I worked on between Christmas and New Year, in the evenings, whilst eating ridiculous amounts of chocolate, crisps, cheese and crackers and mince pies!
I used the popcorn stitch that I used for my Nanny’s cushion in the summer and an Aran weight yarn from the stash that my sister gave me on our visit to her in May. I used a 6.5mm hook and then made it up as I went along.
The back looks almost as pretty as the front!
There was some unravelling as I wanted a circle but got an Octagon. And I ran out of yarn.
I found a small amount of a lighter yarn and instead of uniform increases, I went for random increases and this is what I ended up with – A Popcorn Stitch Crochet Rug (a small rug!)
The shape is still not perfect but it’s getting there and the size is a bit smaller than I hoped, but it was a stash busting project and this was all the yarn I had.
The colours match our bathroom, so that’s where it’s going!
Have you been working on any special projects over the Christmas break?
It looks great! π
Ah, thank you! Once I get the pattern out of my head I’m hoping to pop it on here x
I can’t wait to have my very own…you and that crafty brain of yours are Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
ooooh, I’ve never been called Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious before! Thank you very much! Hoping to get started on yours tonight x
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How are you increasing the rounds on the Popcorn Stitch Rug? I want to make one, but don’t want it to look like an octagon or hexagon, like the ones I’ve seen… Yours looks more round
Thanks!
Hi Alma, I’m so sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I made this a while ago, but looking back at it I increased the rounds as you normally would for a circle but after round 4 I began to start each round in a different position in order to step the increases so that I wasn’t making increases into stitches that had been increased on the previous round. I don’t think that makes sense does it, but I’m not sure how else to explain it – sorry! The finished rug still did have a slight octagonal look about it, so I’m really not sure that my method worked at all.