Rug Hooking Patterns

Child's Alphabet Rug

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Materials: Corticelli Knitola Fingering Yarn, 4 balls Tan Brown, 4 balls Dark Brown, 2 balls Navy, 2 Balls Cardinal, 1 ball Black, one pair no.7 knitting needles.

The alphabet can be worked with odds and ends of yarn from the workbaset as only a small quantity of each color is needed.

Instructions: With Tan make chain 33 inches long and work 40 rows in s.c., taking up both sides of the stitch. Make another strip like this and in the same way 2 in Seal Brown.

Border: Make 2 strips Navy Blue in plain Afghan st. 20 inches wide and 2 strips in Scarlet 20 inches long. Fasten strips and border together with Brier st. in Black.

Edge: With black make s.c. on edge, ch. , make 1 d.c. around the s.c. just made, skip 1 st. and fasten into edge with s.c; repeat all around.

With colored wool work alphabet in cross stitch all around the border.