No. 26 Rug “GARDEN GAY”
MATERIALS—Lily Rug Yarn Art. 241 (80-yd. skeins):—13-sks. Lt. Blue, 2-sks. Peach and 1-sk. each Salmon Rose and Cream. Crochet hook size H-6. CRAZY DAISY WINDER.
Size—24” x 40”.
BLOCK—Daisy—Following instructions on page 2, Illustration C, wind yarn twice around each spoke of Winder. Cut 1” long and weave center with a contrasting color as in Ill. E.
Base—In Lt. Blue ch 10, s1 st in 1st st. (Ch 3, 3 sc in ring) 4 times. Sl st in next 3-ch lp, ch 3, 1 hdc in same lp, * hdc in next 3 sc, (1 hdc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 hdc) all in next 3-ch. Repeat from * twice. Hdc in next 4 sts, ch 1, sl st in 2d st of next 3-ch. Cut 8” long. Lay Daisy on top of Base and tack tip of each petal down, using carpet warp for the Peach, Salmon Rose and Cream Daisies, and the Rug Yarn in Lt. Blue for the Blue Daisies. Make 144 Blocks. Using 8” end left from each Base, sew Blocks tog. into strips, going thru both lps of each st, then sew strips tog. exactly matching corners.
Starting at left corner of one end, make corner Block of Cream Daisy with Salmon Rose center. Make the next diagonal row of 2 Blocks, Peach Daisies with Blue centers. Next Row—3 Blocks of Salmon Rose Daisies with Cream Centers. 4th Row—4 Blocks of Peach Daisies with Blue centers. 5th Row—5 Blocks of Cream Daisies with Salmon Rose centers. 6th Row—6 Blocks of Peach Daisies with Blue centers. 7th Row—7 Blocks of Salmon Rose Daisies with Cream centers. 8th Row—8 Blocks of Peach Daisies with Blue centers. 9th Row—9 Blocks of Cream Daisies with Salmon Rose centers. Repeat this section for other diagonal corner of rug. Then connect the 2 sections with 6 rows of Blocks,—Blue Daisies with Peach centers,—9 Blocks in each row.
BORDER—In Lt. Blue, work sc around rug, 9 sc across each Block, with 3 sc in each corner of rug. ROW 2—Make (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner, with (ch 1, sc in next 2d sc) repeated around. ROW 3—Make (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner 2-ch, with (ch 1, sc in next 1-ch sp) repeated around. Repeat for 4th Row. Fasten off.
Stretch and pin rug right-side-down on a large, padded board or table. Steam and press dry thru a cloth.