This accent or pet crochet rug pattern is easy peasy and works up in a flash with a jumbo weight yarn. If you’d rather bust through your yarn stash, make a scrappy version using multiple strands of polyester yarn held together. This crochet rug pattern is super plush and should end up about 1.5” (4 cm) thick.
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My two cats are now seniors and they need more cushioning. MC gifted me with some Bernat Blanket Big yarn and I knew that it would be just the right amount for making a special crochet rug pattern for my kitties.
If you don’t have cats, this makes a cute bathroom or accent rug, too. I was able to finish mine in an afternoon.
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Accent or Pet Rug
Crochet Rug Pattern by Underground Crafter
This easy peasy accent or pet crochet rug pattern works up quickly with jumbo weight yarn, or you can bust through stash using multiple strands of polyester yarn held together. The result is ultra plush! This pattern was originally published in three parts as the eighteenth Weekend Mystery Crochet Along with Underground Crafter.
Finished Size
- Bathroom/Accent/Pet Rug: 18″ (46 cm) wide x 31″ (79 cm) long.
Materials
- Bernat Blanket Big yarn (100% polyester, 10.5 oz/300 g, 32 yd/29 m) – 2 skeins in 51023 Silver Lining Variegated (CA) and 1 skein in 51017 Sandy Cream (CB), or approximately 90 yd (82.5 m) total in a jumbo weight, 100% polyester yarn.
- Bernat Blanket Big is only available through certain retailers. Good substitutes are Lion Brand Cover Story Thick & Quick or Bernat Blanket Extra Thick. You will need 90 yd (82.5 m) in total for this project.
- Alternately, this project is a great stashbuster. You’ll want to use multiple strands of a chenille-type (“blanket”) yarn held together until you reach the gauge listed below. Keep in mind that you will need approximately 90 yd (82.5 m) in EACH of the yarn strands if you try this approach.
- US Size U-50/25 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge. You can find these hooks on Amazon.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- 3 dc = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- cdc – crossed double crochet – Skip next st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st. Each cdc counts as 2 sts. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the cdc video above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- yo – yarn over
- () Work stitches between parentheses into same stitch or space.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- A helpful video demonstrating how to change color in the last yarn over of a stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to change colors, watch it on YouTube.
- At the end of Row 6, use the color you have the most of for the Border, which may mean changing color in the final stitch of Row 6 or continuing with the same color.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project is available below.
- If you can’t see the video below demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project, watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Rug
- With CA, ch 24.
- Row 1: Turn, skip 3 ch (counts as first dc), dc in next ch and each ch across. (22 sts)
- Row 2: Turn, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in next st and each st across, changing to CB in last yo of final dc (see Pattern Notes), fasten off CA.
- Row 3: Turn, ch 3 (counts as first dc), cdc across to last st, dc in next st.
- Row 4: Repeat Row 3, changing to CA in last yo of final dc, fasten off CB.
- Row 5: Turn, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in next st and each st across.
- Row 6: Repeat Row 2 (see Pattern Notes).
- Border Round 1: (Right Side) Turn, ch 1, sc in first 21 sts across Row 6, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next st, *turn to work along short edge, 2 sc in side of next 5 rows,** 3 sc in side of foundation row, ch 2, turn to work along foundation row, sc in unworked loop of next 21 ch, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, repeat from * to **, 3 sc in side of Row 6, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails on wrong side.
- Consider using a non-stick rug pad or sewing an anti-slip fabric to the wrong side to stabilize the rug.
