Two big bags of fleece remnants and selvedges have lingered in my basement since... Gosh, it's been so long, I had to look it up.
2015!
The girls I taught for five years and their mothers used to make nearly 100 fleece blankets about this time each year for Children's Hospital.
The last couple of years of the project, I asked everyone to save the little bits and pieces and all the selvedges because I could make them into something useable. I think I was planning, at the time, to make another snowflake rug.
With all the crazy colors, and inspired by the current jelly roll rug fad, perhaps I should have crafted a new mandala rug instead...
I just added a significant amount of blue snowflake fleece selvedges to the collection after making matching Christmas fleece jammies for Lizard and myself. I've made tarn (yarn made of T-shirt strips), plarn (yarn made of plastic bags, and fabric selvedges "yarn". I was trying to find out if anyone had given fabric or fleece selvedge yarn a name. "Farn" and "sarn" sound pretty weird to me! All I could find in my limited search was denim selvedge yarn (which I've not made)(YET!!!). So I guess "selvedge yarn" will have to do for now.
I decided I didn't want these selvedges hanging out and taking up space in the stash anymore, and Valentine's Day is literally just around the corner. So perhaps I could craft something hearty and fast before getting back to my Painterly Petals WIP!
You may do whatever you'd like with rugs you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!
Finished Size: 29 inches across, 29 inches from top to bottom
Materials: Approximately 34 yards of selvedges or fabric cut into approximately 1-inch strips to make "yarn", size Q crochet hook, scissors, sewing machine and/or sewing needle, sewing thread
Fleece Selvedges Heart Rug Instructions
Make "yarn" by sewing, tying or looping strips into one extremely long piece. (I machine-stitched my ends together.) For convenience and to prevent tangled messes, roll "yarn" into ball as you go.
NOTE: This project is worked in one continuous round; do not join at the end of each round. This project also is designed to be whatever size you want. Keep going until you reach the desired size or until you run out of selvedge yarn.
TIP: Use worsted weight yarn and a size G hook to make an adorable mug rug.
mug rugs with my avocado pit-dyed yarn
Ch 16.
Round 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each of next 6 ch, 3 sc in next ch, 1 sc in each of next 6 ch, 3 sc in final ch, then continue working back on opposite side of ch, 1 sc in each of next 5 ch, sk next ch, draw up loop through 3/sc inc (to minimize hole in work), sk next ch and draw up loop through next ch, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook (1 dec made)(heart point made), 1 sc in each of next 5 ch, 2 sc in same sp as starting sc.
Round 2: 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 7 sc, 3 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 7 sc, 2 sc in each of next 3 sc, 1 sc in each of next 4 sc, sk next sc, pull up loop through Round 1 dec, sk next sc and draw up loop through next sc, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc.
Round 3: 3 sc next sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, 1 sc in each of next 9 sc, 3 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 9 sc, [2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc] 3 times, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc, sk next sc, draw up loop through Round 2 dec, sk next sc, draw up loop through next sc, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc.
Round 4: 3 sc in next sc, [1 sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc] 2 times, 1 sc in each of next 8 sc, [2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc] 3 times, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc, sk next sc, draw up loop through Round 3 dec, sk next sc, draw up loop through next sc, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.
Round 5: 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, 1 sc in each of next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 12 sc, 3 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 12 sc, [2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc] 2 times, 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc, sk next sc, draw up loop through Round 3 dec, sk next sc, draw up loop through next sc, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc.
Round 6: [2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc] 3 times, 1 sc in each of next 12 sc, (for mug rug, 1 sc in next sc; invisible bind off, weave in ends), (for rug) 3 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 12 sc.
Round 7-10 (or desired size): Continue working sc around, working 3 inc evenly spaced on each heart top curve, working the dec at the center top and working 3 sc into bottom point. Upon reaching desired size, continue working sc to bottom point. Work 1 sc into bottom point, do invisible bind (linked below in finishing instructions), bind off. Weave in ends
Finish: When I reached the end of crocheting my rug, I used the invisible finish, then tucked the fleece end into the back of the nearest stitch and hand-stitched it in place. I also wove the starting fleece tail into the back side of the rug and stitched it into place with a few hand stitches.
Linking up with Alycia Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Lovely! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Very cozy in winter, too!!!
DeleteNice!!! I have a big basket full of selvage yarn. I've been making rectangular rugs. This looks like a fun version. Thanks for sharing the pattern.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your selvedge rugs, Nancy!
DeleteWhat a fun project!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to have a stash and then you can make something out of it. Great job indeed.
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