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Materials Required:

AMERICAN THREAD

“AUNT LYDIA’S” HEAVY RUG YARN

1—70 yd. skein each White and Cerise

Aluminum Crochet Hook Size H OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW

GAUGE: 7 s c = 2 inches

With Cerise ch 2, 8 s c in 1st st of ch, do not join or turn this or following rounds. Place a marker at beg of each round. 2nd ROUND: 2 s c in each s c. 3rd ROUND: S c in next s c, 2 s c in next s c, repeat from beg all around (24 s c). NEXT 4 ROUNDS: Inc 8 sts evenly spaced in each round, do not place inc directly over inc of previous round and end last round with a sl st (56 sts in last round). 8th ROUND: Working in back loop of sts only 1 s c in each st, join in 1st s c. 9th ROUND: Ch 3, work in star st as follows: keeping all loops on hook pull up a loop in 2nd and 3rd st from hook, in joining, and in back loop of each of next 2 s c (6 loops), y o and pull through all loops at one time, ch 1 (this ch 1 is termed the eye of star st), * keeping all loops on hook pull up a loop in eye of star st just made, in side of same star st, in base of same star st, and in back loop of each of next 2 s c (6 loops), y o and pull through all loops at one time, ch 1, repeat from * all around (28 star sts), join in 1st star st. 10th ROUND: S c in same space, * s c in eye of star st, s c in back loop of one side of next star st, repeat from * all around ending to correspond (56 s c), drop Cerise (when changing colors always complete last half of st with new color), with White join in st s c. 11th ROUND: Working in back loop of sts only 1 s c in each st, drop White, with Cerise join in 1st s c. Repeat 9th, 10th and 11th rounds twice. NEXT ROUND: With Cerise repeat 11th round, join, cut yarn.