Crochet Round Rug

Materials:

Crochet Hook Size I or 8

7 skeins rug yarn for a 24" rug

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Instructions:

to start, ch 4, turnon 2nd ch from hook and sc 6 ch to form first round.

2nd. Round:

Continue to sc around, inc in every other st ( that will be 9 stitches ).

3rd. Round:

Sc around, increasing about every 3rd st.

4th and following Round:

Continue to sc around rug, increasing at various points as needed to keep rug flat. Be sure not to increase at same point in circle in all rounds...to avoid forming an undesirable pattern and to keep rug truly round.

Work a sl st over the back stitch of the last row...