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- By: J. Barrett
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- Title: Rag rug afghan
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- Servings: 1
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- 'Rag-rug' Afghan (a multi colored crocheted afghan to use up all those
- scraps... heavy weight. Looks sort of like a rag rug when it's finished.
- Originally saw the idea in an old BH&G. This version makes a good couch
- throw and when made with Sayelle type yarns is machine washable and
- dryable.) Directions are *very* general. Difficulty catagory: Super Simple
- Materials: *lots* of off-white worsted weight yarn.. mixing non-matching
- dye lots and even different brands won't matter, but don't mix wool, etc
- with Sayelle. A couch size (6 x 5 foot) took about 14 skeins.
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- Odds and ends of various colored worsted weight yarn to equal the amount of
- off-white - the more colors, the better. You can even use 2 strands of
- sport yarn in place of 1 strand of worsted weight.
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- Equipment: Size 'P' crochet hook (probably the only important part of the
- directions.. a 'K' hook makes it too tight and stiff, a 'Q' too loose,
- besides being a hard size hook to handle.)
- With one strand of white and one strand of colored yarn, make a chain as
- long as you want the afgan wide. Single crochet in the 2nd ch (1st chain
- becomes the turning ch 1) from hook and in each chain across. Chain 1,
- turn.
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- Sc (single crochet) in each sc, ending with sc in the turning ch 1. (note:
- if you miss the last sc in the turning ch 1, the afgan will become
- progressively narrower.)
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- Repeat last row, changing colored yarn as desired or when a ball runs out.
- To change colors, tie the two pieces of yarn together in an overhand knot
- leaving 2 to 3 inch ends. Continue working until the knot is up against
- the hook. Stretch the loose ends of yarn along the top of the previous row
- and work over them as you proceed to sc in each sc. Trim off any tag ends
- sticking out afterwards.
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- Keep going until you're out of yarn or it's the length you want, whichever
- comes first. <g>
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