I designed and made this rug first time in Spring 2014 shortly after discovering how to crochet the diamond motif with clear lines. I was really happy with the way the rug turned out and I hope here is happiness for others too to be found and crocheted in this project.

General Instructions

Size: 75 cm x 120 cm (4 rows of diamonds, without a fringe at both ends)

Suggested yarn: Hoooked Zpagetti, or other thin t-shirt yarn, 3 bobbins of background colour and ½ bobbin for each diamond row

Hook size: 8

Gauge: size of one diamond: 9 stitches wide x 17 rows = 12 cm x 28 cm

I recommend light and thin t-shirt yarn (or other yarn/ribbon) for this project because the rug will get quite thick due to color work. Lighter yarn is also easier to work with and I personally try to choose yarns for a rug so that I can crochet with hook size 8. Since the material in t-shirt yarn varies, I also look for the yarns which have more elasticity in them. That way too the project becomes more pleasant to work with.

The size of the rug is easy to adjust. Just crochet one more row of diamonds to make the rug longer (17+1 rows more = 29-30 cm) or add one more diamond to each row (9 stitches = 12 cm wider). You can also choose to crochet the diamonds wider and longer (maybe 11 stitches wide) or smaller (7 stitches wide).