UPDATE:

6/29/14: After moving this rug around our new home until I found just the right spot, I think I found it’s “forever” home and I can put a border on it and be 100% Complete. But for now, this is where it will rest until I am completely sure I like the width as it stands now. :-D

The Details:

“Sand & Sea” Area Rug

Size: 7.5 feet wide x 10 feet long

Starting Chain: 252 stitches + 3 turning chain = 255 Stitches

Pattern: Attic24’s Interlocking Neat Ripple

Hook Size: 6.0mm

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (2 strands held together throughout)

Colorways:

(top to bottom, left to right)

01: ARAN

02: PALE YELLOW

03: LEMON

04: CORNMEAL

05: HONEYDEW

06: FROSTY GREEN

07: TEA LEAF

08: MEDIUM THYME

09: ARUBA SEA

10: TURQUA

11: REAL TEAL

12: LIGHT BLUE

13: COUNTRY BLUE

14: WINDSOR BLUE

15: SOFT NAVY

Our condo is very plain, especially our living room. In the effort to deplete 75% of my RHSS stash I began experimenting with the idea to crochet a massive area rug to “tie the room together” and add a much-needed POP of color. Inspired by our neighborhood beach, I worked up a palette that recalls the white and golden sand meeting the turquoise shallow water leading out to darker waters beyond the reef and heading out to the horizon.

To my surprise Red Heart Super Saver is perfect for this project! With two strands held together throughout the rug it works up very stiff but at the same time very squishy, thick and comfy under my toes just like…well…a rug should be. :-P I am incredibly happy with the way it is working up so far. I am into the second repeat of the color sequence and I love how each additional color adds a little something to one that it “interlocks” into. I plan on making a large border upon completion.