Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: (35.4 x 19.7 in) 90 x 50 cm

Stitches and abbreviations: foll: follow or following, row(s): row or rows, cont: continue or continuity, diag: diagram or diagrams, st: stitch, st(s): stitches, rep: repeat or repetitions, FO: fasten off, work: work or working, x: time or times, yo: yarn over, fin: finishing, ch: chain, sl st: slip stitch, sc: single crochet, sc inc.: increase of 2 single crochets in the same base stitch, dc: double crochet, dc inc.: increase of 2 double crochets in the same base stitch, pattern st: pattern stitch, dc2tog-cl: double crochets closed together, blo sc: single crochet in back loop only, popcorn (5 tr): popcorn stitch with 5 treble crochets, fpdc: front post double crochet, bpdc: back post double crochet, triple inc. (2 dc + fpdc): triple increase with 2 double crochets + 1 front post double crochet, triple inc. (2 dc + bpdc): triple increase with 2 double crochets + 1 back post double crochet.

Gauge: a 4 in square made in pattern stitch following diagram 1, using Eco Brilho yarn and a US E/4 (3.5 mm) hook = 13 sts x 9 rows.

Instructions:

Rug: with Barroco Maxcolor 4/6 yarn in Bandeira, start with 68 ch + 3 ch to turn your work. Row 1: start with 3 ch, 5 dc in the same base st, 66 dc, 6 dc in the same base stitch, work back along the opposite side of the foundation ch with 66 dc, join with a sl st, fasten off. Row 2: join Eco Brilho yarn in Natalina, start with 3 ch, 1 dc in the same base st, 5 dc inc, work the side with 1 ch, *3 dc2tog-cl, working one st in each base st, 2 ch*, repeat from * to * along the oval section, over the sts of the oval work 6 dc inc, work the side with 1 ch, *3 dc2tog-cl, working one st in each base st, 2 ch*, repeat from * to * until the end of the row, join with sl st. Row 3: start with 3 ch, 2 dc2tog-cl, 2 ch, *3 dc2tog-cl with the first st worked in the same base st as the previous st, and 2 sts, one in each base st, 2 ch*, repeat 3x, 3 dc2tog-cl with the first st worked in the same base st as the previous st and 2 sts in the same base st, work the side as *3 dc2tog-cl in the same base st, 2 ch, skip 1 base st*, repeat from * to * along the oval section, work the opposite side in the same way, join with sl st. Continue following diagram 1, working in continuous rounds, changing colors as indicated, fasten off. Labyrinth Stitch: join Barroco Maxcolor 4/6 yarn in Bandeira between one of the “V”s of row 17 in diagram 1, work following diagram 2. Row 1: *between the 2 base “V”s, work 1 sc, go down the side of the first dc of the “V” with 3 sc, 1 sc in the same base st of the “V”, go up the side of the second dc of the “V” with 3 sc*, repeat from * to * around the entire row, join with sl st, fasten off.

Designer by: Anita Eskelsen