Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: 35.4″ x 16.9″ (90 cm x 43 cm)

Abbreviations:

BLO = Crochet through the Back Loops Only

ch = Chain Stitch

cont = continue

dc = Double Crochet

diag = diagram or diagrams

FLO = Crochet through the Front Loops Only

foll = follow or following

fpdc = Front Post Double Crochet

pattern st = Pattern Stitch

rep = repeat or repetition

rnd = round

sc = Single Crochet

sl st = Slip Stitch

st = stitch

sts = stitches

Gauge: A 3.94″ (10 cm) square in pattern st foll diag 1, using Natural Cotton 4/8 yarn and a 7 (4.5 mm) hook = 15 sts x 14 rows.

Instructions:

Carpet – Pattern st: Using Natural Cotton 4/8 yarn #20 (Natural), ch 100 to start +1 ch to turn.

Row 1: From the 2nd ch from the hook, work 100 sc.

Row 2: Ch 1 to start, 1 sc, *(BLO 8 sc), (FLO 7 sc)*; rep from * to * 5 more times, (BLO 8 sc), 1 sc.

Row 3: Ch 1 to start, 1 sc, *(BLO 8 sc), (FLO 1 dc one row below, 1 sc, 1 dc one row below, 1 sc, 1 dc one row below, 1 sc, 1 dc one row below)*; rep from * to * 5 more times and work (BLO 8 sc), 1 sc. Cont foll diag 1, working back and forth rows; do not cut the yarn at the end.

Finishing: Cont with Natural Cotton 4/8 yarn #20 (Natural):

Rnd 1: Work *(1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc) in the corner st, 1 sc in each st along the side (length), (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc) in the corner st, (1 sc, ch 30, sl st in the sc just made, 1 sc in the next st) across the width*; rep from * to * 1 more time, finish with sl st, and fasten off.

Designed by: Heloisa Mazoni