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Checkered Border Inlay Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns): vintage crochet pattern
A single crochet rug in three shades of pink and red, with a two-stitch checkerboard band worked in two colours at once at each end and a plain rose centre. Originally published as "Checkered Border Inlay Rug" in Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs by January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky, it is now in the public domain.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Super bulky (#6) |
| Yardage | 1197–1330 yd (1095–1216 m) |
| Hook | 6 mm |
| Gauge | Printed: about 2 sc and 2 rows = 1 in (8 sc and 8 rows = 4 in / 10 cm), worked with two strands held together. |
| Finished size | Approximately 26 × 36 in (66 × 91 cm) |
| Time | about 5 hours |
Materials
- Bulky (#5) rug yarn, worked with two strands held together throughout. Two strands of bulky rug yarn behave like a super bulky (#6) yarn.
- Yardage: the book's Kentucky Soft Spun Rug Yarn came in 70 yd skeins (printed in the original); 19 skeins = about 1330 yd (1216 m). Because the yarn is used double, the strand length used is half of this. Check the label of your substitute yarn.
- Colours: 11 skeins velvet rose (main), 5 skeins light pink, 3 skeins dark cardinal.
- Original hook: size J.
- Hook: Start with 6 mm (US J-10) and change size to match the gauge.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 1330 yards of weight #6 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Caron Simply Soft · 100% Acrylic
315 yds per skein · High-yield yardage, silky no-scratch texture
5 skeins required
approx. $$27.45 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
Notes before you start
- Source: "Checkered Border Inlay Rug", Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs, January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: Dark Cardinal—3 skeins rug yarn; Velvet Rose—11 skeins rug yarn; Light Pink—5 skeins rug yarn; size J crochet hook. Gauge: Approx. 2 sts.—1 inch. 2 rows—1 inch.
- Modernisation note: The original is written in US terms; abbreviations were updated to modern style (s c → sc, d c → dc, s d c → hdc).
- Modernisation note: The original reads "1 sc. in 2nd ch. from hook and in each st. of ch"; "st" there means a chain, so it is written as "in each ch across".
- Modernisation note: The printed stitch count (72 sts) is kept from the original.
- Modernisation note: The row range 15–37 and its printed note "(22 rows)" do not agree; both are given and marked Check rather than corrected.
- Modernisation note: The colour for rows 48–52 is not printed; the reading is marked Check.
- Modernisation note: The printed gauge (2 sts and 2 rows to 1 inch) is kept, with the 4 in equivalent added.
- Modernisation note: "Cut yarn" and "break off" are written as "fasten off"; "attach" is written as "join".
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions were added; they are not in the original.
- Modernisation note: Hook letters from this period were not standardised to millimetres; the starting size given is a modern equivalent, and the gauge is what matters.
Row progress: 0 of 14 done (0%)
Rug
0 of 14 done- Foundation: With velvet rose and two strands held together, ch 73, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (72 sc)Mark row complete
- Rows 1–4: Sc in each st across, ch 1 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Rows 5–6: With light pink, sc in each st across, ch 1 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Rows 7–8: With dark cardinal, sc in each st across, ch 1 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Rows 9–10: With dark cardinal, working over the light pink, sc in first 2 sts; with light pink, working over the dark cardinal, sc in next 2 sts; rep across, ch 1 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Rows 11–12: With light pink, working over the dark cardinal, sc in first 2 sts; with dark cardinal, working over the light pink, sc in next 2 sts; rep across, ch 1 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Rows 13–14: Repeat rows 9 and 10. Fasten off the contrast colours.Mark row complete
- Rows 15–37: With velvet rose, sc in each st across, ch 1 to turn each row. Check: the original numbers these rows 15–37, which is 23 rows, but annotates them "(22 rows)".Mark row complete
- Rows 38–39: Repeat rows 13 and 14.Mark row complete
- Rows 40–41: Repeat rows 11 and 12.Mark row complete
- Rows 42–43: Repeat rows 9 and 10.Mark row complete
- Rows 44–45: Repeat rows 7 and 8.Mark row complete
- Rows 46–47: Repeat rows 5 and 6.Mark row complete
- Rows 48–52: Repeat row 1. Check: the original does not name the colour for these five rows; repeating row 1 means plain sc, which puts them in velvet rose.Mark row complete
Working on:
Foundation: With velvet rose and two strands held together, ch 73, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (72 sc)
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Checkered Border Inlay Rug pattern from?
It was published as "Checkered Border Inlay Rug" in Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs by January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky. The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the Checkered Border Inlay Rug?
super bulky (#6) yarn. Original: 19 skeins of 70 yd (printed) = about 1,330 yd (1,216 m), used double.
What hook should I use?
Start with 6 mm (US J-10) and change size to match the gauge. Gauge: Printed: about 2 sc and 2 rows = 1 in (8 sc and 8 rows = 4 in / 10 cm), worked with two strands held together.
