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Reversible Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns): vintage crochet pattern
Two double crochet panels, one cream with a red-brown stripe and one red-brown with a cream stripe, joined back to back so the rug can be turned over to show either colour. Originally published as "Reversible 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 | Easy |
| Yarn weight | Bulky (#5) |
| Yardage | 756–840 yd (691–768 m) |
| Hook | 4.5 mm |
| Gauge | Not printed. Suggested from the printed width: about 15 dc = 4 in (10 cm), which puts 70 dc across 19 in. |
| Finished size | Approximately 19 × 38 in (48 × 97 cm) |
| Time | about 4 hours |
Materials
- Bulky (#5) rug yarn, single strand.
- Yardage: the book's Kentucky Soft Spun Rug Yarn came in 70 yd skeins (printed in the original); 12 skeins = about 840 yd (768 m). Check the label of your substitute yarn.
- Colours: 6 skeins cream, 6 skeins red brown.
- Original hook: size G.
- Hook: Start with 4.5 mm (US 7) and change size to match the gauge.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 840 yards of weight #5 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Premier Basics Chunky · 100% Acrylic
218 yds per skein · Fast make, dense pill-resistant body
4 skeins required
approx. $$19.96 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- double crochet
- single crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
Notes before you start
- Source: "Reversible Rug", Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs, January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: 6 skeins Cream rug yarn; 6 skeins Red Brown rug yarn; crochet hook size G. Gauge: Not given.
- 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: "double croc. st." is written as "dc" throughout.
- Modernisation note: The original reads "1 double croc. st. in 3rd. ch. st. from hook"; this is written as "dc in 3rd ch from hook".
- Modernisation note: The stitch count (70 dc) is our arithmetic from the printed ch 72, not printed in the original.
- Modernisation note: "Make 43 rows in this manner" is ambiguous about whether the count includes the rows already worked; it is marked Check rather than guessed.
- Modernisation note: The original says the carried colour should "just lie flat along your work"; this is written as working over the strand.
- Modernisation note: "Cut yarn" and "break off" are written as "fasten off"; "attach" is written as "join".
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions and the suggested stitch gauge 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 7 done (0%)
First panel
0 of 7 done- Foundation: With red brown, ch 72, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 3, turn. (70 dc)Mark row complete
- Rows 2–5: Dc in each dc across, ch 3 to turn each row.Mark row complete
- Row 6 (stripe): Join cream and work dc in each dc across, working over the red brown strand so it lies flat along the row and is carried to the next row. Ch 3, turn. Fasten off cream.Mark row complete
- Row 7: With red brown, dc in each dc across, ch 3, turn.Mark row complete
- Continue in red brown in this way for 43 rows. Check: the original says only "Make 43 rows in this manner", without saying whether the 43 counts the rows already worked.Mark row complete
- Work one more cream stripe row as row 6.Mark row complete
- With red brown, work 5 more rows of dc, ch 3 to turn each row. Fasten off.Mark row complete
Working on:
Foundation: With red brown, ch 72, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 3, turn. (70 dc)
Continue this pattern
The rest of the Reversible Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns) pattern is in the Retro Crochet Rugs
Still to come in the full pattern:
- Second panel
- Joining
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Reversible Rug pattern from?
It was published as "Reversible 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 Reversible Rug?
bulky (#5) yarn. Original: 12 skeins of 70 yd (printed) = about 840 yd (768 m), 6 skeins of each colour.
What hook should I use?
Start with 4.5 mm (US 7) and change size to match the gauge. Gauge: Not printed. Suggested from the printed width: about 15 dc = 4 in (10 cm), which puts 70 dc across 19 in.
