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Shaded Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns): vintage crochet pattern
A ridged single crochet rug worked in four bands of one colour family, each colour used for four rows, so the shades run from deep to pale across the rug. Originally published as "Shaded 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 | Beginner |
| Yarn weight | Super bulky (#6) |
| Yardage | 1008–1120 yd (922–1024 m) |
| Hook | 6 mm |
| Gauge | Not printed, and no finished size is given, so there is nothing to work back from. Make a swatch and use a hook that gives a firm fabric that will lie flat. |
| Finished size | Not printed. The foundation sets the width at 41 sc; the original does not say how long to make it, only to keep repeating the four-row colour sequence. |
| Time | about 4 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); 16 skeins = about 1120 yd (1024 m). Because the yarn is used double, the strand length used is half of this. Check the label of your substitute yarn.
- Colours: 4 skeins each of four shades of one colour, listed in the original as forest green, dark green, aqua green and colonial green.
- The original also suggests taupe, spice, red brown and dark brown as an alternative set.
- Hook: not printed in the original.
- Hook: Start with 6 mm (US J-10) and change size to match the gauge. The original does not print a hook size; this is our suggestion for rug yarn held double.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 1120 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
4 skeins required
approx. $$21.96 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
Notes before you start
- Source: "Shaded Rug", Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs, January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: Four colors:; 4 skeins Forest Green rug yarn;; 4 skeins Dark Green rug yarn;; 4 skeins Aqua Green rug yarn;; 4 skeins Colonial Green rug yarn.. 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: The original reads "sc. in 2nd ch. from hook and each st. of ch"; "st" there means a chain, so it is written as "in each ch across".
- Modernisation note: The stitch count (41 sc) is our arithmetic from the printed ch 42, not printed in the original.
- Modernisation note: "1 sc. in back loop of each st." is written as "in the back loop only", and row 2 is marked as worked through both loops, which is what makes the ridge.
- Modernisation note: The original numbers only rows 1, 5, 9 and 13 and tells you to repeat; the rows between are numbered here for clarity, and no steps were added.
- Modernisation note: The original gives no finished size, hook size, gauge or total row count. The missing hook and gauge are marked as ours, and the open-ended length is marked Check.
- 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 9 done (0%)
Rug
0 of 9 done- Foundation: With two strands held together, ch 42, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (41 sc)Mark row complete
- Row 1: With the first shade, sc in the back loop only of each st across, ch 1, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 2: Sc in each st across (through both loops), ch 1, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 3: Repeat row 1.Mark row complete
- Row 4: Repeat row 2. Fasten off.Mark row complete
- Rows 5–8: Join the second shade and repeat rows 1–4.Mark row complete
- Rows 9–12: Join the third shade and repeat rows 1–4.Mark row complete
- Rows 13–16: Join the fourth shade and repeat rows 1–4.Mark row complete
- Continue in this way, four rows in each shade in turn, until the rug is as long as you want. Check: the original says only to use each colour four times and does not give a row or length total.Mark row complete
Working on:
Foundation: With two strands held together, ch 42, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (41 sc)
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Still to come in the full pattern:
- Border
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Shaded Rug pattern from?
It was published as "Shaded 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 Shaded Rug?
super bulky (#6) yarn. Original: 16 skeins of 70 yd (printed) = about 1,120 yd (1,024 m), used double.
What hook should I use?
Start with 6 mm (US J-10) and change size to match the gauge. The original does not print a hook size; this is our suggestion for rug yarn held double. Gauge: Not printed, and no finished size is given, so there is nothing to work back from. Make a swatch and use a hook that gives a firm fabric that will lie flat.
