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Striped Loop Stitch Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns): vintage crochet pattern
A shaggy rug in avocado, orange and red brown, worked in alternating rows of loop stitch and single crochet so the loops stand up in stripes, with a plain band at each end. Originally published as "Striped Loop Stitch Rug" in Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs by January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky, it is now in.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Super bulky (#6) |
| Yardage | 1512–1680 yd (1383–1536 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 | Not printed. At the printed gauge the 52 stitches give about 26 in (66 cm) across, and the row sequence comes to 82 rows, about 41 in (104 cm) long. |
| Time | about 11 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); 24 skeins = about 1680 yd (1536 m). Because the yarn is used double, the strand length used is half of this. Check the label of your substitute yarn.
- Colours: 8 skeins each of avocado, orange and red brown.
- 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 1680 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
6 skeins required
approx. $$32.94 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- repeat
Notes before you start
- Source: "Striped Loop Stitch Rug", Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs, January & Wood Company, Maysville, Kentucky. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: 8 skeins avocado rug yarn; 8 skeins orange rug yarn;; 8 skeins red brown 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. across ch"; "st" there means a chain, so it is written as "in each ch across".
- Modernisation note: The stitch count (52 sc) is our arithmetic from the printed ch 53, not printed in the original.
- Modernisation note: The original writes rows 9–12 as "Repeat row 7 / Repeat row 8" four times over; they are grouped here, and no steps were added.
- Modernisation note: Rows 27–52, 53–66 and the row numbering of the repeats are our arithmetic from the printed instructions "Repeat the last 26 rows" and "Now repeat the first 14 rows".
- Modernisation note: Row 22 works sc before the loop row, which is the other way round from the rest of the rug. It is transcribed as printed.
- Modernisation note: No finished size is printed; the figures given are worked out from the printed gauge and stitch and row counts.
- Modernisation note: The loop stitch description is the one printed in the source book, rewritten in current wording.
- 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 2 done (0%)
Loop stitch
0 of 2 done- The book uses its own loop stitch: insert the hook in the st, wind the yarn twice anticlockwise around your finger, take the hook under the first strand and through the loop on your finger, catch the last strand and draw it through the loop on your finger and through the st, then finish as a sc.Mark row complete
- Loop rows and plain sc rows alternate, so the loops all sit on the same face of the rug.Mark row complete
Working on:
The book uses its own loop stitch: insert the hook in the st, wind the yarn twice anticlockwise around your finger, take the hook under the first strand and through the loop on your finger, catch the last strand and draw it through the loop on your finger and through the st, then finish as a sc.
Continue this pattern
The rest of the Striped Loop Stitch Rug (vintage Kentucky Rug Yarns) pattern is in the Retro Crochet Rugs
Still to come in the full pattern:
- Starting band
- Main rug
- Ending band
- Edging
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Striped Loop Stitch Rug pattern from?
It was published as "Striped Loop Stitch 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 Striped Loop Stitch Rug?
super bulky (#6) yarn. Original: 24 skeins of 70 yd (printed) = about 1,680 yd (1,536 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.
