How to Dress Up Your Room with Square Pillows and Rug

Materials:

1 skein Red Heart Kids yarn in Beach

Stuffing

Needle to take yarn

H crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge.

Finished Size: 12" square

Gauge: 4 hdc sts = 1", 6 rows pattern = 1"

Abbreviations Used In This Pattern:

Ch = Chain

St = Stitch

Hdc = Half Double Crochet

Lps = Loops

Ea = Each

Rep = Repeat

Pillow Front:

ROW 1: With Beach and H hook ch-50, hdc 3^rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, turn. (48 sts)

ROW 2: (ch-12, sl st next 2 sts) across, ch-1, turn. (24 lps)

ROW 3: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn.

ROW 4-72: Rep row 2 & 3 alternating. End row 72 fasten off.

Back:

ROW 1: With Beach and H hook ch-50, hdc 3^rd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (48 sts)

ROW 2-36: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 36 fasten off.

With needle and yarn sew front to back stuffing as you sew.

Rug:

Make several of the loop squares and sew into rows. Sew the rows together to make the rug.