Phoebe McCoy

How To Crochet Phoebe McCoy

This book contains eight amazing crochet rug patterns to make your home-sweet-home colorful and creative. Crochet is not just for doilies and dishcloths. It's wonderful to see how these same traditional patterns, made on a bigger scale, can transform into the perfect rug design. Mimic your grandma's rag rugs by turning cut up T-shirts into recycled yarn or make an original shag rug shaped like a heart. Some of the topics covered include:

Rectangular rugs Circular and oval rugs Motif rugs How to make and dye T-shirt yarn Where to buy recycled and up-cycled yarn Non-slip techniques for rugs Front and back loop stitches Crab stitch Crochet loop stitch Fringes and picot edging