Rug-Along

See? I really have been working on it!

Now comes the important task of figuring out the colors of that last square.

Rule #1: No ecru in the top corner, since the other left-hand squares have that.

Rule #1: Spread out the brown more, since the other left-hand squares are heavy on brown.

Rule #3: No blue or dark green, since the bottom row doesn’t have either of those colors.

Rule #4: Any cream or yellow should go towards the middle of the square, to balance out the surrounding squares.

I think I’ll go with a pattern somewhat like the second square from the left on the bottom row, but starting with the light green.

Then will come the challenge of what color to do the border. I want to use the light green, but I don’t know if I have enough. I will have to check and see if I have a spare ball hiding in the drawer.

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My online knitting group, In Stitches, usually has a theme for a challenge each month. For June, we were going to do “June Bugs” again, but enthusiasm fizzled after a week or so. So we changed it.

Now the challenge is “The Lurker Projects.” We are to finish a project that is just hanging around.

You know what that means.

Oh yeah, I’m going to finish that damn rug!

If you notice my new project list in the sidebar over there ————–>
you will see that my rug is now at 75% complete. I have only 3 squares to go! It takes me about 2 nights for each square, so that means I should only need 6 days to finish them.

After that, I plan to add an applied I-cord border (because my edges are dreadfully uneven), and then sew some of that puffy non-slip stuff on the back.

Ann, also an In Stitches member, has started a Mitered Square Rug herself. She hasn’t graced us with a photo of it yet. Care to share, Ann?

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Just cut off a square!

I finished up the 6th square on the rug last night, and then Kevin & I laid it out to check the sizing. It was clear that 5 squares by 3 squares was going to be too long to fit in our entryway.

So I cut off square #5!

So I went from being 40% done (6 of 15) to 42% done (5 of 12).

I did start the next square (square #7 of the pattern, but square #6 on my rug now). I’ll take a new photo once I finish this next square.

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I also decided to wash the DNA scarf again and use some conditioner in the rinse water this time. I think that will make it sufficiently soft. Only thing is that now the ends stretched even wider with this wash. I couldn’t smoosh (yes, that is the technical term) them back as even as I did with the first wash. Oh well, what can you do? So fibermom, my ends are now just as frilly as yours.

PS what is your first name anyway? I feel weird referring to you only as “fibermom.” :)

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