T-Shirt Yarn Rug – Free Crochet Pattern

I love a good T-Shirt yarn, don’t you? It’s perfect for all kinds of home decor projects like baskets, placemats, plant cozies and RUGS!! Right when I saw this yarn I knew I had to make a rug with it. The hardest part was deciding if I should do a circle rug or a rectangular rug! I ended up going with a small rectangle rug for my kitchen sink. 

I knew that I wanted to incorporate tapestry crochet. It’s always so much fun doing color work in crochet! When you are working in rows instead of the round while doing tapestry crochet I think it looks a lot better if your work is going in one direction. For this rug you will be cutting your yarn after every row and joining your yarn back at the beginning for the next row! You will only be working from right to left and never turning your work. Leave an extra few inches of yarn on both sides and bam! You have built in fringe! 🙂

I’ve actually been keeping my rug on my desk the past few days and using it as sort of a computer placemat lol. Fitzwilliam (my puppy) is still in the “chew everything in sight” phase so I’m a little worried he will be attracted to the fringe and destroy it if I have it on the floor. However, I’m not mad about it because I think it looks super cute on my desk too!

Links-

This pattern is on Ravelry! Click here to add it to your queue or give it a heart! 🙂

This T-Shirt yarn was provided by KnitzNPurlz! Check out her Etsy shop here and shop the yarn I used in this pattern! It’s definitley the best quality T-shirt yarn I’ve ever used before and she has SO many colors to choose from!

Materials-

  • KnitzNPurlz T-shirt yarn– 2 cakes in “grey” and 1 cake in “white”, Each cake is 109 yards/100m/330g. 

  • 8.00mm Crochet Hook

  • Yarn Needle

Notes-

  • This pattern is worked from right to left ONLY! Do not turn your work. You will cut your yarn after every row and join yarn to the start of the next row. 

  • You will be working in the BLO throughout the pattern. 

  • Be sure to carry your white yarn along with you and work your stitches over it to hide the yarn on both sides. 

  • Leave a few inches of yarn on both ends of your row for fringe!

  • Each Sq on the graph counts as 1 Sc

Helpful Videos-

Gauge-

4×4″= 9 Sc(BLO) by 7 rows (gauge is not crucial to pattern)

Finished Size-

24″ wide by 18″ long

Stitches and Abbreviations-

Ch- Chain

Sc-Single Crochet

BLO- Back Loop Only

 

Pattern-

T-Shirt Yarn Rug

Remember, do not turn your work. Cut yarn and join with each new row. You will be working Sc (BLO) throughout the pattern. Each square on the graph counts as 1 Sc.

Legend- 

W-White

G-Grey

Ch 51 (with grey)

Row 1: Working 1 Sc in second Ch from hook and each Ch across G50.
Row 2: G50
Row 3: G2, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G2
Row 4: G, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G
Row 5: W, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W
Row 6: G, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G2, W, G, W, G
Row 7: G2, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G4, W, G2
Row 8: G50
Row 9: G50
Row 10: G4, W, G7, W, G7, W, G8, W, G7, W, G7, W, G4
Row 11: G4, W, G7, W, G7, W, G8, W, G7, W, G7, W, G4
Row 12: G2, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G4, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G2
Row 13: G4, W, G7, W, G7, W, G8, W, G7, W, G7, W, G4
Row 14: G4, W, G7, W, G7, W, G8, W, G7, W, G7, W, G4
Row 15: G50
Row 16: G50
Row 17: G, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G
Row 18: G50
Row 19: G4, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G3, W2, G4
Row 20: G50
Row 21: G, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G2, W3, G
Row 22: G50
Row 23: G50
Row 24: G2, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G4, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G2
Row 25: G2, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G4, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G2
Row 26: G3, W3, G5, W3, G5, W3, G6, W3, G5, W3, G5, W3, G3
Row 27: G2, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G4, W5, G3, W5, G3, W5, G2
Row 28: G2, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G4, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G3, W2, G, W2, G2
Row 29: G50
Row 30: G50

I hope you guys enjoy this cute rug pattern! Be sure to tag me in your work so I can share!

The T-Shirt Yarn Rug used as a desk mat!

T-Shirt Yarn Rug Kitchen

If you liked this pattern be sure to check out my Whale Pillow pattern that also uses the tapestry crochet technique!

 

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Rachel Misner