I Can Crochet (well, kinda)!

I have never crocheted a single thing in my life.  But I might just be a crocheter now.  Just what i need...more projects that I want to do.

I saw this rug that someone had made...yes, on Pinterest, and figured I could surely do it too.

Then I saw she was crocheting it...

I'll tell you, it almost made me not even look at how to do it, but I decided to press on.  It really is very simple and very repetitive.  Shoot, you use a crochet hook the size of a baseball bat so it can't be too difficult.  Ok, not that big, but you get my point.

I've always wanted a rug in my baby's room for some reason.  So I happened to have some old sheets that will match my navy and white theme in my soon to be baby boy's room.

I bought a plastic crochet hook, the 11mm, which is one step away from the largest I saw at Joanne's.

I ended up using all of 2 sheets (queen size).

In the tutorial she suggests cutting your sheet a few inches and then just tearing your sheets in strips, which I did with my white one, but my navy sheet would.not.tear.

I ended up using my rotary cutter.  The strips don't have to be exact so I didn't even use my ruler.  I actually think this was faster and easier in the end.  Then your strips are also already folded up and you don't have to wind them up in a ball.  It seemed to go quickly even when you have to attach the strips together.

 I wanted a round rug instead of an oval (like in the tutorial) so I didn't really know how often to make a chain stitch. 

I just put one in here and there when I felt like I was really having to reach to get to the next loop.  Does my rug lay perfectly flat?  Nope.  Does it still look fine to me?  Yes.  For my first time to make a rug and crochet, I'm pretty happy with it.

I guess my daughter's are too since now I have a request for one in each of their rooms.  This really would be pretty in zebra print and pink.

This is where I learned how to do this rug...http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2010/02/rag-rug-tutorial.html.   She has a video that shows you just how to do it.  Really helpful.