Row 4: * Using border color, 1 sc. st. in 1st. st. change colors, 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st., 3 sts. change color, repeat across row ending with 2 sts. of border color. Ch. 1 to turn.
Row 5: Using background color, 1 sc. st. in 1st. two sts. change color 1 sc. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color, 1 sc. st. * change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change colors 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. change colors 1 sc. st. in next st. change color 1 sc. st. in next st. change color 1 sc. st. in next st. repeat across row., ending with 1 sc. st. of the background color in the last st.
Row 6: Using background color, 1 sc. st. in the 1st. 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. * change color 1 sc. in the next 2 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. repeat from * across row, the fourth st. from the end of row. Should be in the border color, the last three sts. of row in the background color, ch. 1 to turn.
Row 7: Using background color 1 sc. st. in 1st. four sts. * change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 4 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in the next st. change color 1 sc. st. in the next 2 sts. repeat across row ending in 3 sts. of background color. Ch. 1 to turn.
Row 8: * Using background color 1 sc. st. in 1st. 4 sts. change color 1 sc. st. in next 4 sts. repeat from * across row ending in 5 sts. of background color ch. 1 to turn. Border is complete, fasten off the border color. Using background color 1 sc. in each st. across row, ch. 1 to turn. Repeat this row from 57 more rows. (58) rows in all. Then start at Row 1 of the border and put the border in again just as you did before finish with 8 rows of sc. in the background color, tie off yarn. This rug is nice with or without a fringe (see in book “how to make fringe”) to finish off the rug put 2 rows of sc. sts. evenly spaced around the outside using 1 strand of yarn. Either color.
See visual chart on [page 40].
THE SHELL STITCH COVER
Material:
9 skeins of rug yarn