Earlier this year my daughter had an assignment to draw a picture of her room. When she showed it to me it all looked as I expected except for a ladybug rug she drew on her floor. When I pointed out that she didn’t have a ladybug rug in her room she told me “But I will.” I quickly understood that she was adding this to my list of projects. I finally got around to creating her ladybug rug, and she is very happy with it.
This project isn’t very complicated to make, it is just several pieces crocheted separately and sewn together at the end. The main portion of the rug is crocheted holding two strands of yarn together. This makes the rug thicker and softer for sitting on. This may cause a problem if you have cats because they will want to lay on it the entire time you are working.
Ladybug Rug
Materials: 8 mm crochet hook
5.5 mm crochet hook
Red yarn
Black yarn
White yarn
Yarn needle
Body
(holding two strands of red together) Start with a magic ring, ch 3
Round 1: 9 dc inside ring (10), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 2: ch 3, 1 dc in first stitch, 2 dc in each stitch around (20), sl st to the top of ch 3
Round 3: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next stitch, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch) repeat around (30), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 4: ch 3, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch, (dc in next stitch, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch) repeat around (40), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 5: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 3 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 3 stitches) repeat around (50), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 6: ch 3, dc in next stitch, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 2 stitches, (dc in next 2 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 2 stitches) repeat around (60), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 7: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 5 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 5 stitches) repeat around (70), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 8: ch 3, dc in next 2 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 3 stitches, (dc in next 3 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 3 stitches) repeat around (80), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 9: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 7 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 7 stitches) repeat around (90), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 10: ch 3, dc in next 3 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 4 stitches, (dc in next 4 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 4 stitches) repeat around (100), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 11: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 9 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 9 stitches) repeat around (110), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 12: ch 3, dc in next 4 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 5 stitches, (dc in next 5 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 5 stitches) repeat around (120), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 13: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 11 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 11 stitches) repeat around (130), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 14: ch 3, dc in next 5 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 6 stitches, (dc in next 6 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 6 stitches) repeat around (140), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 15: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 13 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 13 stitches) repeat around (150), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 16: ch 3, dc in next 6 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 7 stitches, (dc in next 7 stitches, 2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 7 stitches) repeat around (160), sl st to top of ch 3
Round 17: ch 3, dc in same stitch, dc in next 15 stitches, (2 dc in next stitch, dc in next 15 stitches) repeat around (170), sl st to top of ch 3
Head
The turning chain in each row counts as a stitch, the last stitch on each row should be worked into the turning chain.
(using 2 strands of black held together) make a magich ring, ch 2
Row 1: 6 hdc in ring, ch 2 and turn
Row 2: hdc in first stitch, 2 hdc in each stitch across (12), ch 2 and turn
Row 3: hdc in first 2 stitches, (2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next stitch) repeat across (18), ch 2 and turn
Row 4: hdc in first 3 stitches, (2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next 2 stitches) repeat across (24), ch 2 and turn
Row 5: hdc in first 4 stitches, (2 hdc in next stithc,hdc in next 3 stitches) repeat across (30), ch 2 and turn
Row 6: hdc in first 5 stitches, (2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next 4 stitches) repeat across (36), ch 2 and turn
Row 7: hdc in first 6 stitches, (2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next 5 stitches) repeat across (42), fasten off leaving a tail for sewing
Stripe
(in one strand of black using 5.5mm hook) ch 3
Row 1: sc in second chain and next, ch 1 and turn
Rows 2-80: sc in both stitches across, ch 1 and turn
Row 81: 2 sc in each stitch (4), ch 1 and turn
Row 82: sc in each stitch across (4), ch 1 and turn
Row 83: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 2 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (6), ch 1 and turn
Row 84: sc in each stitch across (6), ch 1 and turn
Row 85: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 4 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (8), ch 1 and turn
Row 86: sc in each stitch across (8), ch 1 and turn
Row 87: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 6 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (10), ch 1 and turn
Row 88: sc in each stitch across (10), ch 1 and turn
Row 89: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 8 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (12), ch 1 and turn
Row 90: sc in each stitch across (12), ch 1 and turn
Row 91: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 10 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (14), ch 1 and turn
Row 92: sc in each stitch across (14), ch 1 and turn
Row 93: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 12 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (16), ch 1 and turn
Row 94: sc in each stitch across (16), ch 1 and turn
Row 95: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 14 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (18), ch 1 and turn
Row 96: sc in each stitch across (18), ch 1 and turn
Row 97: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 16 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (20), ch 1 and turn
Row 98: sc in each stitch across (20), ch 1 and turn
Row 99: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 18 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (22), ch 1 and turn
Row 100: sc in each stitch across (22), ch 1 and turn
Row 101: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 20 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (24), ch 1 and turn
Row 102: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 22 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (26), ch 1 and turn
Row 103: 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 24 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (28), fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing
Eyes (make 2)
(in white using 5.5mm) make a magic ring
Round 1: 6 sc inside ring, sl st to first sc, ch 1
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch around (12), sl st to first stitch, ch 1
Round 3: (2 sc in first stitch, sc in next stitch) repeat around (18), sl st to first sc
Spots (make 6)
(in black using 5.5mm) make a magic ring
Round 1: 8 hdc inside ring, sl st to first stitch, ch 2
Round 2: 2 hdc in each stitch around (16), sl st to first stitch, ch 2
Round 3: (2 hdc in first stitch, hdc in next stitch) repeat around (24), sl st to first stitch, fasten off leaving a tail for sewing
Antenna (make 2)
Chain 12
Row 1: puff stitch into the 3rd chain, sl st in the rest of the chains
Finish off leaving a tail for sewing
To Finish
Sew the eyes and antenna to the face. Sew the face, stripe, and spots to the body.
My daughter loves her finished rug. It is going to be the perfect addition to her reading nook.
