The ideal picnic rug or a warm cover to wrap yourself into this winter. Our popular tartan rug is a classic that’s perfect for all seasons.

Materials. Patons Tasman 8ply (100g) or any 8ply yarn; 4 balls red, 4 balls bottle green; 1 ball yellow; 1 ball white. One 3.50mm (No 9) crochet hook and one 5mm (No 6) crochet hook. Wool needle.
Finished size. Approximately 124cm square.
Tension. 10 sts (1tr, 1ch) and 10 rows to 10cm, using 3.50mm hook.
Abbreviations.Ch: chain; cont: continue; dc: double crochet; rep: repeat; sp/s: space/s; st/s: stitch/es; tr: treble.
Note. 3ch at beg of row stands for 1tr.

Rug
Using red and 3.50mm hook, make 252ch.
Row 1. Miss 5ch, 1tr in next ch, *1ch, miss 1ch, 1tr in next ch; rep from * to end ... 124 sps.
Row 2. 4ch, *1tr in next tr, 1ch; rep from * to end, 1tr in 2nd turning ch.
Rep row 2, working 6 rows more in red, * 1 row yellow, 2 rows green, 2 rows red, 2 rows green, 1 row yellow, 8 rows red, 1 row white, 9 rows green, 1 row yellow, 1 row green, 2 rows yellow, 1 row green, 1 row yellow, 9 rows green, 1 row white, 8 rows red; rep from * once more, then work 1 row yellow, 2 rows green, 2 rows red, 2 rows green, 1 row yellow, 8 rows red ... 124 rows.
Fasten off.

Weaving Chains
Using red and 3.50mm hook, make a 153cm-long length of chain, leaving 5cm of yarn at each end for darning in (the chain should be long enough to weave through sps without being too tight).
Fasten off.
Using red, make 53 chains more ... 54 chains.
Using green, make 52 chains.
Using yellow, make 14 chains,
Using white, make 4 chains.
Mark the centre row of tr on Rug and weave a red chain vertically on each side of this row.
Cont to one side weaving a green chain in each of next 2 rows, then 1 yellow, 8 red, 1 white, 9 green, 1 yellow, 1 green, 2 yellow, 1 green, 1 yellow, 2 green, 2 red, 2 green, 1 yellow and 8 red.
Rep on other side of rug, weaving chains to correspond.
Darn in all ends and trim neatly.

Edging
Row 1. Using red and 5mm hook, work a row of dc evenly around rug, working 3dc in each corner.
Row 2. 1dc in each dc around, working 2dc in each 3dc corner.
Fasten off.