Scrappy Pencils Mug Rug Pattern

Get ready for a small quilting project that pops a huge punch! This charming mug rug from Sew Much Moore is about as scrappy as it gets and is so much fun!

The author even uses some selvages in her piece. I love it and, since I am a true scrap quilter at heart, it is a fantastic scrap buster. Wouldn’t this make a terrific back-to-school gift for a child or a teacher?

In the article, you will find a complete list of the items needed to complete your mug rug. The author used a pattern from Kristy Lea of Quiet Play.

If you are looking for a fun and quick mug rug pattern, then this may be the one you fall in love with.

You can find the pattern here: Scrappy Colored Pencils Mug Rug Pattern

[photo from Sew Much Moore]

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There’s a lot to like about the Eloise Bandana from Katryn Seeburger. This cute little colorwork triangle can be worked as a bandana or kerchief size or a bigger shawlette.

It’s worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn so you can use whatever yarn you have in your stash and just make it as big as you can (since it is worked from the bottom up).

You can see the two sizes from the photo, and also two colorwork options: strawberries and lily of the valley.

But that’s not all the choices you have. In fact, there are 34 different charts you can choose from to knit onto your project. Some of the options include happy faces, a lobster, a pumpkin, a snail and a butterfly. There are cherries, peaches, tomatoes and radishes.

There’s even a blank square you can use to draw your own little design if you want to use something else. Or keep it blank and make it a plain checkerboard design.

And while both of these shawls use the same icons throughout, you could also use different designs throughout if you want. Say a fall version with a bat, pumpkin, leaf and acorn, or a summer beach theme with sailboat, fish, lobster and a bird? I keep suggesting four different icons because the larger size has four rows of squares, but the smaller has three, so you could do stripes of the same icon or alternate a couple of different ones, whatever you like.

Look through the finished projects on the Ravelry project page to see lots of different options, from rows to individual icons. There are also some projects that are smaller than the suggested size to make a smaller bandana. You could also keep going a make a bigger shawl working increases in the same way as you have been going.

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Katryn Seeburger]

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