The New Merry Mug Rug Crochet Pattern is the perfect addition to your holiday decor!! The mug rug is larger than a standard coaster so that there’s enough room to hold a cup of coffee or tea and a snack! This is a fun crochet pattern that has now been added to our SASS pattern collection. It is an intermediate project that is full of texture and works up very quickly.
Inspiration
I love creating and making small home decor items. While working on the Candy Corn Coaster I got the brilliant idea to design a Christmas tree coaster. It took a couple of tries to get the design just how I wanted it, but I couldn’t be more pleased with how the Merry Mug Rug turned out.
The new Merry Mug Rug Crochet Pattern is a perfect make for the holiday season and it looks beautiful in so many color combinations. The prototypes shown here were made with Dishie Yarn gifted to me by WeCrochet as a participant in the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop by Susanna at Fosbas Designs.
Design Details
Most of my patterns are labeled beginner or advanced beginner. The Merry Mug Rug pattern is, however classified as intermediate due to the color changes that are needed for the “ornaments” and the topper.
Crocheting these Merry Mug Rugs is so fun. You’ll need #4 cotton yarn in green, red, white and silver along with a 3.75 mm (F) hook to make a few sets of these. They work up pretty quickly once you have the Link Stitch down and I also incorporated the Popcorn stitch for cute texture on the edges. Included with the premium PDF download is the written instructions and a photo tutorial for the Link Stitch.
Where To Get The Merry Mug Rug Pattern?
The downloadable PDF of the new Merry Mug Rug crochet pattern is available here in my SASSy Shop. Or, you can find it in my Etsy or Ravelry shops too.
Readymade Merry Mug Rugs
If you don’t crochet and would prefer ready made products you can contact me to order!! Typically it only takes about 1-2 days to complete and ship a set of mug rugs.
12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop
Hey there!! Are you looking for my featured pattern in the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop for Day 5, October 31? You’re in the right place!!
The Merry Mug Rug is one of the featured patterns in this amazing event. You can grab the FREE PDF version of this pattern on this day only. If you came here first just head over to the host page, Fosbas Designs, for the coupon code. Then, come back here and click the button below to head over to Ravelry to get your pattern.
If you’re busy and can’t blog hop or if you miss any of the patterns you can grab the bundle at a discount. Just click the image and it will take you to the bundle information page!
How to Crochet A Merry Mug Rug
What you will need for this crochet pattern
- Medium #4 cotton yarn (Knit Picks • WeCrochet Dishie Yarn in Jalapeno, Coffee, Fiesta Red, Silver, White)
- 5 yards Red, 4 yards each of Silver & White, 3 yards Coffee, 40 yards Jalapeno per mug rug
- 3.75mm (F)
- Yarn Needle
Pattern Notes
- Intermediate pattern
- Written in US crochet terms
- Finished size: About 6″ across x 8″ tall
Stitch Key
- st = stitch
- ch = chain stitch
- sc = single crochet
- Rnd = Round
- sl st = slip stitch
- rep = repeat
- sc dec = single crochet decrease
- Picot Stitch
- Popcorn Stitch
- Link Stitch
Instructions
*With green yarn
Ch 19
Row 1:
sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn (18 sc)
Row 2:
sc, sc dec, sc in next 12 st, sc dec, sc, ch 3, turn. (16 sc)
Begin Link Stitch Row
Row 3:
Begin first link stitch in 2nd ch from hook, continue down into the 3rd ch and into the 1st sc from the previous row. Work the link stitch in each stitch across the entire row, ch 1, turn. (16 link stitches)
Row 4:
sc, sc dec, sc in next 10 st, sc dec, sc, ch 1, turn. (14 sc)
Row 5:
sc, sc dec, sc in next 8 st, sc dec, sc, ch 1, turn. (12 sc)
Row 6:
sc in each st across, ch 3, turn (12 sc)
Row 7:
Link Stitch in each stitch across, ch 1, turn. (12 link stitches)
Row 8:
sc, sc dec, sc in next 6 st, sc dec, sc, ch 1, turn. (10 sc)
Row 9:
sc, sc dec, sc in next 4 st, sc dec, sc, ch 1, turn. (8 sc)
Row 10:
sc in each st across, ch 3, turn. (8 sc)
Row 11:
Link stitch in each st across, ch 1, turn. (8 link stitches)
Row 12:
sc, sc dec, sc in the next 2 st, sc dec, sc, ch 1, turn. (6 sc)
Row 13:
sc, sc dec (2 times), sc, ch 1, turn. (4 sc)
Row 14:
sc in each st across, ch 1, turn. (4 sc)
Row 15:
sc dec (2 times), ch 1, turn. (2 sc)
Row 16:
sc dec, ch 1, turn. (1 sc)
Do not finish off, continue with border.
Border
Rnd 1:
Sc around all 3 sides of the mug rug making sure that the right side is facing you. Starting on the left of the top point of the mug rug, sc down 1st side (21 sc), 3 sc in corner, 16 sc across bottom, 3 sc in next corner, sc up 2nd side (21 sc), sl st to join to 1st sc, ch 1, do not turn.
Rnd 2:
1st side: In the 1st sc,(sl st, ch 2, sl st), (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next st, *join red yarn (I do not clip the green yarn, I carry it), popcorn st in next st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next 2 st, join white, popcorn st in next st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next 2 st*, rep *-* 1 time, join red yarn, popcorn st in next st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 4, sl st) in next st 2 st, ch 1.
Bottom: 3 sc in next st (corner), sc in next 18 st (across the bottom), 3 sc in next st (corner), ch 1.
2nd side: (sl st, ch 4, sl st) in next 2 st, sk st, *join red, popcorn st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next 2 st, join white, popcorn st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next 2 st*, rep *-* 1 time, join red yarn, popcorn st in next st, sk st, with green, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next st, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next st.
Tree Top:
Join silver, ch 1, (sc, picot, sc, picot, sc, picot, sl st) in next st (top of tree).
Finish off & weave in ends
Stump
With front of mug rug facing you, along the bottom of the tree, join brown in 11th sc.
Row 1: ch 1, sc in same st and the next 3 st, ch 3, turn. (4 sc)
Row 2: Link Stitch across, ch 1, turn. (4 link stitches) NOTE: The backside of the link stitch will be on the front of the mug rug)
Row 3: sl st across. (4 sl st)
Finish off
My Mug Rug Testers Did The Most Amazing Job!!!
My testers did such an amazing job testing!! Check out all of their beautiful Merry Mug Rugs!!
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I hope that you enjoy making the Merry Mug Rugs!! This pattern was tech edited and also tested by multiple experienced testers, but please let me know if you find any errors. Very importantly, please contact me if you have any questions or need help with the pattern.
Also, I would love to see your makes!! Be sure to share your Merry Mug Rugs with me on social media!!
Angie 🤍🤍🤍
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