Holiday Crochet Mug Rugs

Festive crochet mug rugs are a quick and easy project for any season! A mug rug is similar to a coaster but it’s typically a bit bigger and is shaped like a rug. I made several basic color mug rugs but I also made a few that are fun as we head into the holiday season.

Caron Little Crafties Yarn is perfect for this project! Each pack comes with 20 small skeins of yarn in different shades. You can make so many designs, characters, and sets of mug rugs just from one pack!
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Materials:
– Caron Little Crafties Yarn (one mini ball makes 2 mug rugs)
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Scissors

Finished Size: 8 x 4 inches (with fringe)

Basic Mug Rug Pattern:
Chain 19, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Row 2-20: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Fasten off after round 20, weave in ends.

Fringe: Cut 40 strands of yarn about 8 inches in length. Loop two strands of yarn along edge at time. You should have 10 fringe knots on each side of your mug rug.

Optional: To make your fringe pieces nice and straight, use a handheld steamer or if you don’t have that I used one swipe of a hair straightener along the fringe pieces and that did the trick!
Cut your fringe pieces so the edges are even and about 1.5 inches long. It helps to tape the fringe down before you cut.

Holiday Mug Rug Pattern:

Santa/Elf:
starting with either red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Chain 19, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Row 2-8: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
join in black yarn after row 8
Row 9-12: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
join back in either red (Santa) or green (Elf) for remainder of project
Row 13-20: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Fasten off after round 20, weave in ends.

Buckle: with gold yarn, surface slip stitch a square onto the middle of the mug rug.

Fringe: Cut 32 strands of yarn about 8 inches in length in either red (Santa) or green (Elf). And 8 strands of yarn in black. Loop two strands of yarn along edge at time. You should have 10 fringe knots on each side of your mug rug. Colors should match up.

Snowman:
starting with blue yarn (scarf)
Chain 19, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Row 2-4: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
join in white yarn for remainder of project
Row 5-20: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Fasten off after round 20, weave in ends.

Carrot Nose: Chain 7, Slip stitch in second chain from hook, SC in next two, HDC in next two, DC in last + Chain 2 and join back to the last chain space. Fasten off and sew onto front of mug rug.

Surface slip stitch or stitch on two eyes with black yarn. You could also make French knots or make small crochet circles for eyes and even a mouth.

Gingerbread Man:
with brown yarn
Chain 19, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Row 2-20: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Fasten off after round 20, weave in ends.

Icing: with white yarn surface slip stitch a wavy line at the top of the mug rug to create the look of icing.

Eyes and Smile: With a long strand of black yarn and tapestry needle, stitch on eyes and smiling mouth.

Cheeks: with pink or red yarn, Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, fasten off and stitch onto face on either side of smiling mouth.

Below is a video tutorial of how to make the basic mug rug and at the end of the video I go over the pattern and techniques for creating the holiday versions!

What other designs do you want to see? If you make a festive mug rug please share it with me by tagging me on social media using @RepeatCrafterMe

This is such a great gift for the season!

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