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CAL Check-in: Clean Sweep Rug
Clean Sweep Rug crochet pattern: A top-down view of a rectangular multicolored striped rug in blue and green tones, with fringe on the ends. Layered on top of it to the right is a round multicolored rug in red/purple tones. A pair of yellow retro running shoes is sitting on top of the round rug.

Hi Crochet-Alongers! How are you progressing on your Clean Sweep Rug, our current WeCrochet CAL? If you’d like to join (or just get caught up on all the CAL details), go here to find the Clean Sweep Crochet Along information.

By now, you should have already chosen your yarn, selected a color palette, and gotten started on your rug! Let’s check in on our team to see how they are doing.

Heather’s Clean Sweep Rug

Heather Mann headshot: Marketing Coordinator

Heather (that’s me!) is the Marketing person on our team, and responsible for things like working with crochet influencers, posting on social media, and hosting the WeCrochet Podcast! I’m an advanced crocheter who loves to work with lots of colors in every crochet project, so the Clean Sweep Rug is a perfect CAL project for me to have fun mixing and matching colors.

I’ve also been keeping tabs on our community members who are participating in this CAL in its Ravelry thread.

Heather's Clean Sweep Rug yarn: Brava Mini pack and a ball of Chroma Twist Worsted in Wednesday

I had a package of Brava Minis in my stash (the Red edition, which is scheduled to be back in stock at crochet.com at the end of May!), and paired it with another worsted weight yarn from my stash: Chroma Twist Worsted in Wednesday (a gray-black).

Getting started with the Clean Sweep Rug

There was a question in the Ravelry thread about the Row numbering in the pattern.

My advice:

Follow the pattern as written and ignore the names of the rows bc they’re wrong.

Tips for beginners:

  • Do the first 3 rows in the MC so you can establish the pattern. It’s pretty fussy if you switch colors during those establishing rows.
  • Make sure your slip stitches are not too tight or you’ll be annoyed the whole time when trying to get your hook back into the sl st on the next row.
  • The rectangular version MIGHT be less awkward than the round version but I haven’t tried it.
  • If you dislike weaving ends, go with the rectangular version because the ends turn into fringe!
  • After a few rounds you’ll get into a flow.
Heather's Clean Sweep Rug in progress

Because this version of the rug is crocheted in the round BUT there’s a turn on every row, I ran into some issues when I noticed I forgot to turn on a round (or two??) so now my wrong side/right side isn’t consistent. I’m not going to frog though!!

I use the first version of a project to work out all the snags, so I keep going instead of ripping out my progress (unless it’s a really devastating mistake). I’ve made lots of mistakes on this, want to hear about them?

  • As mentioned before, I accidentally forgot to turn the work at least once, so the center of this doesn’t match the outside.
  • I mixed up the MC with the alt color rows so this is gonna look very different than the original sample.
  • Because I mixed MC with CCs, I like the wrong side of the colors better, so now the wrong side is the right side (for me).
  • It’s also bulging out in the middle but curling on the ends. I hope that blocking will fix it, especially because I used a wool for the MC (a fiber which should relax once its blocked).

If you’d like to join us, or check other people’s progress, visit the Clean Sweep CAL thread on Ravelry.

If you share your progress on social media, use the hashtag #WeCrochetCAL or #CleanSweepRugCAL

Here are some we found on Instagram:

How are you doing on your Clean Sweep Rug? Share in the comments!


Join our Crochet Along: Clean Sweep Rug (April-June 2021)
Clean Sweep Rug crochet pattern: A top-down view of a rectangular multicolored striped rug in blue and green tones, with fringe on the ends. Layered on top of it to the right is a round multicolored rug in red/purple tones. A pair of yellow retro running shoes is sitting on top of the round rug.

You are cordially invited to join us in our new Crochet Along Challenge, featuring the Clean Sweep Rug pattern by Katy Petersen of KT and the Squid (@ktandthesquid).

Get the pattern here: Clean Sweep Rug Pattern OR get it in WeCrochet Magazine Issue 6!

About the Clean Sweep Rug

Clean Sweep Rug crochet pattern: A top-down view of a rectangular multicolored striped rug in blue and green tones, with fringe on the ends. Layered on top of it to the right is a round multicolored rug in red/purple tones. A yellow rotary phone is sitting on top of the round rug.

Get ready for some spring cleaning with this stunning rug in many colors designed by Katy Petersen from KT and the Squid (@ktandthesquid)! The Clean Sweep Rug uses worsted yarn and can be made as a rectangle or circle and in multiple sizes.

Get the Clean Sweep Rug pattern.

Choose your Yarn:

Brava mini packs: A photo of a lot of blue and green mini skeins of Brava yarn on a white background. Text that says "100% Premium Acrylic, 600g/1308 yards; packs of 24 colors, 25g each"
Brava Mini Packs are a great choice for this project because they have so many shades of color-coordinated yarn in a single pack!

While we recommend Brava Worsted for this project (so many colors, hard-wearing and washable, and you can’t beat the price), this is also a great opportunity to clean out your stash and use colors you have on hand. Pick many colors or stripe just a few; the choice is up to you!

Brava Worsted: A top-down view of four regular-sized skeins of Brava in two blue shades and two green shades. Text says "100% Premium Acrylic, 100g/218 yards; available in almost 50 colors."
Brava Worsted comes in 100 gram skeins and tons of colors and is a great value.

What color palette do you prefer?

  • Cool tones (blues and greens, white)
  • Warm tones (reds, oranges, yellow, purple, cream)
  • Neutrals (Grays, white and black, or browns, tans and cream)
  • Retro (brown, orange, yellow, red, purple, with a dash of pink)
  • Bright (classic rainbow in various shades: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple)
  • Pastels (lighter, softer colors like pink, mint, sky blue, lavender)
  • Insert your own color palette idea here!
Brava 500: An image of a jumbo skein of blue yarn with a hand on top of the skein for scale. Text "100% Premium Acrylic, 500g/1090 yards; available in 12 colors."
To minimize ends to weave, Brava 500 is our jumbo 500 gram skein of premium acrylic yarn. Coordinates with all the other Brava sizes, and comes in 12 colors. Great choice if you are making a large rug!

How to Join the Crochet Along:

To participate in the Clean Sweep Rug Crochet Along, join and post here:

CAL Timeline:

Clean Sweep Rug Crochet Along Timeline
The CAL Schedule. See below for text from this image.

April 1: Gather yarn from your stash or pick your favorite colors in Brava and place an order.

April 15: Try out the stitch pattern and get a swatch started. Join the WeCrochet Ravelry group or WeCrochet Family Facebook Group, and follow along in CAL discussions.

April 29: Post pictures of your rug in progress on social using #CleanSweepRugCAL and tag @wecrochetofficial and @ktandthesquid.

May 13: Aim to be about halfway through your selected size by this point.

May 27: Post another round of pictures on social and admire everyone else’s color selections.

June 10: Finish up that project!

June 17: Block your project (see our tips for blocking in WeCrochet Magazine, Issue 3 or in our learning center: How to Block Your Crochet.)

June 24: Post pictures of your final project in your home for everyone to admire.

We hope you’ll join us!