About The Design:
Many years ago, I hand spun white and natural brown cotton, then wove bath mats using the yarn as weft on an 8/4 cotton warp. These mats have been used constantly, are machine washed and dried, yet are still going strong, but I wanted to spruce up our bathrooms’ decor, with something new and different!

This is a quick and easy-to-knit garter stitch bath mat, edged in I-cord. I love how I-cord finishes edges. 

I used Hoooked Ribbon XL and Zpagetti t-shirt yarns, although you can substitute your own handmade t-shirt yarn, if you have enough t-shirts on hand to recycle, which we never seem to have enough of! 

I’ve included notes on sizing (with instructions on the 2 sizes I made), and notes about the attributes of these two popular t-shirt yarns, as these yarns are basically mill ends, so their thickness/grist and texture varies with each production run of t-shirts. 

What I love about these mats – they have heft, so they stay put, and the garter stitch fabric is cushiony under foot.  I am liking these mats so much, I may knit a larger one, to stand on, at the kitchen sink!

Finished Dimensions
Small Mat: 17” x 22”
Medium Mat: 20” x 24”

Materials
Small Mat: Hoooked Ribbon XL, 80% recycled cotton/20% other fibers, approx. 131 yd/8.75 oz. (120 m/250 gm) ball: 1 ball #33 Sandy Ecru (A); and Hoooked Zpagetti, 90% recycled cotton/10% other fibers, approx. 131 yd/30 oz. (120 m/850 gm) ball: 1 ball 
#28 Off White (B).

The small mat weighs 23.5 ozs. Approx. 207 g A and 460 g B were used.


Medium Mat: Hoooked Zpagetti: 1 ball each #15 Mid-Blue Shades (A) and #28 Off White (B); and Hoooked Ribbon XL: 1 ball #37 Sea Blue (C).

The medium mat weighs 36.5 ozs. Approx. 
750 g A, 210 g B, and 91 g C were used. Only 13 g (.45 oz) A rem.


US size 13 (9 mm) ckn, at least 24” long

US size 13 dpns (just 2 needed for I-cord)

Tapestry ndl

Gauge
12 sts and 24 rows (12 ridges) = 5” (12.7 cm) in Garter Stitch, using size 13 ndls, or size to achieve gauge. To save time, take time to check gauge.

Also available in my Etsy shop and Payhip shop.

Happy Knitting!
Dawn