A Crochet Bathroom Mat from Scraps of chunky yarn

19/06/2017

Bathroom Mat

Upcycled or recycled, call it what you will. I love to make something from nothing or from things I already have in the house.This chunky crochet bathroom mat project is a good example…

We have an ensuite bathroom, so the boys of the house have a bathroom of their own to share. In a day especially after a hot skate boarding sessions many showers will be taken and many bath mats are used to soak up drips from big wet feet… (no matter how many times I ask them to get dry in the shower before they get out)

Therefore new bath mats were needed asap.

I decided to crochet one and use up my Boodles t-sht yarn scraps, of which I had many bits and pieces left over from various projects.

A Crochet Bathroom Mat

The details:

Colours: My colours decided themselves (whatever I had left in the scrap basket) use as many or as few as you like or need to.
Hook size: 15 mm
Yarn: Boodles t-sht yarn (used to be sold in hobbycraft?) I used two colours together, as one strand, joining in another as it ran out.

The Pattern:

Measurements

This depends on the space you have. So have a measure up of your bathroom first. My finished mat measures approx 60cms x 80cms and is quite heavy too.

Pattern note: I used two strands together as one. Optional but it gives a thick sturdy stitch that is perfect for a bathroom mat, you dont want it to be too lacy or it wont soak up the drips?

As one length of yarn ran out I simply added another always keeping two strands together, it makes for a nice ombre effect.

I used a starting chain of 31 for my width .

Foundation row : chain 31 turn (last ch is turning chain)
1. dc in each stitch across ch 1 turn (30 sts)
2. ch1, miss first dc, dc in next dc *ch1, miss next dc, dc in next dc* rpt from * to end of row ch1 turn
3. ch1 and dc into chain space, *ch1 and dc into next chain space*, cont from *to end of row. ch1 turn
(repeat row 3 until you have the length you need)

Edging