Rag Bath Mat designed by Julie Weisenberger
This is a really fun and different project… you will get lots of comments if you bring this knitting to a meeting! But I especially love the texture this bathmat adds to a bathroom.
Skills Needed
You need to know how to knit, purl and cable.
Size
Approximately 18" wide and desired length. The sample is 36” long for a bathtub, it can be shorter for a smaller shower.
Materials
Yarn
Sample used two pre-washed twin size sheets ripped into 1 ½” strips and connected as per the rag knitting tutorial on cocoknits.com.
Needles
# 19 needles.
Gauge
Using # 19 needles over moss st, approximately 1 st per inch.
Abbreviations
CO – cast on
BO – bind off
st(s) – stitch(es)
c4b – cable 4 sts behind. Slip next 4 sts onto cable needle (in this case I used a chopstick) and hold at the back of your work. Knit 4 sts, then knit 4 from cable needle.
Directions
CO 26 sts.
Row 1, 3, 7 (RS): [k1, p1] four times, p1, k8, p1, [p1, k1] four times.
Row 2 and all WS rows: [k1, p1] four times, k1, p8, k1, [p1, k1] four times.
Row 5: [k1, p1] four times, p1, c4b, p1, [p1, k1] four times.
Repeat these 8 rows until you reach the desired length. BO on a row 1 of pattern.
Finishing
add fringe by cutting rag “yarn” into 4" long pieces and attaching to either edge as follows
Fold strip in half and pull the fold through the c.o. edge with a crochet hook:
Then push the ends through the loop you created and pull until it’s snug: