Our new t-shirt bathmat is so cushy, smooshy, comfy, so much nicer on the bare feet than our old terry cloth one!
And since it’s 100% cotton it’s very absorbent, but I think the rather loosely knitted fabric will still dry pretty quickly. Happy, happy, happy!!
I just can’t figure how I have all this tarn (t-shirt yarn) left. Color me ‘bewildered’.
You know I did the math. Since my rug is 60% as big as the pattern’s and I started with 60% as many shirts as the pattern called for, I shouldn’t have much, if any, leftover!
The bathmat and the pile of tarn balls each weigh 1 lb. 4 oz., which means I used half. Hunh? The only explanation I can come up with is that the designer must have used all size Medium t-shirts, while I used 3 M, 3 L, 4 XL and 1 XXL. ?
I suppose I should be glad to have the extra tarn as a sort of ‘bathmat insurance policy’. If I should wreck this bathmat with hair dye, which is sadly what happened to our old terry cloth one, – oh, no no no, let’s pray that never happens to my pretty mat! – at least I could soon knit a replacement.
So nice, it’s got a real beach-house look to it!
Now that you mention it – those colors do remind me of beach glass.
It’s Nice to think about a warm beach today. Expecting a High of 15 degrees F and going down to 0 tonight. Brrrr!
You’ve inspired me … it looks terrific and reminds me of my childhood, we must have had these rag rug style bathmats growing up. Perhaps your leftovers become a housewarming gift? I’m all about getting leftovers out of my house this year and not keeping things for “one day”!!!!
When I was a kid my mom crocheted rag rugs from ripped strips of woven fabrics (no t-shirts), but they were purely utilitarian things to wipe your feet on when you came in the back door. She never would put one in her pretty color-coordinated bathroom! lol.
Yes, I should keep less for “one day”. By the time I need another bathmat I’ll probably want a different color combination anyway.
wow, what a pretty mix of tee’s! you could always knit one up for a friend! or knit a rug for a different room in the house?
Thanks – I love how such a colorful little mat brightens up our whole bath. Not like the bath is huge, but. . . you know what I mean.
Hmmm, are you trying to say that you would like a little blues and greens rug? lol.
Well, yeah, I am going to knit a rug for a different room, but the kitchen’s got a completely different color scheme.