Absorba Bath Mats from Fall '08

Stranded two of each colorway. Started with a center block of 20 sts by 30 ridges; each of the surrounding sections has 10 ridges. Used chain edging on all exposed edges of surrounding rectangles. Finished the Butter Creme Ombre from the three whole balls midway through the 3rd strip around the center. I frugally and bravely frogged an incomplete modular knitting project that had originally been destined to become a mat and got 2oz (1 ball). The modular knitting bathmat ((see blog entry Modular knitting conquered 10/14/07) was too thin and wrinkly and much inferior to the Absorbas I later made. The strip I frogged had been, I admit, lamely destined to be a buttoned hand wiper. Couldn't bear to undo something I'd made...until I needed the yarn for something specific, that is. Luckily, there was just enough Butter Creme Ombre to use two strands through the 7th garter ridge of the last rectangle; continued to end with just one.
#13 needles

Top: 1. Lily Sugar'n Cream Ombres & Prints.

Color:

222 Butter Creme Ombre peaches

Worsted /95 yds / 2 oz (4.8 skeins)

= 9.6 ounces / 456.0 yards

Totals Meters Yards Ounces Grams

enter skeins

2.

Lily Sugar'n Cream Solid, Color: Green

Worsted 120 yds/2.5 oz per skein. 3.8 skeins

9.5 ounces / 456.0 yards

Bottom:

Lily Sugar'n Cream Ombres & Prints

222 Butter Creme Ombre peaches

Worsted /95 yds per 2 oz skeins. Used 9 skeins o4 18 oz / 855 yds

Used four skeins at once. The foundation rectangle is 20 sts. by 30 garter ridges so that it would be a good bathmat shape. The surrounding sections have 10 ridges. Used chain edging on all exposed edges of surrounding rectangles.
The bottom, peachier one, was made in September 2008 and the top, greener one was begun in September '08 and completed in November '08.
Postscript: a bathmat takes a total of 16oz of worsted weight Peaches & Creame or Sugar 'n' Creme.