Free pattern: Face the Day Bathmat

Free crochet pattern: Face the Day Bathmat in Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn by Underground Crafter | This vibrant motif bathmat will make you smile and get you ready for a new day. The cotton blend yarn is soft on your feet and easy to wash and dry in the machine.

There’s something wonderful about starting your day with crochet.

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Free crochet pattern: Face the Day Bathmat in Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn by Underground Crafter | This vibrant motif bathmat will make you smile and get you ready for a new day. The cotton blend yarn is soft on your feet and easy to wash and dry in the machine.

It isn’t always practical to pick up a hook as soon as you wake up. Having something cozy to see first thing in the morning is a good substitute. For the past few years, I’ve had a crochet bathmat. It makes me smile in the morning when I get ready for the day.

My old bathmat was crocheted with thick fabric strips and it took forever to dry. This summer, I tried Bernat Maker Home Dec, a squishy, cotton blend yarn, for the first time, and I decided it was time for a bathmat that would dry a bit faster (both after the shower and after being washed).

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Free crochet pattern: Face the Day Bathmat in Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn by Underground Crafter | This vibrant motif bathmat will make you smile and get you ready for a new day. The cotton blend yarn is soft on your feet and easy to wash and dry in the machine.These motifs are simple to make, and of course, you can use them to make blankets, bags, or other projects, too.

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Face the Day Bathmat

Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter

02-easy 50US terms 505-bulky 50This vibrant motif bathmat will make you smile and get you ready for a new day. The cotton blend yarn is soft on your feet and easy to wash and dry in the machine.

Finished Size

  • Bathmat: 19” (48 cm) wide x 23.5” (59.5 cm) long.

Materials

  • Bernat Maker Home Dec (72% cotton/28% nylon, 8.8 oz/250 g/317 yd/290 m) – 1 skein each in 11005 Aqua (CA), 11008 Clay (CB), and 11019 Pebble Beach (CC), or approximately 220 yd (201 m) in any bulky weight, cotton blend yarn.

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  • US Size K-10.5/6.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
  • Yarn needle.

Gauge

  • 1 square in pattern = 4.5” (11.5 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.

Abbreviations Used in This Pattern

  • CA – Color A
  • CB – Color B
  • CC – Color C
  • ch – chain
  • dc – double crochet
  • hdc – half double crochet
  • rep – repeat
  • Rnd – Round
  • sc – single crochet
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • sp – space
  • st(s) – stitch(es)
  • * Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.


Pattern Instructions

Bathmat

Square (Make 10 starting with CA and 10 starting with CB)

  • Ch 4, join with sl st to first ch to form ring.
  • Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc, here and throughout), 11 dc in ring, join with sl st to top of ch 3. (12 sts)
  • Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, join with sl st to top of ch 3. (24 sts)
  • Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st and next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st; rep from * around, join CC with sl st to top of ch 3, fasten off original color. (36 sts)
  • Rnd 4: Ch 5 (counts as dc + ch-2 sp, here and throughout), 2 dc in same st, *dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, dc in first st, join with sl st to third ch, sl st in next ch, fasten off CC with 24” (61 cm) yarn tail for seaming. (48 sts + 4 ch-2 sp)

Assembly

  • With yarn tails and following placement diagram, seam squares with sl st join on wrong side, starting at second ch of ch-2 sp. Join squares into rows. Join rows in same manner. (If you’re new to sl st seams, see my tutorial, How to Join Granny Squares with the Slip Stitch.)
Free crochet pattern: Face the Day Bathmat in Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn by Underground Crafter | This vibrant motif bathmat will make you smile and get you ready for a new day. The cotton blend yarn is soft on your feet and easy to wash and dry in the machine.
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Border

  • Rnd 1: Join CA with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp, ch 5, 2 dc in same st, *dc in next 12 sts,** (2 dc in ch-2 sp) twice; rep from * across, ending at ** before corner ch-2 sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 sp, rep from * to around, ending last rep at ** before first ch-2 sp, dc in first ch-2 sp, join with sl st to top of third ch, fasten off CA.

Finishing

© 2016 by Marie Segares (Underground Crafter). This pattern is for personal use only. You may use the pattern to make unlimited items for yourself, for charity, or to give as gifts. You may sell items you personally make by hand from this pattern. Do not violate Marie’s copyright by distributing this pattern or the photos in any form, including but not limited to scanning, photocopying, emailing, or posting on a website or internet discussion group. If you want to share the pattern, point your friends to this link: http://undergroundcrafter.com/2016/12/05/free-pattern-face-the-day-bathmat/ Thanks for supporting indie designers!

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2 thoughts on “Free pattern: Face the Day Bathmat”

  1. i just found this yarn at goodwill and bought 6 skeins and didn’t know what i would use it for,but maybe this. thanks for the parrern

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