It still works, but I went with this pattern to make it softer with a bit of squish. Single crochet is a bit tight, and you get knotty things going on that don’t feel as nice under your toes. I didn’t follow through with that idea though because I didn’t LOVE the texture of the single crochet rug. In fact, my thought was to make this with only single crochet stitches so it would be easy for anyone to make. Just YouTube how to “Single Crochet”, get a big “Speed Hook” and give it a whirl. In fact, if you’re a total beginner, I encourage you to try making one with only single crochet stitches. This one that I made is just right for small spaces. Honestly, you can modify this however you’d like to get to the size you prefer. You can certainly buy more and make it a larger mat by continuing the pattern, and/or by doing some extra rows of single crochet on the sides. I found these clotheslines at Lowes, each one is 50 feet long, and I bought six of them, which was the right amount for a small mat ( Size 18″ by 15.5″ ) They’ve got just just enough softness and loft and are still stiff enough to feel worthy of rug material. These clotheslines work PERFECT for this crocheted rug, I tell ya. Leave it to me to go find the closest thing to yarn that you can find at the local home improvement store. The towel works fine, but if there’s an excuse to crochet something, you know it’s going to happen, right? So here we go….a clothesline turned bath mat. We have one mat in our master bath, but when it’s in the wash I usually just use a towel on the floor. Since last summer, I’ve wanted to make a bath mat with some kind of twine or rope.
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