Circle of Fun - Bathmat

As soon as I saw "Absorba, the great bathmat" in the Mason Dixon Knitting Book, I wanted one, but I did and do enough log cabining with my blankets, so I'd rather took the circle of fun pattern and - voila - the circle of fun bathmat was in the making!

I've used Lily sugar'n cream, double strands and after many short rows a circle was created - and it was fun too! The color is Key Lime Pie, yummy, I love this pie!

I ran out of yarn knitting the outside border and had to wait until yesterday, for the yarn to arrive. Be warned, the outside border eats up the yarn like nobody's business. In the end I had only a few yards left. The orange border was small enough to bend around quite well. On the outside border I had to do some short rows in the end, so it would not stretch too much and curl up but be flat as a bathmat should be.

Here are the specifics:

yarn: Lily Sugar'n Cream 100% cotton, 4-ply worsted 14 balls (56.7g) key lime pie, 1 1/2 balls orange. Use double strand throughout.

needles: 6mm

size: 31" diameter

I had troube putting it down, but it's a mat isn't it, so in trying to get a good picture outside (which didn't happen, since there's a thunderstorm coming), I threw it down on the boards. Guess what - there's the understanding between my dogs that every fabric, knitted or otherwise put on the floor is there for their enjoyment.

I swear I have two dogs, but only Sam is always under foot. ;o)