Absorba, The Great Bathmat by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne

Absorba, The Great Bathmat

Knitting
March 2006
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
9 stitches and 17 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 15 - 10.0 mm
1200 yards (1097 m)
18" x 27"
English
Errata available: web.archive.org

From the pattern description:

Why not hold three stands of double worsted Peaches & Creme together? It makes for the sort of mat that will absorb two or three gallons of bathwater.