Crochet 5 Moodmat
A close up photograph of a four color knit stitch, printed edge to edge on five inches of recycled rubber. Coaster scale, square, full color.
The Print
Four Yarns, Stepping One Stitch at a Time
Look straight down at it and the structure is unmistakable. Columns of V shaped loops stacked vertically the whole way across, which is the plain face of stockinette, the smooth side of a sweater. The gauge is fine relative to the mat, roughly twenty columns across five inches, so it reads as a dense knit rather than a chunky blanket. The photography is close enough that the yarn stops being a color and becomes a material: individual plies, the direction of the twist, the small compression where one loop is pulled through the one below it.
Color is where it gets clever. Four yarns rotate through the rows in a fixed sequence, light bubblegum pink, deep magenta, warm goldenrod, mint green, then round again. Because the change steps over by a single stitch on each new row rather than lining up underneath itself, the flat grid of loops picks up a second rhythm on top of the first, and the eye reads strong diagonal bands running from the lower left to the upper right. Sit with it and it flips between a herringbone and a chevron depending on which direction you follow. That effect is a property of how the yarn was worked rather than something added to the picture afterward, which is why it holds at any distance.
The print runs edge to edge with no internal margin, so the pattern is cropped rather than framed and the stitches are cut mid row at all four sides. What surrounds it is an eighth to a quarter inch of bare black rubber, the cut face of the sheet, visibly grainy against the smooth print. Corners are slightly rounded. There is no lettering anywhere on it, no title, no signature and no maker mark. Five inches square, and the whole design is one good photograph of fabric printed onto something that is definitively not fabric.
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Made in New Jersey Since 2009
Rubber That Already Had a First Life
Moodmats started with scraps from old wetsuits and discarded scuba and surf neoprene, material that was headed straight for a landfill. That became Lava Rubber, and Lava Rubber is what every Moodmat is cut from. The feedstock now comes from wetsuits, gaskets, weatherstripping, seat molds, and other clean scrap that gets collected or donated. More than two tons of it moves through the New Jersey shop every month, gets pressed into sheet stock, then die-cut and screen printed. Keeping that material out of the ground has been the point from day one.
Closed-Cell Neoprene
Closed-cell rubber does not drink up what you spill on it. Water, reclaim, and terp splash sit on the surface instead of soaking in, so a wipe with soapy water puts it back to new.
It Stays Put
The rubber grips whatever it is sitting on and grips whatever you set on top. A rig that would skate across a glass table or a finished desk stops moving the second it lands on a Moodmat.
Tough and Self-Extinguishing
Heat resistant, self-extinguishing, and built out of material that already survived a first life. This is not a printed coaster that curls after a month on the table.
Where People Actually Put These
It Does Not Have to Hold a Rig
A Moodmat protects a surface and grips what sits on it. Whether that thing is a banger, a camera, or nothing at all is up to you. They are called Moodmats for a reason. Pick the one that matches how you feel and put it wherever it belongs.
Rig and Glass Pad
The job it was built for. Keeps glass off hard surfaces and keeps hard surfaces off your glass.
Display Surface
Figures, models, controllers, dice, cameras, watches. Anything worth setting on something intentional.
Wall Art
Plenty of these never touch a table. Hang it, frame it, or pin it behind the setup and let the print do the work.
Desk and Everyday
Trivet for hot pans, landing spot for keys, pad under a pet bowl, cushion on a camp table.
The Details
Specs and Care
| Size | 5 inches square, approximate |
| Shape | Square with slightly rounded corners, not die cut |
| Material | 100% upcycled closed-cell rubber, Lava Rubber stock |
| Full color photographic print, continuous tone, edge to edge | |
| Artwork | Close up knit stitch texture, stockinette columns in four yarn colors. No lettering on the face |
| Artist | Not credited on the piece |
| Availability | Open stock, not numbered |
| Origin | Made in New Jersey, USA |
Wipe it down with warm water and a little dish soap, then let it air dry flat. That is the whole routine. Do not run it through a washing machine or a dryer, do not scrub the print with an abrasive pad, and do not rest a lit torch or a glowing-hot banger directly on the surface. Use a stand or a puck for anything still at temperature.
Straight Talk
Know Before You Buy
Upcycled Means Variation
The rubber is reclaimed scrap, so base color, speckle, and surface texture shift slightly from sheet to sheet. Two mats of the same design will not be photocopies of each other. That is how you know it is the real material and not virgin stock.
Heat Resistant, Not Heatproof
The rubber is self-extinguishing and handles warm gear without complaint. It is not a torch pad. Park anything still glowing on a proper stand or a quartz puck, not on the print.
Five Inches Is Coaster Size
Worth being blunt about the scale before you order, because a photograph on plain white has no sense of scale in it at all. This is a five inch square. It will take a banger, a puck, a cap, a set of tools or a mug, and it will not take a rig and everything else at once. If you want a working surface for a full setup, get a bigger mat and use this one for the spot beside it. Nothing about the print is small. The mat is.
The Pattern Is Cropped, Not Framed
The knit print goes right off all four sides with no border designed into it, so the stitches are cut mid row at the edge and the only thing around the artwork is the bare black cut face of the rubber, an eighth to a quarter inch of it, grainy where the print is smooth. That is how it left the shop rather than a trimming mistake, and it is visible in the photo. Look at the edge before you decide this is the one you want.
These Are the Maker’s Photos For Now
The single image on this page is the manufacturer’s product shot rather than a picture of a mat in our hands. It is straight on, well lit and high enough resolution to resolve the yarn twist, so it is an accurate look at the print. It is not a picture of your sheet. The rubber underneath is reclaimed scrap, so base speckle and surface texture shift slightly from sheet to sheet and the black around the cut will vary a little. Five of these came in and our own photos are on the list.
Set the Mood
Recycled rubber, made in the USA, printed with art worth looking at. Free shipping on orders over $75, and every order ships from a veteran-owned small business.
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