These potholders are thick and safe, so long as you crochet tight stitches. If you use a larger hook, you may get air spaces where the hot pan can burn your fingers. If a size H hook is too loose, get an F or G hook. We all crochet at different tensions. I have made many for gifts as well as for our home, and they always see lots of use.
After a few rounds, you will have a canoe-shaped piece. Make a total of 24-25 rounds. Press the ends toward the center, and you will see a diagonal pattern develop. The two sides should meet in the middle. If they do, and the result makes a square shape, cut the yarn leaving a 24-inch tail.
Make the hanging loop: At the other end, anchor the stitching again by taking an extra stitch in the right side of the corner, and pull the yarn through. Tie the tail end of the yarn back onto the rest of the yarn. Push your hook through the hot pad at the corner and pull a stitch through. Chain 10 stitches. Push hook through the hot pad at the left of the same corner and SC. Move over one stitch to the left and SC again. Now SC over the CH10 loop to cover, using 18 SC. Cover the ends of the knot. Make another SC in the potholder next to the first one and end off. Work in the loose end using a darning needle or feed sack needle.
Source: I copied one from an example a friend made, then made it bigger.
By Coreen Hart from Rupert, ID
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I am looking for crocheted potholder patterns.
Judy from Traverse
Just saw some cute (free) patterns on the Lion Brand Yarn website.
www.lionbrand.com/
Thanks very much for sending me the web pages.
Just don't crochet these out of polyester yarn that melts. I bought some at a craft sale, and they melted when in contact with hot pans from the oven.
Does anyone have a crochet pattern for a Sunflower potholder, that was printed in a magazine years ago? It was worked like a Granny Square, only circular.
Here's one:
Sunflower Potholder
about 8" in diameter
Materials: worsted weight yarn, 1 oz each brown, gold, and green
Size G aluminum hook or size required for gauge
Pattern Stitches:
Triple triple crochet (tr trc): YO 4 times; draw up lp in next dc, (YO and
draw through 2 lps on hook) 5 times: tr trc made.
Cluster: (CL) Keeping last lp of each tr trc on hook, 3 tr trc in next dc; YO
and draw through all 4 lps on hook: CL made.
Back: With green, ch 3.
Rnd 1: (right side) 11 hdc in 3rd ch from hook (2 skipped chains count as
hdc); join in 2nd ch of beg ch-3: 12 hdc
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc on this and following rnds), dc in same ch as
joining; 2 dc in each hdc; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 24 dc
Rnd 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) 11 times; join
in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 36 dc
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next
dc) 11 times; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 48 dc
Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next
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has a daisy or sunflower kitchen set that includes a potholder.
It was nice of you to share your pattern, Pat, I could hardly find anything online:)
Harriet
www.crochetpatterncentral.com/
You will also find dozens of sunflower patterns, as well as hundreds of others! This is just one sample. Enjoy!!
I bet that would make a pretty aphgan! Thanks for sharing, Poor But Proud!
I am looking for crocheted pot holder instructions.
By SPittam
I have to second the reply to go to crochetpatterncentral.com - it's a wonderful treasure trove of crochet patterns. For a wonderful, thick potholder try the "Magic Potholder" pattern. Easy, quick, double thick. I've made a lot of these with acrylic yarn and also cotton yarn. Both work well.
www.lionbrand.com and then go to 'all free patterns' you'll see free crochet patterns for the home.
I am looking for a crochet pattern for a hot pad using the rings from the top of pop cans. I have made them before but it has been a long time ago and I have forgotten how to lay them out to interlock.
I could not find a hot pad; but this purse tutorial might jog your memory. One of the rounds might be extended for a hot pad?
www.craftster.org/
Plastic Pop Ring Potholder
Materials:
1 six-pack of pop rings cut apart into rings and trimmed into circles.
Knitting worsted yarn: Main color and contrast color.
G crochet hook
Potholder:
Using main color. Sc around each individual ring until full(do not force sts).(6 rings)
With contrasting color, ch 50 sts. Turn and skip 3 sts. Then dc in each remaining ch. End off.
Spread out rings and overlap the edges like a deck of cards spread out. (See first image)
Take the contrasting color strip and weave over and under the rings to weave together. When back to beginning, tie the strip to the beginning and arrange the rings so they look nice. (Takes a little pulling and twisting.)
Sc with contrasting color around the outside of the potholder to anchor the rings in place(See 2nd image).
Images
The rings are drawn in different colors to make them easier to see. The strip and contrasting color are drawn in blue.
Image #1
Image #2
you can also find it at the following website:
www.geocities.com/
Thanks trishaj, that is the one I was looking for. Jilson has also sent a great ideal. Love the purse made out of tabs. Ihave already started collecting the tabs.
Does any one have a crochet pattern of a dog and a pig Potholders and Hot Pads?
Judy
Pig potholder: crochet.about.com/
Perky Pig and Hot Dog on: www.freevintagecrochet.com/
Perky pig and Puggy Wuggy on:
www.crochetpatterncentral.com/
Hope one of these is what you are looking for:)
Decorate for the season with this cute crochet pumpkin pie wall hanging. You will need a J and an N hook and 4 yarn colors. This works up in about an hour; the instructions can be found on this page.
This is a page about kitchen crochet trio (magnet, coasters, and hotbeds). Get out your cotton yarn and make up some useful crochet kitchen items for yourself or to give as gifts.
This is a page about making a single crochet potholder. Even an novice crocheter who has just mastered the single crochet stitch can make a potholder.
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I am trying to locate instructions for crochet potholders.
