Crocheted pot holders

When I crochet a pot holder I look to see that there aren't many holes. The holes in the pattern can cause terrible burns to your intended. If I make it out of yarn, I back it with cotton yarn, there are many suppliers, the one that I can think of is Sugar and Cream. Take a chance and go online and you will find a much better selection then at your favorite Craft and Sewing stores.

Check out Maggie Crochet's Premier yarns.

http://www.maggiescrochet.com/collections/yarn-thread/products/premier-home-cotton-solids




Cotton Fair has 13 colors and costs-$4.99




It also comes in 6 different multicolored cotton


At the moment I am crocheting a patchwork tablecloth using the floss. They have more colors.
I use the entire 6 strands of the floss. It is thicker than Size 3 thread and finer than yarn.

Until we meet again

Claudia

 

Adorable Hot Pads (Free Pattern)

 

These are great Hot Pads-Different

and you are recycling bottle caps.

Materials:

• 75 yards Aunt Lydia's Classic Crochet Yarn (Size 10)
• Size 9/1.40MM crochet hook
• 19 beer caps of your choice
• Sewing needle

Gauge:  24 dc/12 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

Pattern Notes:

• Ch = Chain
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Sc Dec = Single Crochet Decrease (Insert hook in first stitch indicated, yo, pull up loop, insert hook in second stitch indicated, yo, pull up loop, yo, pull thru remaining 3 loops on hook.)
• Sl St = Slip Stitch

Instructions:

1. Ch 5, slst to first stitch to join.
    
2. Ch 3, 15 dc in ring, slst to join at top of ch 3. Make sure to dc over the tail of the chain to hide it. (16 dc)
    
3. Ch 2, sc in same st, *sc 3, 2 sc in next st*, repeat between * two more times, sc 3, slst with top of Beg ch to join (20 sts)
    
4. Ch 2, sc in every st around, slst with top of Beg ch to join. (20 sts)
    
5. Ch 3, dc in every st around, slst with top of Beg ch to join. (20 sts)
    
6. Sc Dec around, slst with top of Beg ch to join (10 sts)
    
7. Sc dec around, slst with top of Beg ch to join (5 sts)
    
8. Break thread and weave through remaining 5 loops, tie closed and weave in ends.
    
9. Using scrap crochet cotton, sew 6 cover caps around one central cap on the underneath side where they touch. Then join 12 covered caps around the six. You can mix and match color however you like, so use you imagination!

Read more at http://www.favecrafts.com/Kitchen-Crochet/Crochet-Beer-Cap-Hot-Pad/ml/1/?utm_source=ppl-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=quickandcrafty20140606#DIZV0DkQ4PG3r0sv.99



Granny Squares

Granny Square Technique 

I love Granny Squares, it was the first thing that I crocheted with my mother. We used to have crocheting parties. We would drink, eat and teach, especially in the winter. Marblehead Ohio in the winter is unoccupied. It is a resort town and during the summer the population is about 250,000, during the winter it shrinks to 7,000 so there really isn't anything to do during the winter. Therefor, we crocheted granny squares. I after all these years finally figured out this technique.

When you start the granny square, after your magic circle, chain 5, this will count as the first stitch of the first 3 dc cluster. Then crochet around according to the pattern.

After you finish the round add 2 stitches out of the 3 dc and then slip stitch around the post. You will end up right at the corner for the next round. You won't have to slip stitch over to the space 2 because you are already there, plus you can't really see where you joined.

I hope that this will work for you. Any questions just leave a comment.

Until we meet again,

Claudia