Showing posts with label potholder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label potholder. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Potholders from Leftover Yarn



After all my knitting projects for Christmas, I decided it was time to knit a few things for my own kitchen.  I found this pattern on Ravelry.  You can see the pattern here.  Either I was miss understanding the original pattern or there was something wrong with it, because when I cast on the required 50 stitches, the result was a gigantic potholder.  Instead, I ripped it out and started over with 30 stitches.  I made some other changes as well.

The colors might seem a little funky because I was using yarn I had left over from dish clothes I had knitted earlier.  When I ran out of a color, I just switched to something else.  I actually still like them, and they will be very useful.  I will use this pattern again now that I have made adjustments to it.

Materials Needed:
Peaches and Creme 100% Cotton Yarn
1 pair size 8 needles
1 crochet hook

Directions:
Cast on 30 stitches with two strands of yarn
Row 1-6: work in seed stitch (k1, p1, k1, p1, etc.)
Row 7-24: work 4 stitches in seed stitch, knit 11, purl 11, work 4 stitches in seed stitch
Row 25-42: work 4 stitches in seed stitch, purl 11, knit 11, work 4 stitches in seed stitch
Row 43-48: work in seed stitch
Bind off leaving a length of yarn that you can chain into a loop.
Materials