Wagon Wheel Potholder
This potholder is a companion piece to the Basket Case Potholder. Like basketweave stitch, waffle stitch is a classic, easy, highly textured stitch that is almost always worked in rows or without increases or decreases. This potholder is worked in the round, from the center out, in pattern. There are eight increase points, and you increase 24 stitches every other round in order for this piece to lie flat. The finished potholder is about seven inches across–big enough to be practical, but not so big that it gets in the way or in your food when you use it.
Basket Case Potholder
Basketweave is an easy, classic stitch that delivers a lot of texture for minimal effort. It’s perfect for making dense, heavy fabrics, such as potholders, rugs, and coasters. However, patterns that use basketweave are almost always worked in rows. When worked in the round, basketweave is usually worked as a tube, without any increasing or decreasing. This potholder pattern starts in the center and increases outward. It increases 16 stitches per increase round, with 4 stitches added at each increase point.
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Six Practical Dish Cloth/Pot Holder Patterns
These six, quick and easy patterns from Mary Rhodes make fun, practical, versatile kitchen cloths! Each pattern calls for worsted weight cotton and a size I (5.5 mm) hook, but can easily be adapted for other yarns and gauges. The final page of this booklet makes some suggestions for finishing them.
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