Mom’s potholder set
I made a set of potholders for my mom for Christmas.
I made a set of potholders for my mom for Christmas.
Began | July 12, 2007 |
Finished | December 1, 2006 |
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Edited | July 12, 2007 |
Pattern URL | Pot Holder / Hot Pad (knit) by 4601 |
Made for | mom |
Rather than using a variegated yarn, I had red and white so I made stripes for the corners.
I love how this pattern looks! I started with the higher count to allow for a more full skirt. I worked the skirt longer than the pattern requested because I wanted it to come down over my hips further. And then I wasn’t getting gauge as well as I should on the top part and…
Bought a selection of colors seen in nature and supplemented it with what was left in my baby yarn stash of the same base. Picked hexagons for being from the “Bee” family and game inspired because a lot of board games use hexes too. Most of the hexagons are a unique set of 3 colors….
Worsted weight on size 7s instead of DK on 6s. Each hexi has a single crochet border in Fairy Tale, and then they are joined with a slip stitch crochet in Lady Slipper. Four hexagons in 7 colors make up the base of the blanket. Only did half hexagons on the short side of the…
Second time knitting this pattern… loved and wore the first pair so much they worn out the balls of my feet! This time, the yarn is inspired by Stardust, a favorite movie of both me and E. using Chaiagoo needles. modified stitch count for my feet size (72st instead of 58), added extra stitches on…
looks like a really super way to make simple socks look even nicer. I’m making the repeats closer for the eyelets. Update: I enjoyed this pattern. I like that the two socks have eyelets in different directions, but the tightness of the ssk sock isn’t quite as nice as the k2tog. It’s not so noticeable…