{made} — vintage kitchen set

I think I am in love with this pattern, it’s so easy to memorize you can work up a potholder basically anywhere. I made two with an opposite color theme, plus two flower coasters to accompany them. You can find both patterns on ravelry: the potholder pattern here, and the flower pattern here. These will perk up any kitchen!

{made} — green trivet set

This was surprisingly a very simple pattern to make, it looked far more difficult before reading the instructions.

I started off making these as potholders but they aren’t very thick and they have quite a few holes so not sure how effective they’d be as pot holders. Instead, with the modifications below, they became what I think are cute trivets.

I left really long tails when finishing the pot holder and used it to weave through the wrong sides to seam up the sections just below where you join the petals around the edge. I joined them twice in each gap and then ran the yarn under the stitches in the fold to the next gap. Doing so really sturdied them up and they held together better.

I think as a set, they’ll look pretty out on the table at a family get-together.

This pattern is available for free online.

{made} — potholders.

These two crocheted potholders were made for the fun swap we did at Wildfiber yarn store in Santa Monica on July 10, 2010. Everyone made two and then drew two random ones from the pile to take home. Great way to meet some fellow fiber artists! :)

Pattern available for free on Ravelry.

{photography: Jill Cannon}