How to Make Woven Pot Holders
Making pot holders is a fun and easy way for children to get involved with what's going on in the kitchen, and keeping adult hands from getting burned while preparing meals for the family. These woven pot holders don't require any special skills to make and are a great item to have handy around any kitchen. With a trip to the local craft store you should have no problems finding everything needed to create this project.
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Things You'll Need
- Square loom, 18 pegs on each side
- Pot holder loom loops
- Loom hook
- Crochet hook, size H
Instructions
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Choose the color scheme you would like for your pot holder. Select 36 loom loops for your pot holder in the colors you like that are big enough to stretch across the entire loom from one side to the other. These will usually be the biggest loops in the package.
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Using your fingers, stretch the selected loops horizontally across the loom so that each loop fits over one peg on each of the two sides. Keep stretching loops across the loom until all the pegs on the two sides are used..
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Using the loom hook, weave the remaining loom loops through the horizontal rows of loops. This second layer of loops is stretched vertically across the remaining twqo loom sides. Beginning from either right or left, hook a loop on the first empty peg. With the loop hook, take up the loop's other end and gently move the hook over and under the horizontal loops until you reach the peg on the opposite side. Push the loop end onto the peg across from where you began the vertical columns.
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Continue weaving loops through the base layer of loops until you have reached the bottom of the loom and have no more pegs, but alternate how you start weaving each time you start a new peg. With the first loop, if you went over the first row—consisting of the loop's two sides—you start the second column by going under the first row. Keep the loom hook flat as you weave so that it doesn't snag any of the loops already on the loom.
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Choose a corner and with the crochet hook, pull the corner loop off of the loom, keeping the loop around the crochet hook. Do the same to the loop on the peg on the outside right next to the corner you pulled up. Keep both loops on the crochet hook and pull the second loop through the first loop. This will leave just the second loop on the hook.
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Continue going around the outside pegs of the loom pulling one loop end through the other. This will tie off the pot holder so it doesn't fall apart. Be sure to pull each loop tight like you were tying a knot. You will be left with one loop in the last corner; this can be used to hang your pot holders on a hook in the kitchen.
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Tips & Warnings
If you don't have a loom hook or a crochet hook, you can weave the loops with your fingers.
To finish the potholder, begin by slipping the second loop end on one side over the first loop, then ease the first loop off its peg and fit it on the second peg. Think of a back and forth motion as you do this, as it can make it easier to remember the pattern.
After this, you should have one less loop end on the side you're finishing. The furthest peg to the left or right becomes the first peg, and you continue the pattern on each side.
The final loop end can also be pulled tight and used as a hanging loop.
References
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