How to Knit Pot Holders

If you enjoy knitting, you can make a small knit craft for your friends and family members as a homemade gift. When you knit pot holders by hand, you have control over the colors and thickness. To successfully create a set of pot holders, follow a few guidelines to ensure that they will be thick enough to use.

Things You'll Need

• Size 11 knitting needles
• 4 skeins DK weight yarn

Instructions

1. Tie the ends of four DK weight yarn strands together.

2. Cast 25 stitches onto size 11 knitting needles using the quadrupled yarns.

3. Knit across each row in garter stitch (all knit, no purl) until your piece measures about 8 inches long.

4. Cast off all of the stitches, leaving a loop of yarn on the last stitch.

5. Tie a knot at the base of the loop to secure it and to prevent the knitting from unraveling.

6. Repeat this process until you have as many pot holders as you want in the set.

References

• Craft Yarn Council: Learning to Knit