On The Hook: Pot Holder

I was going to share an update on my Elder Throw today, but I've not taken a photo of my latest progress. It's been a busy few days, the reason for which I'll share in a future post.

Instead, I'm onto the next crochet pattern in The Bumper Book of Crochet and this time it's pot holders.

I have to confess, pot holders aren't something that we really use in our house. We do have a pan that we have to use mitts or a tea towel to hold though, so maybe there is really a place for them in our kitchen. Plus, the pattern introduces crocheting in the round and trebles, so I definitely need to master those!

It took me no less than five attempts to start it!

Naked Attempt

My first attempt was pretty good, but then I set it down for a couple of days and couldn't remember where I'd gotten to. At least once I messed up the joining in the round thing. At first I couldn't count the stitches so had to restart twice to make sure I'd counted them all. And once I was able to count them, but missed the starting chain.

Eventually I got everything in order and was able to get onto the second round. I'm knitting in the Drops Cotton and it is wonderfully smooth. The actual pattern just uses two colours, but I felt like the teal and terracotta were too much together, so I added in a white to help break it up.

Target practice!

It's crocheting up ever so quickly, I guess because I'm doing it in trebles. And because it grows with every round, I'm getting more stitches to practice on each time. I'm now at the point of being able to make a treble stitch without having the instructions open on my lap to guide me through it.

I've ordered round left to do and then a whole second one to make, then those get sewn together. There's a second one in the pattern book with a fancy scalloped edge and despite our low pot holder requirements in the house, I'm going to have a go at that one too because I want to work on my edging and it seems like a good opportunity to practice.

Getting there!

Hopefully I'll be able to share at least one of them in its entirety soon!