Simple Pot Holder Knitting Pattern
This simple pot holder knitting pattern is a great alternative cotton yarn pattern. It’s a double knit potholder, so it’s twice as thick as a standard knit potholder and there are no purl stitches in this pattern!
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About the Pattern
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Skill Level: Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
Bonus: Video
Pattern Name: Handy
Techniques
Here are some of the knitting skills you need to know before getting started:
Double Knitting
Yarn & Substitutions
Yarn Weight: Worsted
Yardage: 12 – 17 yards (11 – 15 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Knit Picks, Simply Cotton Organic
Needles & Notions
US 8 (5mm) Knitting Needles
Gauge
30 sts & 22 rows per 4 1/2” (11cm) square, knit flat in the pattern below
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Details
Measurements: 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” (11cm – 11cm)
Gauge: 30 sts & 22 rows per 4 1/2” (11cm) square, knit flat in the pattern below
Weight: 0.5oz (15g)
Notes
Reversible.
Knit bottom up.
This is easy to adjust to fit your style. CO in any even number of stitches to achieve your desired width and then knit until your desired length.
Knitting Abbreviations
*– * – repeat between * to end of row
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
K – knit stitches (K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
S1PW – slip one stitch purl-wise
STS – stitches
WYIF – with yarn in front
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Pattern Instructions
Knit flat.
CO 30 STS
All 22 rows: *K1, WYIF S1PW*
BO row: K1 *WYIB S1PW, K1, pass over twice*
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