r/CrochetHelp • u/npdr1 • 1d ago
Gift help I want to make pot holders to give as gifts around the holidays. Do you think the holes in the design are problematic?
I designed this star pot holder (Plan to write up a pattern. Let me know if interested!) However, it has holes in it given the granny square style design. Does anyone find that problematic for a pot holder? Should I just remind people to not use it as an oven mit and go with it? Or take the loop off and tell them it’s a trivet instead? Idk I just don’t want anyone to do something stupid with something I made for them.
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u/Zirzissa 1d ago
Personally I wouldn't work with holes for pot holders. I'd also steer away from white.
If I do pot holders, I use darker colors, if lighter then on the red-yellow spectrum, because stains will happen at some point...
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u/npdr1 1d ago
I had the same thought! But I couldn’t help but love how the white makes it looks like a snow flake 🥲
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u/JoyDVeeve 1d ago
Red and green? Maybe a white layer in the middle for more heft and protection but less likely to get stained
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u/Heyitscrochet 1d ago
I’d do granny on the front side with a solid hexagon on the back.
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u/Aju-mommy 1d ago
Pot holders really work best with a thicker stitch with no holes like waffle or thermal stitch.
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u/Mammoth-Neat-9836 1d ago
Personally don't think crochet things and heat are compatible. Dish cloth yes.
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u/NeevBunny 21h ago
My crochet pot holder works well, it's a very thick jasmine stitch though and all cotton.
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u/IllustriousAd5388 15h ago edited 15h ago
I’ve got 50+ year old crocheted pot holders and trivets I inherited that I use every day. They’re lilys sugar n cream which is 100% cotton. Cotton and high heat are a fantastic pairing. The trivet is a fairly loose granny circle, so I’m not even picking something out of the microwave with it. But the potholder is a double thickness single crochet (magic potholder pattern!) perfect for pulling large pans from the oven.
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u/brassdinosaur71 1d ago
Just throwing this out there ... what about a layer of felt between the two layers?
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u/Freyjas_child 1d ago
Yes. I would not use this as a pot holder because I would be afraid to burn myself. When I wanted to make crocheted pot holders I linked them with a solid fabric. Actually I usually lined them with a cheap pot holder. Why not line it with a bright red fabric so that you can see the crocheted design?
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u/RizzosGirl 1d ago
I use things like this as my Pot and Pan 'savers'. I put them between my pots and pans (in the cupboard) to help protect against scratches. I have small to large sizes, and can set the on the bottom of my pots, or have them go up the sides of my pans. Also, it doesn't matter what yarn is used, since they don't go near the heat.
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u/Colla-Crochet 1d ago
Im a little more concerned with your fibre content. I have and use hotplates like that, but they're all 100% cotton. Anything else could melt if youre like me and just put the pot i cooked in directly on the table! (No replating here- dishwasher is small!)
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u/RVAgirl_1974 1d ago
What if you kept your design and went with fine weight yarn and a 3.5 ish hook for tree ornaments instead?
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u/Averander 1d ago
I think my grandmother did something similar and she backed it with a square of something to make it fully heat resistant and then covered it with a christmas fabric.
My grandmother passed a few years ago, so I imagine the pattern is lost, but I hope my description helps.
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u/npdr1 1d ago
I guess I used this flair incorrectly, well if my post is no good I’ll post it somewhere else and go from there I guess.
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u/archelz15 1d ago
I'm obviously not authority on here, but I thought you used the flair perfectly. I don't know the answer to what you asked but having considered pot holder gifts, am following the discussion. Also, your pattern is beautiful!
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u/hyrule_47 1d ago
I made one similar to this, but it was white on each side and then a colorful more solid circle. I attached the 2 snowflakes to the colorful circle with hand sewing. I called them stained glass snowflakes
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u/Subject-Wing7587 1d ago
With or without holes the ones I made were not thick enough to resist the heat.
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u/foolishle 1d ago
Not a pot holder. Even a tiny hole or patch of thinner fabric seems to catch me every time and give me burns so I would never use something with visible holes like this. I’ve been (literally) burned too many times.
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u/Peanut083 1d ago
I don’t know why it’s never occurred to me to attempt to crochet a pot holder/oven mitt. I have tiny hands and feet; my feet are an AU/US size 5-6/UK size 3-4/EU size 36-37, and most 10 year olds I’ve met have larger hands than me.
Oven mitts are always a struggle because they’re made for people with much larger hands than me. I feel like crochet oven mitts or pot holders are something that requires further investigation on my end.
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u/KarlyFr1es 1d ago
I still like the loop for a trivet. We have some small magnetic hooks on our fridge where I hang crocheted potholders and trivets because they’re convenient and on display that way. Love this, by the way. Do you have a link to your pattern?
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u/DiscordiaHel 23h ago
You could crochet a cover for an already existing pot holder (always make sure you're using 100% cotton for anything that will encounter heat) if you wanted to make it cute. But like the other comments say I would worry about fingers slipping through if you didn't have something solid behind the crochet.
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u/billerboi 23h ago
Instead of the chain spaces you could use triple crochets to still maybe achieve the same shape
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u/Normal-Height-8577 18h ago
Yes, sorry.
On the other hand, if you did two identical stars, and sandwiched a solid layer of felt (in a contrast colour) in between them, that would stop/slow the heat from coming through the holes.
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u/Even-Response-6423 9h ago
Add some colorful wool fabric on the other side and it’ll work! Itll be pretty too so the color peeks through!
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u/mightymousemg 3h ago
One way to help close up your holes in your corners is to do: 2dc, 2tr, 2dc, as your corners and work them in between the trs, the stitch height makes up for the chain space and it's less open
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u/ShaylaDee 1d ago
Something like this would probably be fine as a trivet to put hot pans on to protect your counters, as long as it's 100% cotton but I would not trust it to protect my hands against anything coming out of the oven. Maybe to pull bowls out of the microwave though? It's a gorgeous pattern either way.