For these projects you will need 3 colours of yarn for each hot pad / pot holder. I used Bernat Handicrafter yarn, which comes in many colours and is cotton so is suitable for coming into contact with heat (acrylic yarns can melt). These patterns are available for FREE on my blog https://callistafaye.ca/blogs/crochet/easy-free-teal-plai... , or here as a printable PDF collection.

MATERIALS:
• Bernat Handicrafter Yarn, uses less than 1 small ball of each colour.
o Teal: A - Off White, B - Teal, Classic Navy
o Pink: A - Hot Pink, B - Coral Rose, C - Off White
o Yellow: A - Pale Yellow, B - Off White, C - Lemon Swirl (just the dark yellow part of the mixture)
• Size 5.5mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Steamer (optional)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: approx. 8x8”
(gauge is not really important, as long as your tension is consistent)

STITCHES USED (US Terminology):
Half Double Crochet (HDC), Slip Stitch (SL ST)

NOTES:
• You will be working with 2 colours in each row. You will carry along & crochet over the colour you aren’t working with.
• To change colours, pull through a loop of the next colour to finish the last stitch of the active colour. Give the colour you carried over a small tug first to keep it flat along your row.
• You can carry your yarn up the sides instead of cutting and fastening between rows; it will all be woven in with the border at the end.
• Keep one colour to the front of your work, and one colour to the back to keep the yarn from twisting.
• Each pot holder square is made twice to ensure a nice thick, plush pot holder is created when the two squares are joined at the end.
• I did not do this on the teal but did for the pink & yellow and would recommend: When creating the hot pad loop, I doubled up the yarn two create the chain with two strands. It makes a chunkier loop that aesthetically looks better with the chunky pot holder.