So, here we are in the middle of winter in the midwest. Christmas is over. Snow is on the ground. The temperature is in the teens. And everyone around me is complaining about how cold and miserable it is. Me, I enjoy winter – as long as I don’t have to interact with it too much. I love the look of snow on the ground, the crispness in the air. I’ve lived in south Florida for the past 30+ years. But there was a time when I lived up north and I remember hating winter, too. Even back then, I knew that winter wouldn’t last forever. Eventually, spring will come, buds will appear on the trees, and flowers will bloom again.

And that’s where the idea for this project came from -- from the hope that spring will return everything to life. That the bleakness of winter will return to glorious color.

So I picked out cotton yarn in the colors of spring and, with an idea in mind, just started making flowers. Then leaves. Then more flowers. And it grew and began to look like spring.

Whether you want to make a small potholder as a gift to lift someone’s winter spirit, or a larger table runner to pretend that spring has already sprung at your house, this project is for you. Make as many or as few motifs as you want. The possibilities are endless. And as you make them, you’ll feel the winter blues melt away.

FINISHED SIZE:
For the table runner, as shown:
Width: 23”
Height: 30”

For the ORANGE potholder, as shown:
Width: 10”
Height: 15”

For the PINK potholder, as shown:
Width: 10”
Height: 11”

STITCHES USED:
All instructions are in U.S. terminology
CH Chain
DC Double Crochet
HDC Half-Double Crochet
MC Magic Circle
SC Single Crochet
SJ Seamless Join ()
SS Slip Stitch
SSS Surface Slip Stitch ()
TR Treble Crochet
YO Yarn Over
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