29-08-2019

I decided to back each piece with woollen fabric rather than put them back to back. So there will be two pot holders. They are quite big. About dinner plate size.

Made a reverse dc edging and a loop for hanging. Done.

31-08-2019

How I made the fabric backing.
I used part of an old woollen blanket that I bought from an op shop and use for crafts.
I lay the blanket flat on a table and drew around a dinner plate that was about the same size as the finished potholders.
I sewed around the raw edge with zigzag stitch with my sewing machine. This could have been a crocheted or blanket stitch edge if I didn’t use a sewing machine.
Next I put the potholder and backing fabric together and made sc stitches into the edge of the potholder poking the hook through the weave of the woollen fabric behind at the same time. I used a bamboo hook for this as it was pointier than my metal one but the metal one also worked.
At the end of the round I crocheted about 12 chain and then a sc into the next stitch to attach the other end of the loop. Then I sl st back along the chain to thicken the loop.
At the end I continue stitching behind the potholder into the sc stitches made in the previous round using reverse sc for a round of edging, then fastened off.