I generally use potholders as a “try out the stitch pattern” project. I don’t mind cotton and I’m ok with potholders that don’t match. For better heat protection, I make two squares and sew them together. It works for me and people who get free handmade cotton potholders don’t tend to complain a whole lot, so…

This particular effort is in colors to match my mom’s new kitchen. It’s “fabric stitch” from the walker dictionaries, but I like the reverse side way better than the alleged “front” so that’s what I’ll be using.

If you want to do what I did, CO 45 sts using aforesaid yarn and size 5 needles, knit single-fabric-stitch back and forth until you have a reasonably square piece of fabric. Then do another, same size. Then sew the two together, with the sides you like better “outside”. Not hard, is it?

I don’t love this stitch. I have to pay some attention and it grows at a positively glacial pace. It’s also somewhat fussy about tensioning and I’m having some trouble making it be consistent. The reverse side, though, is this great nubbly looking stuff, it’s really sexy and looks NOTHING like knitting. It’s awesome.

This took me forever. Jeez, I don’t want to make another pair (it’s two, sewn together, so that it’s thick enough to block the heat) so that she has two. I’m going to pick another stitch out of the books.