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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Potholder Beginning

More work.  

I'm in a Potholder Swap - got talked into it by Karen (BrooklynIrishGirl on Ravelry) because so many of the ladies who joined wimped out.  You just can't leave a friend hanging mid-air like that, so of course I agreed to join.

This is the beginning of a potholder for someone who didn't get the ones she was suppose to get. I'm an Angel. :o) HAH! Mom would laugh at that one!  Well, at least I'm being an angel to Shelby.  

The white portion was a small coaster I bought at JoAnn's - 99 cents!  I never used it as a coaster - or anything else for that matter - so thought perhaps I could use it as the basis for the potholder I'm to make.  I think so far it looks pretty good!  I just made up rows as I went...if it didn't work out for the first corner I turned, I'd go back and add or take away stitches.  What I didn't do is write down the pattern, so this will be my one and only!  Sort of like a one of a kind painting by a famous painter....;o)

I still have to back it, and might go down and buy something made for hot pads or ironing boards, then border the two together.  Or, I might just do a pattern from a book or from Ravelry for a hexagon and use it as the back portion. Probably the latter as I don't really like to get out of the house much. Isn't that weird......love staying home.

So, my dear friends, how do you like it so far?



Potholder start

6 comments:

  1. I'm speechless. Don't know why. You always do such amazing things.

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  2. Right now it looks pretty enough to be a doily, but you could put an easy felt backing with a matching color...that would work too.

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  3. Thanks Beverooni! I think I felt almost the same way! I keep looking at it thinking "Did I do that?" I forgot how much I like working with thread, and now that my arthritis hasn't been too bad, I think I should attempt a bit more.

    I'd LOVE to do a top of some sort, and do have lots of patterns. No time, though....sad.

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  4. That's a thought, Doris! I'll check into it....but it can't be a doily - has to be a potholder as I don't want to make another one! Pressed for time!

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  5. Beautiful and yes, you are an angel. It's a good thing there are people in the world like you....really. I hate it when people wimp out.

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  6. I thought yyou had modified the Snowflake Square pattern . . .what a suprise to findr and have just bordered it. out you bought he center.

    You are a woman of many talents!

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