Fun with Cotton

I grabbed some cotton yarn that I thought was pretty the other day when I needed a yarn fix and after pondering for a while what to make with it I decided I was going to make a couple of iron skillet handles for our skillets. I have made one of these before for a friend and they are super easy and fast to work up as they are only single crochet stitches until the last row which is a crab stitch or reverse single crochet. I found the pattern on the blog Tasty Crochet. It is best when crocheting for the kitchen (especially when heat will be an element) to use a cotton yarn as it will not melt like an acrylic yarn will.

I had some left over cotton after I finished up the two handles so I decided to make a couple miniature double thick potholders. My grandmother has made these for years and a few years back I attempted to get her to explain how she had made them so I could make a few myself, however, she was unable to explain at all so I was extremely happy when I found this pattern which is easily modifiable for sizes so I could make a few for my own kitchen. The ones above will likely be used as tea cup coasters for my husband and I as they are not really large enough to be used even by small hands like my own for cooking purposes. Below is a picture of a larger version of these potholders to demonstrate how versatile the sizing is for these. The pattern can be found here.