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Giveaway: 25+ Potholders to Knit

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25+ Potholders to Knit review

Our winner is inspired4eternity.

If you love knitting for your kitchen, you’re going to like this week’s giveaway. I have a copy of 25+ Potholders to Knit this week, which is a really fun book, which has a great variety of projects you can knit as potholders or dishcloths.

The projects are great for a variety of skill levels, and they’re super useful. Great for housewarming presents or other gifts, they’re pretty quick to work up and will use up your stash of 100 % cotton yarn in no time. They’re great projects for summer because they are portable, often repetitive, small and use cotton yarn for coolness.

If you’d like a chance to win this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, April 24. I’d love to know if you’ve knit potholders or dishcloths before — feel free to share a favorite pattern if you like!

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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  2. I have knit potholders before.
    My mother loves the ones I have made her that she uses a few until they fall apart and then uses the others that she has set aside. The ones I have made seem to be her favorite.

  3. I just moved into a new home, w/ new kitchen colors, so I’m eager to furnish it w/ new knitted potholders, cloths, etc. Perfect looking prize – thanks for the chance!

  5. Love knitting wash cloths and pot holders, they are my go to when don’t know what to make and I am itching for a project.

  7. Never knit a potholder before. This would be such fun to teach grandchildren and neighborhood children. A gift that keeps on giving 🙂

  8. I like the idea of making pot holders, They are quick and can be colorful. Making them would also be a neat way of learning new stitches.

  10. I have knit lots of dishcloths, but only one potholder. I like the idea of knitting more of them. I would love to win this book. Thanks for the giveaway!

  11. I love to make potholders and dish cloths for little gifts for my friends. Some new patterns would be so fun.

  18. I have knit a few dishcloths and washcloths.
    I’d love to try potholders.
    Great to add to a hostess or shower gift.

  19. Knitting dishcloths is one of my favorite “on the go” projects. I spend a lot of time in doctors’ waiting rooms with my Mom, and dishcloths are a perfect size for taking along. I’ve wanted to start potholders sometime soon.

  20. I’ve knit quite a few dishcloths, but no potholders yet! Would love to try some new patterns, inspired by this great book!
    Thanks, KIm Reid

  21. Fun! Would love to win this book. I’ve seen quilted potholders, but I’ve never knit one. I usually make hats & scarves with the yarn; would be great to try something new. Thanks!

  22. I like to knit dishcloths and washcloths in the summer – when I find it too hot to knit anything bulky!

  25. I have knit a few potholders/dishcloths, mainly using the traditional garter stitch bias square pattern.

  26. I enjoy knitting dishcloths. They make great little gifts and are a good way to practice new stitches.

  27. In between knitting prayer shawls & prayer lap robes (men prefer that term), I knit dishcloths as my small projects.

  28. I’ve knit dishcloths before, but not potholders yet! Only recently found out acrylic shouldn’t really be used haha — oops! These look like fun; thanks for the chance. 😀

  29. I like to knit dishcloths in the car while traveling so potholders would be a welcome addition. They would make quick and easy gifts too!

  30. I would live to win the knit book. I have a s. Center they make things and put it n a basket to sell. This helps with some of their projects. We have a group on Wed. To work on crafts. Etc…
    This book would help us a lot. Thanks

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Tif Neilan is a known fan of herringbone stitch as a design element in her patterns. I love it, too, and have written a couple of posts about herringbone stitch and other ways to make herringbone designs in knitting.

Tif uses a herringbone stitch on the cuffs of her Ebbs & Flows sweater, a top down raglan design that also features a bit of mosaic colorwork at the hem and on the sleeves.

The herringbone bit is optional, as the pattern also includes instructions for working twisted ribbing instead, but the herringbone gives such a different textured look that I think it’s worth the effort of learning how to do it for this design.

It is worked in the round except for some German short rows for shaping after the neckline. It’s meant to hit at the high hip but you could make it longer or more cropped as you like.

The pattern comes in 10 sizes, with a finished chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 80 to 170 cm. It is designed to be worn with around 4 inches/10 cm of positive ease at the chest.

It calls for three colors of DK or worsted weight yarn, though you’ll need a relatively small amount of the contrasting colors since most of the body is worked in a solid color. Because of the different stitches used you’ll need a variety of knitting needle sizes and the pattern notes recommend having a set of interchangeable knitting needles to make this easier, but you can always use what you have.

You can find out more about this pattern and grab a copy on Ravelry. There are already a good number of finished projects in the gallery there so you can see how it works with different colors and different body and sleeve lengths (they’re meant to be long but I spy a couple that look like three quarters).

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