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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

Have you read?

Christmas Chocolate Orange Cover Knitting Patterns

A Terry’s Chocolate Orange is a classic Christmas gift in the UK that has become more popular in America as well. And if you know knitters, you know they’re going to cover something in knitting if they can, so there are lots of different Christmas themed chocolate orange knitting patterns out there (which you could use for an actual orange as well if that’s in your traditions).

Chocolate orange covers seem to be one of those projects where a designer makes a lot of variations on the theme, so we’ll just touch on a few here but you can further explore the designer’s works if you like what you see.

Wild Welsh Knitting has a cute little set of orange covers that look like little drawstring bags. There’s a snowman, a Christmas tree and a robing, and they are all worked in DK weight yarn. This designer has lots of cute little Christmas projects, not just for oranges.

Wendy Morgan has a bunch of chocolate orange cover knitting patterns, not just for Christmas, but for our purposes I wanted to point out the set that includes a Santa, reindeer and Christmas pudding. It’s available on Ravelry, and the pieces are worked flat using DK weight yarn.

Rebecca Roberts is another designer on Ravelry who does a bunch of Christmas chocolate orange cover knitting patterns, but I wanted to share this post box one because I think it’s really cute and not a design I’ve seen from others. It has a little bird on top and you could change up the colors to make it a TARDIS (yes I know that’s a phone box, not a mail box, but still) if you wanted.

Made by Marianna has a great set of her Christmas orange cover knitting patterns available on Etsy if you want to make a bunch of different designs. This collection includes six patterns: a Christmas pudding, Santa hat, snowman, Christmas trees, elf hat and Santa’s belt. The Christmas tree is shown above. All of the patterns use DK yarn.

Secret Garden England has a bunch of cute holiday patterns, too, but if you’re stitching for someone who doesn’t have a lot of Christmas cheer, you’ll want to make this Grinch one. The details are so cute, and while you’ll need more supplies to add all those things, it’s well worth the effort!

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