crochetmania.myfastforum.org :: Potholder Swap???

Serena · MANIA MOD

My mother gave me two thread potholders that she bought at a church bazaar in the 1970s. The lady who made them used patterns from the 30s or 40s. I so like the very classic ones and would like to attempt something similar.

I searched for patterns online yesterday and only found these:

http://tipnut.com/projectfiles/Cr...Potholders/vintage-potholders.pdf

http://tipnut.com/projectfiles/Cr...otholders/vintage-potholders2.pdf

http://www.freevintagecrochet.com/patternbook/clarks274.html

I found these blogs with photos from a potholder swap. They are so cheery and pretty.

http://potholderswap.blogspot.com/

http://www.grumperina.com/knitblo...hives/2009/06/hello_i_love_yo.htm

Anyone else in a potholder way?

Monique39

Love those potholders.. Nice patterns.. I am going to try them.. thank you!!

Miss Kitty · MANIA MOD

I either have patterns or I have some in my bookmark potholders and dishcloths done with thread. Hmmm. Going to have to go look..

anoramaxsis

They are lovely. My mother and grandmother used to make the most beautiful pot holders. Now, Annie's Attic has some beautiful potholder pattern books.

Serena · MANIA MOD

Miss Kitty, thanks for looking.

Anoramaxsis, thanks for thinking of AA. I haven't seen any of the vintage Annie's Attic things. The new things which I've seen aren't of the design of the thread potholders of the pre-WWII decades.

I found this site today and have been admiring these lovely things:

http://web.archive.org/web/200412...7/www.splynda.com/inspiration.htm

Here's one that is quite unusual:

http://web.archive.org/web/200412...free_patterns/picasso/picasso.htm

Here's a beautiful pattern, although it's too difficult for me:

http://web.archive.org/web/200412...untain/rocky_mountain+pattern.htm

Anyone interested in a potholder swap?

TX CrochetLover · MANIA MOD

I would be interested for August! I like the picasso one and the rocky mountain one. My garndmother made potholders from thread. I have one I saved. I'll take a pic and show it!

Serena · MANIA MOD

TXCL, I'd love to see a photo of your grandmother's potholder.

I've read some of the earlier swap threads and I quite like the way the dishcloth swap was set up. Here's a link to that one:

http://crochetmania.myfastforum.org/about4426.html

TX CrochetLover · MANIA MOD

I went and got these from my cedar chest. Looks like I need to do some cleaning. They have some dark stains on them.

Serena · MANIA MOD

TXCL, those are beautiful.

I have used cotton swabs dipped in hydrogen peroxide to get stains out.

The cedar chest is great for woolens, but the cedar will cause cotton to disintegrate. My mother works a great deal with quilt history and such. They always recommend storing vintage cottons in a cotton pillowcase on a shelf in a dry closet.

I used to keep some vintage cotton things in a cedar chest, and they did fall apart.

How lovely to have your grandmother's potholders!

Miss Kitty · MANIA MOD

I guess I was thinking of this book.
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalo...CATID=cat2880&PRODID=prd51058

Opps Here we go. http://www.freepatterns.com/list.html?cat_id=318
Watermelon looks like the only one here.. http://www.freepatterns.com/list.html?cat_id=319

Serena · MANIA MOD

Miss Kitty, thank you. Those look very nice!

Serena · MANIA MOD

Found a lovely one. The little photo is clickable.

http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/shishapothol.html

And here's one with a flower in the middle:

http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/doulay.html

Serena · MANIA MOD

July is going by. What would you all thing about Potholders in August?

Either utilitarian or decorative.

What do you think?

Suzee

Can I sign up? I'm on tonight. But, if the doggone COMCAST acts up again, is via email okay?

Here is another site.

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/potholders_etc.php

Serena · MANIA MOD

Suzee, I'm glad you were able to get on. It's great to have you here. Oh, comcast, yep....

Hope some others are feeling potholder-y.