Crafty Idea: Repurposed Wool Potholders

Today’s feature is from Craft Sanity with The Best Potholders Ever:

Potholders made from felted wool are the bees’ knees! Two layers of recycled, felted wool blankets or wool sweaters make it impossible to burn yourself. Wool potholders can be machine-washed when they get gunky, because the felted fabric has been pre-shrunk. And, wool is naturally flame resistant.

I like to cut out a bunch of potholders, then tuck the pieces along with yarn and needles into a little bag so I have an easy project on hand when talking on the phone or visiting with friends.

What you need:

• Small pieces of wool blankets or sweaters, felted and dyed in fun colors
• Odds & ends of worsted-weight wool knitting yarn

I love the idea listed in the tutorial to stitch on sayings like “hot, hot, hot” or “If you can’t take the heat…”.

The pattern is available via pdf which you can download by visiting the site above.

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