osewme

I love making these hot pads. My mother-in-law had some years & years ago & when I was first married I asked her how she made them. She described the frame/loom that she used & a cousin made one for me & she taught me how to make them. All of hers were made with white yarn but I started making my in colors. I get two different skeins of yarn & make one with one color & tie it off with the other color & then I make the other one in the color I tied the first one off with & tie it off with the other skein. So for these I made one in the solid teal & tied it off with the variegated yarn & then made the second one with the variegated yarn & tied it off with the teal yarn. I can't even begin to tell you how many I've made for wedding gifts. This is a set for my DD because she loves them. I included a picture of the frame/loom I use to make them on (it's over 50 years old now) made with plywood & finishing nails. When they are finished I cut them off the frame & comb the edges to make them fuzzy.

Nammie to 7

Beautiful hot pads! Almost too pretty to use.

osewme

Nammie, that's what a lot of people say but they just last forever and do a great job. After washed a few times, they don't have the fuzzy look around them anymore but that's o.k. They also shrink up a bit after washing so you can't "see through" them as the weave tightens up. I use mine all the time

Tartan

I love them! Next time you do one, can you do a picture tutorial or is there a YouTube video?

tessagin

there are tutorials just Google or go to YouTube and type in woven hotpads. You can also pick up small kits at JoAnn's

osewme

Not sure if I could do a picture tutorial but did find some tutorials. I did find this company who sell these plastic looms that look about the same. Scroll down a little to see it.

http://www.knittingloomfactory.com/l...ons-john-alan/

Here's a pretty good tutorial on how to make them. My loom's nails are closer together than on the video, thus making for tighter pads. I try to put 4 or 5 yarn layers on mine to give the pads the thickness that I like. I also cut my yarn off where it loops around the nails instead of slipping them off (thus leaving little loops around the edges).

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...=0&FORM=VDQVAP

lynnie

I love them. make me one!!! they are so beautiful and unique. next time, can you give us a tute on these wonderful pads. Ilove the colors, and could picture them in many different colorways. Where can we get a loom like that? I need to get one of these. Does it take practice to get them looking that great, or is a simple thing? I think it would be a fun thing to make over the winter months watching tv. they are wonderful.

osewme

lynnie, I make them in all different colors. If they are gifts I try to find out what the kitchen colors are & try to match that. I've made them red & green for Christmas before also. The looms in the link on my previous post seem to have the little posts very far apart. Mine are about 1/2" apart & there are a total of 66 finishing nails on my entire loom and they stick up about 3/4" to 1/2" tall. The loom in the link I sent has 48 pegs on it. Each side of my loom measures 6 1/4" long (the outside dimension) & the loom is 1 3/8" wide. Maybe you could get someone to make one for you. Mine is out of a solid piece of plywood. Hope this helps you some.
They are not hard to make & doesn't take much practice but are time consuming when it comes to tying them off. I watch t.v. while making them.

KLO

These looms are called (or used to be called) Money looms. My Dad made a couple of sizes of these. A year or two ago I gave them to the neighbor girl. Don't know if she used them or not. They do make very sturdy hot pads for sure and yours look great!

osewme

I don't use a shuttle when tying mine off. I just pull out a lengthy piece of yarn & use a very large eyed (tapestry..blunt point) needle. When I get to close to the end of my yarn I just tie another piece on & continue on tying off. I manipulate the knot so it ends up on the back side of the hot pad.