Thread: Help! Hot pads don't work!

Originally Posted by Tothill

The very best oven mitts I have are store bought and use a very heavy layer of terry, plus canvas on the back. They are from Williams Sonoma.

If I was making oven mitts or hot pads I would use at least one layer of terry towelling (I would just cut up an old towel), with what ever other batting I might use.

I agree with this. The very BEST pot holder I ever had came from Wms.Sonoma and was imported from England. It was several layers of terry cloth quilted together and bound. If you want to use the Insulbright then pad it with a couple of layers of old towel cut up. I'd use the terry cloth over the batting, especially because the terry, being old would have been preshrunk.

I make mine with 1 layer insulbright and 1 layer w & w - have never had a problem! I also use this mix for mug rugs so the heat from coffee doesn't mark the furniture.

I have never used insulbrite. I make potholder innards out of old shrunken sweaters (wool) and bits of towel (double layer).

http://www.warmcompany.com/pdfs/ibeng.pdf I make mine to this pattern but the lining fabric is a good quality calico, which I use heaps of for not only these but backing for place-mats and linings for heavy duty totes.

My mother sent me a hand mit for the oven and it's like having a think piece of cloth on when I take something out of the oven. Talk about almost burning my fingers! She used felt - so that material doesn't work. I think when I make some oven mits or pot holders, I'll use something a little more heat resistant.