Hot Pads
 

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.

Beautiful hot pads! Almost too pretty to use.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

Very cool hot pads. What kind of yarn do you use? Thanks

QuiltnLady, I always just use a knitting worsted (acrylic) but you could use any kind. Those were Red Heart brand but any brand will do....whatever is on sale. :) I also forgot to mention in my previous post that my plywood for the frame is 3/4" thick.

I have almost forgotten about these!!! I made a friend a set for her wedding..... she has now been married for approx. 43 yrs....and she still has them.....occasionally still uses them!!!! They were the rage and I made quite a few of them. Hummm, I probably still have the frames around somewhere!! I had two sizes. Thanks for bringing this back to mind.....they make me smile!

I have some that my GRANDMOTHER made, and I'm 66 years old! Mine have been used, not saved, and they do indeed last forever!

The hot pads are really neat. I love how you have used the two yarns on each.

Thank you so much for sharing this! My Mom made me some years ago and they are still in great shape. Each time she sees them she laments that she no longer has the pattern.....she thought she crocheted them. I'm going to show her this picture and let her know they must have been done on a loom. She has dementia, so that may contribute to why she doesn't remember how to make them, but this just may jog her memory. Who knows, maybe she'll be creating some again soon.

Wow! Simple tool; beautiful outcome. Thanks for sharing.

oh i really like those, but how did you get the flower pattern on the one, also, if u use as a hot pad dont u need to use cotton?? I really need one more project...lol, thank you for sharing, off to fine a loom or see if my hubs can make one, oh heck, i bet i can make one.

Very pretty and so useful.

I used to make them several years ago too. I still have the looms. One of the looms was like a longer rectangle for place mats or table toppers. They were fun to make

craftymatt, I've never had any problem using the acrylic yarn. I've probably made some with cotton but I don't remember. The star design is automatically made when they are tied off. They just don't show up as prominent in the variegated hot pad. Here's a tutorial on how to weave them:

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

Of course your DH could probably make one. Our cousin made mine 52 years ago & he was in high school. I posted the dimensions of mine on post #8 on the first page of this thread. If you need any more dimensions just let me know. I think I covered all of them except the thickness of the plywood. Mine is 3/4" thick.

I also have the looms that Annette1952 are talking about. The size that makes the place mats I use on my end tables & they are over 20 years old, but still look like new. Made lots of them back then. They last forever.

thank you sew very much

They are so pretty. Love the colors/pattern

years ago I used to make these, I could make them like this or more rectangle with the hexie ends. I loved doing them. I so wish I could find the frames again.