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I buy wool sweaters at Goodwill and wash them in hot water once or twice and tumble dry them. They shrink and felt up nicely. Then I cut squares out of the larger sections to use inside pot holders. The dense wool fibers resist catching on fire and provide great insulation to keep heat away from my fingers.

I would say insul bright or 100% batt 2 layers. I haven't made regular pot holders just bowl buddies. For those I use 2 layers of w/n. It stays cool in the microwave.

Like many others I use one layer of insulbright and one layer of warm and natural. I've made many potholders this way and they have held up well and aren't so bulky that they are hard to use with small hands.

Two layers of cotton batting and a layer of old insulated underwear is about right!

I just had a potholder melt! Had oven fries at 425 and the potholder melted to the pan- very scary!
i had received it as a gift... So please do not use polyester blends or batting!!!!

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Originally Posted by tropit (Post 6687947)

Good idea. I once bought some hand-made pot holders at a local craft show and the maker did not double up on the batting. They were useless because they got way too hot for my little pinkies, right as I was taking out a casserole from the oven.. I finally had to throw them out before someone got seriously burned. I use Insul-Brite now for my own creations, but I may try your idea of 2 layers of cotton batting.

~ Cindy

I always use 1 layer of cotton batting ON EACH SIDE side of the insulbrite. There is a shiney side of the insulbrite which is supposed to be placed to the back side of the potholder, as beween the pan and your hand. My thought was, when it is finished, who has time to figure out the back from the front, especially if the pan is really hot??? o a layer of cotton batting on each side is mental security. Also, NEVER put a dish on a potholder made with insulbrite in the microwave!!!! Unless you want a new microwave oven

I have potholders made both ways - with just cotton batting and with insulbright and cotton batting. The potholders with insulbright protected my hands way better the the cotton batting alone. IMHO insulbright is not hard to work with and the potholders are not too bulky for my small hands.

The best post holders I have ever had have thick cotton terry on one side and on the inside.

The elbow length oven mitts (professional ones) at the Bakery I used to work have thick rough (non slip) cotton fabric on the outside, thick terry on the inside and thick batting. I have not opened one up to see what the batting is.

I use old washcloths, towels, batting, old pot holders. You know the motto 'wear it out...use it up.

I make pot holders all the time. I use insulbrite along with a layer of warm and natural. I have friends standing in line for them.